Lisa Krivacka’s show at Aron Packer, “Open House,” includes 27 small paintings inspired by the real estate ads she ran across while looking for a home in upstate New York. Printed on the paintings are owners’ typical optimistic descriptions, which also often serve as the titles, but the sensuous colors and personality she gives these scenes make them more than reproductions. In Designer Decorated Townhouse, depicting a bathroom with red towels and a jagged wallpaper design in red and pink, the nearly pastel colors are much gentler than those found in glossy circulars. Multi-Colored Roofs shows a street where the peaked roofs are tiled in appealing red, blue, and yellow; while the shadows suggest that the sun is still up, the sky is a sensuous lavender that places these depictions in the realm of fantasy.
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Info: 312-226-8984
When: Through December 31
Where: Byron Roche, 750 N. Franklin
Jerome Powers
Art accompanying story in printed newspaper (not available in this archive): photos/Fred Camper.
