Katy Keefe at Caro d' Offay Gallery

Katy Keefe Solo Exhibition Opens May 12 at Caro d'Offay Gallery

Many Chicago gallery hoppers are familiar with 2nd Fridays in the Chicago Arts District in Pilsen, but some may be less familiar with a more recent consortium of galleries that have started a Second Saturdays Art Walk. The Wicker Park/Bucktown Gallery Association and their Second Saturdays Art Walk started in December 2006 and includes galleries such as the Around the Coyote gallery, Gosia Koscielak Studio & Gallery, Johnsonese Gallery, and Caro d' Offay Gallery.

This Saturday, May 12 marks the next calendar event for the Wicker Park/Bucktown Gallery Association with opening receptions, extended hours, and special events for Second Saturdays. One exhibition, in particular, that we recommend is the show at Caro d' Offay Gallery. The show features new paintings by Katy Keefe in the main gallery as well as graphite drawings by Benjamin Marcus in the back room gallery. Katy Keefe's large-scale paintings are abstract representations of primal landscapes representing "what I see and experience; not what I see literally, but the way my mind works around, through, and in an object". Katy Keefe is a well-known figure in the Wicker Park community, co-organizer of last summer's outdoor market The Lot, a silkscreen instructor, and designer behind the clothing line KK Shirts. Since we are headed to St. Louis this weekend, we'd love for a big crowd to come out and support her and the gallery on our behalf.

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