#illinois art

[oonessawness]

Another smiley Illy :)

[ademzettl]

Acrylic paint and paint marker on canvas panel. 6/23/2024. By me. Instagram: @Crouton_.eater ,

[archiveofaffinities]

Dustin Shuler, The Spindle, Cermak Plaza, Berwyn, Illinois, 1989

[livesunique]

Weinhardt Mansion, Chicago, Illinois, United States,

Photo By: @nathanielintransit

[oncanvas]

Electrical Building at Night, Chicago Fair, Gerald K. Geerlings, circa 1933

Drypoint on paper 11 ⅞ x 8 ⅞ in. (30.3 x 22.7 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, USA am

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Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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PKM x Mark egos

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Zorine's (nightclub) - Chicago, IL (1976)

Designed by Richard Himmel

"Although we never entered a speakeasy during Prohibition Days, it must have been something like the experience we had on our first visit to Zorine's shortly after it had opened last January.

Only the address indicated we were at the right place.

Otherwise, we faced a nondescript glass door in the window wall at one end of a new brick building. Inside, there was nothing but a counter where a host opened another door concealed in the brick wall behind him and ushered us into a darkly lit, circular vestibule. Here, we waited while someone was dispatched to find the project's interior designer and co-owner, Richard Himmel, ASID.

Wearing a light colored suit and shirt open at the throat--de rigueur for the surroundings--Richard Himmel emerged from the crowded lounge and led us on a tour of the club. First, we went to one of the two balconies where small tables accommodate groups of two. From here we could look down onto the main dining area and the glass dance floor in which lights flashed in synchronization to the booming disco music.

Next, we went into the buffet area with its copious spread of hot and cold food, and then into the lounge and bar where we were shown the clear plastic piano and rhinestone lady mirrors.

After Himmel had introduced us to the project director, Gregory Stratman, he looked around at the full tables and smiled. "You can't do this kind of a job without some laughing at yourself," he began. Calling it a "very cerebral job," but one that required a "certain amount of glibness," he explained that it was designed to appeal to the young person who "ten years ago was told to cut his hair but who is now a success." In answer to our "nuts-and-bolts" questions, he explained that the place seats 230 and is open from 5 PM to 4 AM. He owns it in partnership with Arnold Morton who owns Arnie's, the well known restaurant next door in the same building. Zorine is Mrs. Morton.

Its style? "I meant it to be a departure from the natural look," Himmel explained. "It is not strictly Art Deco or Art Moderne but a combination of both, a reinterpretation of the roots of modernity and the machine age in a contemporary version of a 20's or 30's nightclub."

Lighting, he informed us, was of prime importance. "The intent was to imbue the entire space with a peach-like glow that makes everyone look beautiful. We attained this effect by working the dimmers and changing the bulbs."

As goodbyes were said, our host looked around again and beaming a broad smile asked, "It doesn't look cerebral, does it?"

Description & scans are from the Nov. 1976 issue of Interior Design Magazine

[moodboardmix]

Rohe House Nr. 5, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Monika Pancheva Architect

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WAIT WAIT THE FAX MACHINE CAME IN

THANK YOU ANON 🙏

*for those who don’t get it, anon sends me a fax machine when I get art block and it literally works magic*

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Despite what my lesser cousin would say, I am indeed the greater chicken.

Greater Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido)

Prairie regions of the USA, possibly extirpated in Canada

Status: Protected in some states, Attwater subspecies federally Endangered

The Heath Hen subspecies once existed in New England, and went extinct in 1932 despite efforts to preserve it.

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[oonessawness]

slams open the door

I heard that you are drawing my boy Illinois 👀

I absolutely loved your doodles of him <3 they’re so lovely and sweet and gggggaaaaaahhhhhhhh biting him raaaaaah, cuteness aggression activated (could I get a doodle of that?) anyways you’re great and have a good rest of the day/night!

Thank you so much i appreciate it ^0^ !! Heres a silly cuteness aggression doodle based off that one meme for ya! Havent drawn him in forever so i hope he looks alright

[emaadsidiki]

Seadog Speedboat Swashing 🚤💦

[brainman1987]

Hmmm Tucker? Yeah Tucker :)

Went for a sort of techno-punky look but in the 2007 era where they didn’t make a clothing brand for every aesthetic on the planet so it’s less techno punk and more emo kid in the 2000s who’s a middle class child

Danny | Tucker (your here!) | Sam (coming soon I promise!)

[artdecodude]

Details from the legendary #ArtDeco post office in Oak Park, #Illinois . #PostOffice 📸:me/2015

[confusedmothboy]

CHICAGUNE MIKU???