Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art (Venue Partner)
756 N Milwaukee Ave
312.243.9088
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Charles Steffen, Standing Male Nude, Collection of Barbara and Russell Bowman
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June 4, 2010 – Aug 28, 2010
Tuesdays–Wednesdays (11am–5pm)
Thursdays (11am–7:30pm)
Fridays–Saturdays (11am–5pm)
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- Price
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$5
“In many ways a beau ideal figure of "outsider art," Charles Steffen studied art at IIT before suffering a mental breakdown and spending 15 years at Elgin State Hospital and the rest of his life at home. The subjects of his drawings aren't surprising: his mother, neighbors, burlesque dancers drawn from memory, flowers, his own hands; but watching his relationship with these figures change through studies and iterations over the years is deeply affecting. Steffen's drawings also act as informal diaries, with notes in the margins to himself (art supplies to buy, whether or not he found the drawings successful) that add another layer of depth to an already intimate show.
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Monica Westin, Flavorpill
This retrospective features over 30 pieces of Charles Steffen's work, covering a variety of imagery he knew in his limited sphere: neighbors, his mother, flowers and plants from the yard, a woman he once loved, and scenes from the
