By Samuel Schwindt Florals dance with armor; aggressive suturing marries fossilized detritus; foreboding becomes forewarning. The idealized fractured is the idealized subverted — according to Ivory Gate Gallery’s group exhibition Connective Thread (curated by Michelle Alexander). Slipping down concrete steps in the affluent Chicago Gold Coast neighborhood, there’s a lurking, foreboding glamor in the works… Continue reading →