Reviews of art exhibitions
ARTIST PHILIP HARTIGAN talks about art, interviews other artists, and more Thursday, August 29, 2013 Six of the Best, Part 30: Donna Hapac Continuing the interview series in which I pose the same six questions to each artist. Today’s interviewee is Donna Hapac, an artist from Chicago who makes intricate sculptures from natural materials, twine, … Continue reading Praeterita
THE ARCHITROUVE Donna Hapac’s sculptures evoke an off-kilter, latticed garden where the organic environment is propped up, hitched together, and suspended to sway gently in the air. In this trellised world held together with waxed linen thread tied into thousands and thousands of square knots, meticulously snipped ends yield fine, bristly pelts that halo surfaces. … Continue reading Review in Sculpture by Polly Ullrich
BY PAUL KLEIN ON JUNE 4, 2010 7:35 PM Diaphanous. I like diaphanous and all that, but there are other things in life. I’m seeing it too much. I’d hate to think the rough n’ tumble iconography I associate with Chicago would be supplanted by diaphanous. … At Architrouve is the very talented Donna Hapac, whose art I wouldn’t … Continue reading Art Letter
Newcity Art is a Web site dedicated to news, reviews and features about Chicago’s visual art world. We start with the core coverage found each week in Newcity magazine, where we’ve been covering art for more than 22 years, and extend it with your input on this site. Reviews, profiles and news about art in … Continue reading About Newcity Art
Sculpture Invasion, Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton Community College Essay by Victor M. Cassidy, July, 2007 Donna Hapac is a constructor, whose work has a formal core and a funky edge. Instead of making a series of preparatory drawings, she often goes directly into form. Working with the material, she sees possibilities and lets things … Continue reading Sculpture Invasion
