Jane Sloss - At the Heart of the City: Western Avenue in 24 Paintings May 4, 2012

Exhibit: May 5-28
Reception: May 19, 7-9pm
Atrium Gallery

At the Heart of the City is a series of 24 watercolor paintings, one to document each mile of Western Avenue in Chicago. Architect and watercolor painter Jane Sloss illustrates Western Avenue; while not considered to be among the most “beautiful” of Chicago’s streets, Western is a perfect place to document the humanness of Chicago, the positive and the negative. The paintings provide glimpses of the neighborhoods through which Western passes, illustrate places which evoke nostalgia, and reveal portions of the street unknown to Chicagoans who live at opposite extremes of the avenue.