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December 1, 2003

THE ESSENTIALS #20 - You Are Beautiful's Essential Guide to Chicago

You Are Beautiful's Essential Guide to Chicago


"Chicago's buff is strong. They like to keep their streets clean (or at least brown & patchy). We're showcasing a few that continue to produce work in the harsh climate of weather and buff.





Some really incredible work has come out of the collaboration of Chris
Silva
, Juan Chavez, and Mike Genovese



Juan Chavez has also done some great sculpture collage pieces.



Cody Hudson of Struggle Inc recently co-curated the newest Select Magazine which featured over 20 fold-out large scale posters by various artists.



sighn's dedications always seem to stop you in your tracks.



CRAP Art, Create Random Acts of Public Art has been gracing the streets with some interesting work.



Rena Leinberger wrapped lightposts, fire-hydrants, bike racks, and the like with tube socks as a part of Post Chicago, who has some interesting poster campaigns under its umbrella.



We're having a bit of a turf war with a cup fence in the warehouse district: someone changed it to read 'you are bad' but did a silly job at it. It has been restored. Curious to see what happens next..."

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