Corbett vs. Dempsey

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Contemporary Art with an Emphasis on Chicago and Nationally—and Internationally—Related Artists.
Founded 2004

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Since 1988, John Corbett has taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC); he was artistic director of Berlin JazzFest 2002 and co-curated the Empty Bottle Jazz Series from 1996 to 2005. Corbett was co-curator of Pathways to Unknown Worlds: Sun Ra, El Saturn, and Chicago's Afro-Futurist Underground, 1954-1968 (Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, 2006; Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, 2009; Durham Art Guild, Durham, North Carolina, 2009). For over 20 years, Jim Dempsey was the house manager and occasional programmer at the Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago. Dempsey is an alumnus of SAIC. Together Corbett and Dempsey have been involved in many independent curatorial projects, including Big Picture: A New View of Painting In Chicago (Chicago History Museum, 2007) and Touch and Go: Ray Yoshida and his Spheres of Influence (Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, 2010), Ralph Arnold: My Bag (Nolan Judin, Berlin, 2010), Painthing on the Möve (curated with Albert Oehlen for Thomas Dane Gallery, London, 2011), Christina Ramberg ‘Corset Urns and Other Inventions 1968-1980’ (David Nolan Gallery, New York, 2012-curated with David Nolan), and Big Youth 2 at BOUROUINA GALLERY in Berlin (2012), and the upcoming Monster Roster: Existentialist Art in Postwar Chicago at the Smart Museum (University of Chicago) (2016).

Corbett vs. Dempsey is located on the third floor of the Dusty Groove building, 1120 North Ashland Avenue in Chicago. (Map) Gallery hours are Tuesday thrru Saturday 10 am to 5 pm, and by appointment.