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IN THE LIFE OF // A SCREEN PRINTER
> Living vicariously through others is okay with us
Leslie Kuluva prefers to wear her art on her sleeve.
"I've always felt a bit weird about working on one piece to have it hang in a gallery where only a few visitors will see it," Kuluva says.
"Working with prints means you can make unlimited amounts and people will see them."
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Kuluva, a 2006 graduate who works under the moniker Leslie Kay, did her first print in high school but did not continue because it required a lot of equipment. She now separates her time between The Test Kitchen, 518 E 8th St., where she makes prints, and the Jackpot Music Hall, 943 Massachusetts St., where she helps book shows.
Screen-printing allows Kulova to interact further with the local music scene. She helps make CD and album jackets for local bands including Spook Lights, This is My Condition and Colony Collapse.
Beyond the screen, Leslie Kulaua, 2006 graduate, desired to try her hand at screen printing in high school. Her art is on wearable t-shirts instead of being displayed in a traditional museum setting.
She enjoys mixing her love of music and art and takes part in the entire print-making process from consulting with customers to making the screens, mixing the ink, and ordering the shirts. The end product is exciting
for Kuluva, who says that each print can come out differently. Those differences, she says, "show that the work was done by hand and by a person. It has its own personality. I love it."
JON HERMES
GET SOME CULTURE // WONDERFAIR
> It's not all about fast food and beer pong.
It would be easy to miss the Wonder Fair Gallery while walking downtown. The gallery, now located above the Burger Stand at 803% Massachusetts St., is a great venue for art lovers. The gallery is hosting "No One Knows How Deep This Goes," a month-long showing of work by Chicago artist Matthew Hoffman, who creates art under the pseudonym of Sighn.
Lee Piechocki, a gallerist at Wonder Fair, says Hoffman has a background in graphic design and is interested in words, font, and text. Piechocki met Hoffman while living in Chicago. "He is an incredible craftsman," Piechocki says. "He has gotten some national attention so I thought it would be a great show."
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Hoffman hand cuts text into different materials, including colorful pieces of paper and wood, for the showing. The words and phrases are repeated, creating an emotional attachment and release within the viewer. "I find work that has a message both interesting and rewarding. I'm always running around with a notebook so I can write down phrases
On reptile: Artist Matthew Holland uses the repetition of words and colors in his artwork to evoke emotion. His exhibit, "No One Knows How Deep This Glow" is on display at the Wonder Fair Gallery until September 19.
or words that I think of," Hoffman says. "I pick the most interesting when it comes to finally making a piece."
"He puts a lot of himself in the work," says Kelly Clark, a gallerist at Wonder Fair. "There is a cynicism and charm in his word choice that can resonate with an audience."
JON HERMES
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