#chicagoimagism

Karl Wirsum, Rudolph Tracy, 1987, Acrylic on wood, 18 1/4 x 10 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches. The Bill McClain Collection of Chicago Imagism, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art.

Chicago artist and educator Ray Yoshida’s papers are currently being processed and prepared for digitization!  He was a painter, collagist, and professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.  Yoshida was a member and mentor of the Chicago Imagists, a group of representational artists whose work is influenced by Surrealism and sources traditionally considered outside of the art world, such as pop culture and comics.  His papers include biographical material, correspondence, writings, notebooks, teaching records, personal business records, printed material, source material, photographs, sketchbooks, artwork, and scrapbooks.

Jim Falconer, Art Green, Gladys Nilsson, Jim Nutt, Suellen Rocca, and Karl Wirsum, Hairy Who, 1966. Poster, The Art Institute of Chicago.

Jim Nutt, Bump, 2008, Acrylic on linen with artist’s MDF board frame; 25 ¼ x 24 3/8 in. (64.1 × 61.9 cm). Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri

Karl Wirsum, Toot Toot Tutu Toodle-oo, 2013, Acrylic on canvas with painted wood frame, 53 x 41.5 inches, Derek Eller Gallery, New York City

Robert Lostutter, Neofinetia Fallata, 1996. Watercolor with graphite on paper, 7 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches. Madison Museum of Contemporary Art.

Jim Nutt, Trim, 2010, Acrylic on linen with artist’s MDF board frame, 25 3/8 x 24 3/8 in (64.5 x 61.9 cm), David Nolan Gallery, New York

Joseph Yoakum, c.1965, Watercolor, ballpoint pen and ink on paper