ADORATION OF THE FLESH Presented by: CHAPEL PROJECTS at The Charnel House
COME FOR THE FREE BOOZE AND FOOD……STAY FOR THE GORE!!!!!!
Join the CHAPEL PROJECTS at The Charnel House as artists Stephanie Burke, Annie Heckman and Jeriah Hildwine create a wild, wacky and wonderful zombie-death, Sistine Chapelesque inspired site specific installation and visual arts show!!!! Inspired by Cowardly Scarecrow’s upcoming MUSICAL OF THE LIVING DEAD!!!
Curated by: Victoria Szilagyi
Stephanie Burke and Jeriah Hildwine collaborative statement:
Stephanie Burke is a photographer; her husband Jeriah Hildwine is a painter. Both based in Chicago, they primarily work as individuals, but occasionally collaborate in various media including video and sculpture. Previous sculptural collaborations have included two homages to Dungeons and Dragons: a paper-mache Beholder piñata, for Dayton Castleman’s exhibition Objet Petit Ahh, and a mixed media rendition of an Owlbear’s gastric pellet, for the exhibition Level Eater. For the current exhibition at Chapel Projects at the Charnel House, Burke and Hildwine have taken inspiration from the venue’s presentation of Cowardly Scarecrow’s Musical of the Living Dead, creating a sculptural installation for the gallery’s ceiling. The installation combines the musical’s theme of zombies with whimsical imagery of sexuality and prehistoric life, creating a slapstick grotesque evocative of the B-horror and exploitation films of Roger Corman and (early) Peter Jackson.
OPENING: Sep 28th, 6pm-9pm
VIEWING HOURS: Fridays and Saturdays noon-4pm or by appointment
Show runs through Nov 17th
The Charnel House
3421 W. Fullerton Ave. , Chicago, Illinois 60647
https://www.thecharnelhousechicago.com