Racine, WI, 53403
Overview
Fenestra Falsa features recent works on paper and paintings by Chicago artist Dan Devening, in which the hypnotic seductiveness of digital technology collides directly with the formal nuance and perceptual pleasure of painting. In this work, color is heightened, surfaces are seductive, and the spatial play within each composition may bring out a more compelling distraction–one that suggests that close looking may be more rewarding than consuming.
This work is presented in partnership with OS Projects as part of RAM’s inaugural In/Between festival, September 18–27, 2026.
Artist Bio
Dan Devening is an artist, educator, curator, gallerist and writer. He is currently Professor, Adj. at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and was Senior Lecturer in the Department of Art Theory and Practice at Northwestern University from 1993 to 2008.
His paintings, works on paper, and installations have been exhibited extensively, including recent shows in New York at Geary Contemporary, Launch F18, Apex Art, and Printed Matter, Inc.; in Chicago at 65Grand, LVL3, Heaven Gallery, Autumn Space, ebersmoore gallery, Roy Boyd Gallery, and Julius Caesar; and in Los Angeles at Kinkead Contemporary, among other national venues. His recent international projects include exhibitions in Germany at the Kunstmuseum Ahlen, Galerie Grölle in Wuppertal, Kunstverein Recklinghausen, the Museum Kurhaus in Kleve, dok25A in Düsseldorf, Renate Schroeder Gallery in Cologne, and galerie oqbo, Schau Fenster, Scotty Enterprises, and Neues Problem in Berlin. He has also exhibited work in Vienna, Austria; Brussels, Belgium; Tokyo, Japan; Toronto, Canada; Monterrey, Mexico; Melbourne, Australia; and Amsterdam, the Netherlands.