"Pop Station" is a storefront pop-up art gallery at 2620 W. Washington during Chicago Artist Month. Coordinated by The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, The Phantom Gallery Chicago Network, FG Commercial Real Estate, and artist Erik DeBat. The pop-up partnership brings a month long walk up viewing of urban contemporary artwork at L&H Bold Lofts a "Green" LEED Certified commercial space in East Garfield Park.
The striking two-story, 3,600 square foot white terra cotta showroom with elegant fluted pilasters displaying a frieze of repeated Greek key motif and rosettes. The beautiful foliated cornice is marked with lion heads and an entry that leads into a lobby and the formal entrance to the showroom.
The artwork will be viewable all month, plus open door viewings at the reception on Friday, October 22nd 2010, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., on Sunday October 31st from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. during the East Garfield Park Art Walk, and the show closing on Thursday, November 4th 2010 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The location has plenty of on street parking and is accessible by the CTA Green Line's California & Lake Station or the Western Avenue Bus. On display in this landmark space, is a selection of recent pieces from the artist's collection of contemporary urban artworks. The large-scale pop abstraction paintings and street sculpture installations are complimented by video and sound collaborations.
Erik DeBat has recently exhibited at the Swope Art Museum, IUN for Contemporary Art in Indiana, the Beverly Art Center, the Co-Prosperity Sphere, and Johalla Projects in Chicago.
