Opening June 20: Mass Contemplation by Hydeon

Maxwell Colette Gallery is excited to announce Mass Contemplation, new work from celebrated Chicago-based illustrator Ian “Hydeon” Ferguson. The exhibition will open on Friday, June 20 with a reception from 6-10pm.

Ferguson’s work blends street art, fine art, and graphic design into surreal contemporary Americana, full of metaphor, and designed to intrigue and provoke. Mass Contemplation will showcase Ferguson’s new india ink drawings on paper. It will will also present a site specific installation titled ‘Terra Firma Shelter’, which will re-create one of his tiny shelters in human-scale. In addition, the gallery will be releasing Ferguson’s first book ‘Early Morning Contemplation Over Coffee’. This limited edition book features reproductions of the india ink drawings in the show and is signed and numbered.

Read the entire press release for Mass Contemplation here.

Find out more about Ian Ferguson on his website Hydeonart.com

HELLBENT: Past Future Perfect

Maxwell Colette Gallery is excited to announce Past Future Perfect, a show of new paintings from J. Mikal Davis a.k.a. Hellbent. The Brooklyn-based Davis has achieved acclaim for his unique street art, which fuses intense colors with ornate stenciling of neoclassical patterns to create a bold, freeform geometry. This will be the artist’s first solo exhibition with the gallery and first show in Chicago.

The gallery will host an opening reception for Past Future Perfect on Friday, April 18 from 6 - 10pm. The reception is free, and open to the public. The artist will be in attendance.

Read the press release for Past Future Perfect here.

Check out more work from Hellbent, including his incredible murals, on his website hellbent art.com.