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“It’s so cool to see the light art reflect on the faces and the bodies of the people within the artwork,” says Pickleman, whose list of graphic design clients has ranged from The Wit to Millennium Park to Skinny Pop Popcorn. “ represents a positive vibe: when it once was simply a utilitarian, functional tool that people used to sell things,” says Ken Saunders, the director and curator of the Neon and Light Museum. Making the Neon and Light Museum experience even more unusual is that people are encouraged to immerse themselves within the work, with each move essentially creating a new visualization. I have found that, by turning words upside-down, flopping them backwards, rotating them, mirroring them - all of which is easy to do with neon - I’m able to talk about language and communication in a multitude of ways.” “When I make my own artwork, I like to allow communication to be a little slippery,” says Pickleman, who says he long has been intrigued by the intersection between commercial and fine art. Pickleman will have 14 works on display, utilizing 68-inch vertical tubes of neon to create an array of thought-provoking images and messages. Now, it represents a positive vibe, when it once was simply a utilitarian, functional tool that people used to sell things.”
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“And even though we do have these well-known artists all gathered here, the fact is that the neon is the celebrity because it’s taken on a second life. “Chicago has some of the most talented neon artists in the country,” Ken Saunders, the Neon and Light Museum’s director and curator, says of the wide range of artists participating in the event, which begins an eight-week run Thursday.
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Info: It is that colored light that Pickleman will now have on display at the Neon and Light Museum, an immersive popup experience containing more than 60 professional neon and light-based sculptures by distinguished artists from across the country, all housed within 7,000 square feet of exhibit space in the heart of River North.
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Tickets: $25+ Reservations (required - no walk-ins allowed) will be capped at 60 an hour.