Diana Guerrero-Maciá: Sleeping Giant + Oli Watt: Decoys & Still Lives
November 4 - December 11, 2022

Carrie Secrist Gallery
CSG BTWXT
BTWXT #1: Diana Guerrero-Maciá and Oli Watt
November 4 – December 17, 2022
Opening: Friday, November 4, 5-8PM
Carrie Secrist Gallery is happy to announce the first in our project series entitled “CSG BTWXT” at our new temporary gallery space, located at 1637 W. Chicago Ave in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood. BTWXT #1 will feature work by Chicago based artists Diana Guerrero-Maciá and Oli Watt. It will open November 4 and run through December 17.

On view will be a selection of artworks from gallery artist Diana Guerrero-Maciá’s new body of work titled Sleeping Giant. This presentation features new large-scale paintings, an immersive wall installation of 36 collages on paper and a sculptural installation featuring a Hans Wegner style folding chair, a pillow made by the artist’s mother, a shipping palette and other personal items from the artist’s upbringing and studio practice. These artworks are built upon the basic structure of a “nine patch”: a fundamental quilt block pattern that organizes space in quilt making originating in the beginning of the nineteenth century. From this basic framework, Guerrero-Maciá drives much more complex forms through the combined languages of abstraction and materiality.

Also on view will be a selection of artworks from Oli Watt’s projects 101 Decoys + Still Lives. Made over the course of the pandemic from everyday objects, found and manipulated, Watt’s duck decoys highlight the paradox of form vs. function while underlining the historical connotations of this peculiar and specific form of outdoorsmanship. Also on view is a bouquet of oversized wooden still-life flower sculptures. A play on the art-school studio drawing class wherein a group of students would surround a teacher built still-life made from any manner of objects, the artist’s flowers and bottles are quirky, brutalist and beautiful. Watt’s whimsical objects combine repetition and humor while serving as a reminder of the world around us.
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Diana Guerrero-Maciá, a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow, has exhibited nationally and internationally. She has created several public art commissions for the Public Art Fund, NYC and the City of Chicago. Her artworks are collected into multiple public and private collections. Her exhibitions include Kohler Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Art Pace San Antonio, Elmhurst Art Museum, and Crocker Museum of Art. She is a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation grantee, Illinois Artist Fellow and MacDowell Colony Fellow. She is an alumnus of Skowhegan School of Painting & Drawing, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Penland School of Craft and Villanova University. Guerrero-Maciá. is currently a Professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Oli Watt has exhibited his work at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York; the Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI; La Band Art Gallery, Los Angeles; and the Rocket Gallery, London. His work has been discussed in numerous publications including Art on Paper, Art US, the New Art Examiner and Village Voice. He is a recipient of the Maxine and Stuart Applebaum Award of Excellence and the Tweed Museum of Art Purchase Award. Watt runs the free range gallery and project space in the Albany Park neighborhood.
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CSG BTWXT represents the interim where we find ourselves literally “between spaces”. Over the next few months before our permanent home is ready in early 2023 on Chicago’s Wood and Hubbard Streets, we will be featuring recent developments by both gallery artists and new artist alliances, along with exciting teasers of all that is to come. In addition to BTWXT #1, the gallery will have on view a variety of recent artwork from Gallery artists including Andrew Holmquist, Anne Lindberg, Stephen Eichhorn and Dannielle Tegeder.
TOP IMAGE: Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Sleeping Giant (18), 2022. Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper, 20 x 17.5 inches, framed.
Artwork




Diana Guerrero-Maciá
2022
Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
20 x 17.5 inches, framed

Sleeping Giant (2)
2022
Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
20 x 17.5 inches, framed

Sleeping Giant (3)
2022
Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
20 x 17.5 inches, framed

Diana Guerrero-Maciá
2022
Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
20 x 17.5 inches, framed

Sleeping Giant (5)
2022
Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
20 x 17.5 inches, framed

Sleeping Giant (6)
2022
Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
20 x 17.5 inches, framed

Sleeping Giant (7)
2022
Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
20 x 17.5 inches, framed

Sleeping Giant (8)
2022
Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
20 x 17.5 inches, framed

Sleeping Giant (9)
2022
Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
20 x 17.5 inches, framed

Sleeping Giant (10)
2022
Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
20 x 17.5 inches, framed

Sleeping Giant (11)
2022
Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
20 x 17.5 inches, framed

Sleeping Giant (12)
2022
Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
20 x 17.5 inches, framed

Sleeping Giant (13)
2022
Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
20 x 17.5 inches, framed

Sleeping Giant (14)
2022
Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
20 x 17.5 inches, framed

Diana Guerrero-Maciá
2022
Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
20 x 17.5 inches, framed

Sleeping Giant (16)
2022
Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
20 x 17.5 inches, framed

Sleeping Giant (17)
2022
Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
20 x 17.5 inches, framed

Sleeping Giant (18)
2022
Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
20 x 17.5 inches, framed

Sleeping Giant (19)
2022
Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
20 x 17.5 inches, framed

Sleeping Giant (20)
2022
Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
20 x 17.5 inches, framed

Sleeping Giant (21)
2022
Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
20 x 17.5 inches, framed

Sleeping Giant (22)
2022
Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
20 x 17.5 inches, framed

Sleeping Giant (23)
2022
Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
20 x 17.5 inches, framed

Sleeping Giant (24)
2022
Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
20 x 17.5 inches, framed

Sleeping Giant (25)
2022
Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
20 x 17.5 inches, framed

Sleeping Giant (26)
2022
Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
20 x 17.5 inches, framed

Sleeping Giant (27)
2022
Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
20 x 17.5 inches, framed

Sleeping Giant (28)
2022
Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
20 x 17.5 inches, framed

Sleeping Giant (29)
2022
Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
20 x 17.5 inches, framed

Sleeping Giant (30)
2022
Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
20 x 17.5 inches, framed

Sleeping Giant (31)
2022
Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
20 x 17.5 inches, framed

Sleeping Giant (32)
2022
Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
20 x 17.5 inches, framed

Sleeping Giant (33)
2022
Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
20 x 17.5 inches, framed

Sleeping Giant (34)
2022
Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
20 x 17.5 inches, framed

Sleeping Giant (35)
2022
Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
20 x 17.5 inches, framed

Sleeping Giant (36)
2022
Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
20 x 17.5 inches, framed


Diana Guerrero-Maciá
2022
Used shipping palette, Hans Wegner-style folding chair, sheepskin, Bargello embroidered pillow, dyed linen & canvas, dropcloth, driftwood, house paint & safety pins
96 x 48 x 40 inches


The Cost of Doing Business
2022
Canvas, dye, gouache, bleach, deconstructed clothing, US Army blanket, quilt, washrags & domestic textiles on canvas
57.5 x 49.5 inches


Hotter Years
2022
Canvas, dye, deconstructed clothing & textiles on canvas
57.5 x 49.5 inches


Ghost No. 1
2022
Canvas, dye, deconstructed clothing & textiles on canvas
57.5 x 49.5 inches



Bones
2022
Wood, bones
16 x 5 x 9.5 in.

Bosch
2022
Basswood, drill battery
7 x 4 x 7.5 in.
OW-000052

Brotchen
2022
Bread
7 x 3.5 x 4 in.
OW-000053

Burner
2021
Pine, found wood
14 x 4 x 5 inches
OW-000040

Call of the Mild
2002
Basket, found rope, spruce
20 x 8 x 17.5 in.
OW-000055

Card Bored
2022
Cardboard, hot glue
16.5 x 6.5 x 10 in.
OW-000056

Caution
2022
Basswood, found wood and metal, screenprinted pine, compressed wood
22 x 11 x 28 in.
OW-000057

Cherry
2022
Cherry, found wood, wood epoxy
18 x 6 x 9 in.
OW-000058

Cork
2021
Maple, cork
17 x 6 x 10 in.
OW-000059

Eva
2022
Found wood, wool sock
17 x 6 x 12 in.
OW-000060

Flock
2022
Bark, bass, flocking
18 x 5 x 6.5 in.
OW-000062

Foiled
2022
Basswood, aluminum, reflective paint.
15 x 7 x 8 in.
OW-000063

Gary
2022
Birch bark, toy
10 x 8 x 6 in.
OW-000064

Homer
2022
Pine, found wood, baseball cap
14 x 6 x 10.5 in.
OW-000065

Jane
2022
Pine, found planer
16 x 3 x 7 in.
OW-000066

Jenga
2022
Discarded wooden toys
14 x 6 x 7 in.
OW-000067

Jenkins
2022
Balsawood, acrylic, found sandbag
22 x 12 x 9 in.
OW-000068

Knight
2022
Maple, balsawood, cherry, found metal, screws, epoxy, wood epoxy.
19 x 6 x 10 in.
OW-000069

Lighter
2022
Spruce, lighter
30 x 4.5 x 6 in.
OW-000070

Mittenhead
2022
Maple, alpaca
17 x 5.5 x 12 in.
OW-000071

Molecules
2021
Found decoy, plastic, wood
7 x 7 x 5 in.
OW-000072

Mother
2022
Maple, basswood, wood epoxy, oil
18 x 7 x 11 in.
OW-000073

Mr. Pink
2022
Wood, fabric
22 x 6 x 9 in.
OW-000074

Peanut
2022
Peanut
2 x .5 x 1.5 in.
OW-000075

Plunge
2021
Cherry, walnut, found wood, plunger
6 x 6 x 31 in.
OW-000076

Printhead 2
2022
Ash, screenprinted plywood, acrylic stain
6.5 x 7.5 x 9.5 in.
OW-000061

Roger Too
2020
Walnut, wood epoxy
11 x 8 x 6 inches
OW-000011

Rusty
2022
Spruce, found wood, wood epoxy
23 x 6 x 9 in.
OW-000078

Self Portrait Decoy
2022
Maple, poplar, feathers
15 x 9 x 7.5 in.
OW-000079

Sink Sunk
2022
Maple, broken sink
17 x 17 x 19 in.
OW-000080

Sticky
2020
Aluminum mesh, molding paste
15 x 8 x 10 in.
OW-000081

Tanker
2020
Pine, found plastic, pewter
15½ x 14 x 19 inches
OW-000007

Uncle Billy
2021
Wood, fabric
15.5 x 4.5 x 6.5 in.
OW-000083

Violin
2020
Violin, Balsa, cherry
11 x 6½ x 7 inches
OW-000003

Canvas
2021
Wood, canvas, staples
18 x 6 x 9½ inches
OW-000044

Drift
2020
Pine, oak, found wood
18 x 7 x 8 inches
OW-000031

Roots
2020
Carved pine, tree root system
25½ x 11 x 13 inches
OW-000042



Bouquet
2020 - 2022
Various carved and found wood, acrylic paint, glue, sawdust, boneware
60 x 60 x 52 inches
OW-000085

Ash Tray
2020
Wood and paint
5 x 5 x 2.5 inches
OW-000086

Broken Bottle
2020
Found wood
11 x 9 x 4.5 inches
OW-000088

Bottle #1
2020
Found wood
6 x 6 x 30.5 in.
OW-000089

Bottle #2
2020
Found wood
6.5 x 6 x 28 in.
OW-000090

Bottle #3
2020
Found wood
4 x 4 x 27 in.
OW-000091

Bottle #4
2020
Found wood
6 x 6 x 25.5 in.
OW-000092

Bottle #5
2020
Found wood
10.5 x 11 x 25 in.
OW-000093

Bottle #6
2020
Found wood
7 x 6 x 23 in.
OW-000094

Bottle #7
2020
Found wood
22 x 5.5 x 6 in.
OW-000095

Bottle #8
2020
Found wood
22.5 x 6 x 6 inches
OW-000097

Bottle #9
2020
Found wood
18 x 7 x 7.5 in.
OW-000098

Bottle #10
2020
Found wood
17 x 7.5 x 5 in.
OW-000099

Bottle #11
2020
Found wood
17 x 5 x 5 in.
OW-000100

Bottle #12
2020
Found wood
16 x 3.5 x 3 in.
OW-000096

Bottle #13
2020
Found wood
18 x 6 x 6 in.
OW-000101

Bottle #14
2020
Found wood
15 x 3.5 x 3.5 in.
OW-000102