{"id":713,"date":"2012-08-23T01:52:17","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T05:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/?p=713"},"modified":"2012-08-14T11:57:06","modified_gmt":"2012-08-14T15:57:06","slug":"medley-at-the-chicago-urban-art-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/articles\/medley-at-the-chicago-urban-art-society\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Medley&#8221; at the Chicago Urban Art Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-715 alignnone\" title=\"Medley at Chicago Urban Art Society\" src=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/MELEDY_BACK-web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/MELEDY_BACK-web.jpg 338w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/MELEDY_BACK-web-300x532.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Medley<\/p>\n<p>Described as \u201cthe age old novelty of collage or assemblage\u201d, the works by 13 artists in CUAS\u2019 new exhibition space use glue, tape, and other methods of adhesive to present different themes and aesthetic. The artists include Kolaj Magazine contributor Jp King, Emily Haasch, Oleg Borodin, Peter Kepha, Josh Slater, Matt Shaw, Justin Angelos, Chad Khouri, Ashlie Chavez, Arn Gyssels, and Ruben Aguirre.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chicago Urban Art Society, Chicago, Illinois, USA<\/strong><br \/>\n11 May-16 June 2012<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagourbanartsociety.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.chicagourbanartsociety.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>11 May-16 June 2012<\/p>\n<p>Described as \u201cthe age old novelty of collage or assemblage\u201d, the works by 13 artists in CUAS\u2019 new exhibition space use glue, tape, and other methods of adhesive to present different themes and aesthetic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/articles\/medley-at-the-chicago-urban-art-society\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-collage-exhibitions"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/MELEDY_BACK-web.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2QTD7-bv","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1697,"url":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/collage-exhibitions\/medley-2-at-cuas\/","url_meta":{"origin":713,"position":0},"title":"&#8220;Medley: A Collage Group Show #2&#8221; at Chicago Urban Art Society","author":"Christopher Byrne","date":"13 April 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"12 April-31 May 2013 The \"Medley\" series presents artists working within the genre of collage or assemblage, including artists working both in two and three dimensions. 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