The late artist Tristan Meinecke's sons organized "Factual Abstractions" in their father's former studio.
by Jake Malooley"Tristan Meinecke remains one of the monumental artistic secrets of Chicago, a man whose contribution remains to be adequately understood and evaluated," wrote John Corbett, co-owner of the gallery Corbett vs. Dempsey and a professor of painting and drawing at the Art Institute, in a 2003 essay accompanying the only retrospective the conspicuously overlooked artist would know. Early the following year, Meinecke died of heart failure at age 88.…[ Read more ]