Materials: Pigment print on canvas
Unrelenting and beautiful in its execution across both sides
Fiction title page illustrations by Maura Walsh
Inspired by the legendary Chicago Rat Hole—the sidewalk imprint in Roscoe Village that captivated the city before it was controversially removed—this concrete coaster pays homage to the accidental icon
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The Northside Nature Materials: Pigment print on canvasThe Northside doesnt touch on the iconic Chicago downtown, the citys famous neighborhoods, or urban issues reported in the media. I kept to ordinary, street side landmarks. This generic middle American city, where I live. Allen Wheatcroft The images in The Northside were taken in the northern reaches of Chicago, and beyond, between 2020 and 2023. During the pandemic Wheatcroft set out intentionally to look closely, and as though for the first time, at