BSD Butcher Shop Dogmatic presents Meg Duguid and Catie Olson: Laugh Seriously

June 20, 2006

Type: event
Starts: Jun 24 2006 at 12:00AM
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Laugh Seriously
New work by Meg Duguid and Catie Olson
June 24th, 2006-July 15th, 2006
OPENING RECEPTION SATURDAY JUNE 24TH FROM 6 TO 10 PM

BSD Butcher Shop Dogmatic
1319 W. Lake St., 3rd Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60607
312.375.7757
http://www.dogmaticchicago.com
Map/directions: http://tinyurl.com/7wf6r

Laugh Seriously is a collaborative show based on a weird tracking of subject and object with in a fictional world of serious laughter. Duguid and Olson have excavated their gray matter and come up with a spine-tingling exhibition. The audience is invited to literally step directly into this duo's work that features a laughing-gas chamber and an oxygen chamber, a homemade clown car, a joke wall, a chess game, and a map of what it all means.

While trying to fulfill the comedic rolls of the "straight man" and the "crack up" this team has created a serious of work that explores leisure, joke, and concentration. The opening itself will be a riot, with a beer party opening night along with a myriad of performances, including a hundred yard dash. Please dress accordingly and bring proper identification.

Meg Duguid is a smiler, a laugher, and a joker. Utilizing the structures of comedy she explores the role humor plays in culture. Meg received her MFA from Bard College in 2005 and her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1999. She has exhibited and performed at the Chicago Cultural Center, the DUMBO arts festival, The Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn, Flux Factory in Queens, and 667 Shotwell in San Francisco.

Catie Olson inevitably incorporates humor into her work. She captures the humor bent ideas with still and motion film. Catie received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2000 and a BS from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1995. Her work has been shown in various galleries and venues in Chicago. Some of Catie's short films have also been on travelling road shows throughout the US.

We are open to the public on Saturdays from noon until 6pm or by appointment
to make an appointment please call 312.375.7757
or write [email protected]
Michael S. Thomas, Director

BSD Butcher Shop Dogmatic Chicago Art Gallery
Laugh Seriously: New work by Meg Duguid and Catie Olson
Butcher Shop Dogmatic Chicago Art Gallery BSD