Art in Alternative Spaces

presents

quARTet

art by Rick "Fish" Janes and Don Elmi

on exhibition at Apollo Theater, 2540 North Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL

With Art by Students from the British School of Chicago - Special Reception for the Students:    Friday, June 18, 2010  (5:30 - 7:00 pm)

View the exhibition in the Apollo Theater lobby during box office and performance hours:

Mon - Tues (10 am - 6 pm); Wed - Fri (10 am - 8 pm); Saturdays (10 am - 8 pm) and Sundays (11 am - 4 pm). 

In complement to the hit musical  Million Dollar Quartet!

No One Will Believe It!
Acrylic on Canvas   24 x 24" by  Don Elmi

DON ELMI

Don Elmi was born in Beloit, Wisconsin in 1930, and after his tour of duty in the United States Navy he moved to Chicago in 1954 to launch his career in the art/advertising business. He served his apprenticeship at a top commercial art studio, where he was able to work with some of the best artists of his era. That was his break to become an accomplished cartoonist and design illustrator.

Jerry Lee Lewis

Acrylic on Canvas   20 x 30" by  Don Elmi
 

Johnny Cash

Acrylic on Canvas   20 x 24" by  Don Elmi
 

Elvis 

Acrylic on Canvas   24 x 28" by  Don Elmi
 

 

RICK "FISH" JANES 

 

ART: 

From the 1970s to the present, his illustrations and cartoons have appeared in publications as diverse as in-flight magazines for Continental & United Airlines, The Chicago Blues Review, and the Benchley's Jazz Club newsletter, as well as in advertising for The U.S. Blues Brothers Bar, Destination Publications, and other companies. His artwork has been featured on album and CD covers for various performers, including The Prediktors, Mick Scott, William Purvis & the Seventh Sons, Val Leventhal and others. For ten years beginning in 1982, he provided a monthly color poster for the U.S. Blues Brothers Bar in Chicago and, since 1993, has created a monthly events calendar for the Gallery Cabaret in Chicago. His 3-dimensional constructions and other artwork have appeared in shows at the Gallery Cabaret, as well as in art exhibits at Steppenwolf Theater, Chicago; the Northlight Center for the Arts in Skokie, Illinois, and the Goodman Theater in Chicago; the last three exhibitions presented by Anatomically Correct. In 2008, he was part of two group shows at Blue Line Studios in Chicago. In 2006, an image of his 3-D relief construction "Mr. Bluesman" was selected as the cover illustration for a sheet music collection published in the U.K. 

MUSIC:   

Under the nickname 'Fish,' Rick has been a guitarist and singer with a number of groups since 1967, including The Looking Glass Blues Band, The Ezra Quantine Blues Band, Mountain Bus, Jeanne Carroll & the Night Owls, The Wild Child Butler Blues Band, The Wildman Band, Miasma, The Val-Pack, and, currently, Fish & the Bluefins. From 1982 to 1992, he hosted the Wednesday Open Mic at the U.S. Blues Brothers Bar in Chicago, and, since 1993, has hosted the Tuesday Blues Jam at the Gallery Cabaret in Chicago. Most recently, his guitar work has been featured on Val Leventhal's "Roots & Flowers" CD. He has performed in venues ranging from the World Teenage Fair at McCormick Place, Chicago (1967), to the The Chicago Peace Fest (2007), as well as blues and jazz clubs too numerous to mention. Lost in America Records is producing an album of his original music set for release in 2009, and Dimension One Records is planning a CD retrospective of his guitar work from the 1960s to the present, also for release next year.

Million Dollar Quartet  Mixed Media   24 x 20" by Rick Janes

Million Dollar Quartet

(Detail)

Million Dollar Quartet

(Detail)

Million Dollar Quartet  (Detail)

Million Dollar Quartet  (Detail)

Million Dollar Quartet  (Detail)

Roots of Rock  Mixed Media  24 x 24" by Rick Janes

Detailed Images

Big Bill

 

 Little Walter

 

  
   
Lead Belly

 

 Jimmy Reed

 

  

 

Jerry Lee...With Nuts   Mixed Media   22" X 28" by Rick Janes
 

   

Spaceman Elvis 1956   Mixed Media   19 x 31" by Rick Janes

      
Mr. Bluesman    Mixed Media w/Harmonica   24 x 48" by Rick Janes

 

Founded in 1991, Anatomically Correct is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to showcasing works by artists in alternative spaces in a combined effort to educate, diversify, and promote community awareness of the visual and performing arts.     This project is sponsored in part by the Chicago Dept. of Cultural Affairs Program I grant, the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency and by Debra Hatchett, Realtor, Koenig & Strey.

               


For more information or to purchase artwork, please contact:

Anatomically Correct

Phone (312) 514-1802

anatomically@ripco.com