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    • Yarrow, David >
      • David Yarrow Photography >
        • DAVID YARROW, I AM PURE ALPHA
        • DAVID YARROW, ENCROACHMENT
        • DAVID YARROW, IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME
        • DAVID YARROW, HEAVEN CAN WAIT
        • DAVID YARROW, THE UNTOUCHABLES
        • DAVID YARROW, ONE FOOT ON THE GROUND
        • DAVID YARROW, THE FACTORY
        • DAVID YARROW, THE AMERICAN IDOL
        • DAVID YARROW, THE BEAST
        • DAVID YARROW, YELLOWSTONE
        • DAVID YARROW, FACE OFF
        • DAVID YARROW, HAIRSPRAY
        • DAVID YARROW, FUNNEL CREEK
        • DAVID YARROW, GLADIATOR
        • DAVID YARROW, FAMILY
        • DAVID YARROW, GRUMPY MONKEY
        • DAVID YARROW, HARBIN
        • DAVID YARROW, HELLO
        • DAVID YARROW, HOKKAIDO
        • DAVID YARROW, SWAN LAKE
        • DAVID YARROW, LION KING
        • DAVID YARROW, THE PUZZLE
        • DAVID YARROW, NO NEARER
        • DAVID YARROW, THE CIRCLE OF LIFE
        • DAVID YARROW, THE CROSSING
        • DAVID YARROW, THE KILLER
        • DAVID YARROW, THE KING AND I
        • DAVID YARROW, THE PRIZE
        • DAVID YARROW, THE SIBERIANS
        • DAVID YARROW, JAWS
        • DAVID YARROW, THE SILVERBACK
        • DAVID YARROW, WILD
        • DAVID YARROW, WHITE RUSH
        • DAVID YARROW, LORD OF THE RINGS
        • DAVID YARROW, The Prize
        • DAVID YARROW, BEAR WALKS INTO A BAR
        • DAVID YARROW, DETROIT
        • DAVID YARROW, THE WOLF OF MAIN STREET
        • DAVID YARROW, THE WOLF OF MAIN STREET III
        • DAVID YARROW, A SHIP CALLED DIGNITY
        • DAVID YARROW, 78 DEGREES NORTH
        • DAVID YARROW, AFRICAN TAILS
        • DAVID YARROW, MYSTIC RIVER
        • DAVID YARROW, THE OLD TESTAMENT
        • DAVID YARROW, CONTENTMENT
        • DAVID YARROW, THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE ASS
        • DAVID YARROW, THE WILD WEST
        • DAVID YARROW, OVER THE SEA TO SKYE
        • DAVID YARROW, THE FULL NINE YARDS
        • DAVID YARROW, PRIMEVAL
        • DAVID YARROW, THE FISHER KING
        • DAVID YARROW, LUGARD
        • DAVID YARROW, WILD
        • DAVID YARROW, THE LONG MARCH
        • DAVID YARROW, MEMBERS ONLY
        • DAVID YARROW, BAGHEERA
        • DAVID YARROW, MANKIND II
        • DAVID YARROW, EXODUS
        • DAVID YARROW, GROUND ALERT
        • DAVID YARROW, MOTHER'S DAY
        • DAVID YARROW, SILENT WITNESS
        • DAVID YARROW, THE FAIRYTALE
        • DAVID YARROW, TSAVO EAST
        • DAVID YARROW, THE LAST SUPPER
        • DAVID YARROW, ROCK STAR
        • DAVID YARROW, NKOSI SIKELEL LAFRIKA
        • DAVID YARROW, DESERT FLIGHT
        • DAVID YARROW, LETS CATCH THE LAST TRAIN HOME
        • DAVID YARROW, THE USUAL SUSPECTS
        • DAVID YARROW, KAKTOVIK
        • DAVID YARROW, SHACKLETON
        • DAVID YARROW, A STREET CAR NAMED DESIRE
        • DAVID YARROW, THE WALK OF LIFE
        • DAVID YARROW, GO AHEAD PUNK, MAKE MY DAY
        • DAVID YARROW, WONDERWALL
        • DAVID YARROW, THE CUBS
        • DAVID YARROW, ANTZ
        • DAVID YARROW, ROYAL ASCOT
        • DAVID YARROW, THE HUNGER GAMES
        • DAVID YARROW, LUNCH
        • DAVID YARROW, THE WATERBOYS
        • DAVID YARROW, WHITE HORSES
        • DAVID YARROW, SWEET HOME CHICAGO
        • DAVID YARROW, ETHEREAL DUNE
        • DAVID YARROW, THE AMERICAN IDOL II
        • DAVID YARROW, COLOSSUS
        • DAVID YARROW, The Garden of Eden
        • DAVID YARROW, BLACK PANTHER
        • DAVID YARROW, DEXTER
        • DAVID YARROW, RISKY BUSINESS
        • DAVID YARROW, THOR
        • DAVID YARROW, DESIGNATED SURVIVOR
        • DAVID YARROW, THE QUEEN OF RANTHAMBORE
        • DAVID YARROW, SWEET HOME CHICAGO
        • DAVID YARROW, THE RIVER MONSTER
        • DAVID YARROW, CRAZY HORSE
        • DAVID YARROW, LAST ORDERS
        • DAVID YARROW, JERSEY LILLY
        • DAVID YARROW, TED
        • DAVID YARROW, PREDATOR
        • DAVID YARROW, DIAMONDS IN THE SKY
        • DAVID YARROW, THE BARBER OFF FAIRFAX
        • DAVID YARROW, ROAD TRIP
        • DAVID YARROW, THE COMPTON COWBOYS
        • DAVID YARROW, THE BREAK UP
        • DAVID YARROW, THE STATESMAN
        • DAVID YARROW, THE NORTH SLOPE
        • DAVID YARROW, PARALLEL LINES
        • DAVID YARROW, BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE
        • DAVID YARROW, FAMILY TREE
        • DAVID YARROW, THE HOUSE OF ORANGE (Color)
        • DAVID YARROW, THE HOUSE OF ORANGE (B&W)
        • DAVID YARROW, THE BREAKFAST CLUB
        • DAVID YARROW, ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE
        • DAVID YARROW, WISE GUYS
        • DAVID YARROW, NAPOLEON
        • DAVID YARROW, OCEAN'S ELEVEN
        • DAVID YARROW, 54 DEGREES SOUTH
        • DAVID YARROW, DADDY'S HOME
        • DAVID YARROW, YOU SAT ON MY HUSBAND
        • DAVID YARROW, CONTENTMENT II
        • DAVID YARROW, AMERICAN HUSTLE
        • DAVID YARROW, CINDY'S SHOTGUN WEDDING
        • DAVID YARROW, THE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS
        • DAVID YARROW, KINGDOM
        • DAVID YARROW, FOREST GUMP
        • DAVID YARROW, ICE AGE
        • DAVID YARROW, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
        • DAVID YARROW, WAKANDA
        • DAVID YARROW, HARRY POTTER
        • DAVID YARROW, HARRY POTTER
    • HISTORY OF THE CHESS QUEEN (or the Advent of Feminine Power) >
      • PAUL NELSON
      • TERRY POULOS
      • SANTINA AMATO
      • KOSTIS GEORGIOU
      • ELIZA MOZER
      • DOUGLAS KIRKLAND
      • SUSAN AURINKO
      • TERRY O'NEILL
      • HUGH ARNOLD
      • BLAKE WARD
      • SØREN THIELEMANN
      • JEFFERY LEVING
      • RICK GARCIA
      • EVE OZER
      • ROBERT FLEISCHMAN
      • PETER N. GRAY
      • REEVES & SUDBRINK
      • RACHELLE ROOS
      • SUZANNE COHAN-LANGE
      • MARCO NEREO ROTELLI
      • Santina Amato
      • JULIE GARDNER
      • TAMMY KOHL
      • SHARON BLADHOLM
      • YASEMIN ASLAN BAKIRI
      • JULIAN WASSER
      • JEANNE VIELLEUX II
      • PATTY CAROLL
      • JOHN CLARK
  • press
    • Classic Chicago Magazine
    • DAVID YARROW PRESS >
      • Picture this post david yarrow
      • WCIU David yarrow
      • Le Bon David Yarrow
      • ABC7 Roz Varon David yarrow
    • THE NEW ART EXAMINER: DAVID YARROW
    • WALL STREET INTERNATIONAL: History of the Chess Queen
    • DAVID YARROW - HELLO MAGAZINE PRE
    • DAVID YARROW: "North Korea’s Kim Jong Un’s popularity has never been higher"
    • ROBERT FLEISCHMAN ABC7 INTERVIEW
    • ARICA HILTON - WOMANSCAPE
    • LA FEMME - Michigan Avenue Magazine
    • BLAKE WARD - Art Diversions
  • VIDEOS
    • Yarrow, David VIDEOS
  • Photo Gallery
    • SINATRA: MY KIND OF TOWN Private Dinner
    • DAVID YARROW WILD ENCOUNTERS
    • HISTORY OF THE CHESS QUEEN- 09/08/17
    • LA FEMME: BEAUTY & FORM - 06/30/16
    • Ana Castillo Book Signing - 06/10/16
    • EXPLORING STONE (Dialogue Between Susan Aurinko & Jyl Bonaguro) - 06/02/16
    • John Perkins Book Signing - 05/06/16
    • BLAKE WARD "Inner Perceptions, Outer Reflections" 4/7/16
    • An Evening with Eve Ozer - 03/11/16
    • Ann Catherine - Fashion Event - 02/05/16
  • blog
PictureBlake Ward "Phantom Sky"

​From the masters of the Renaissance such as Michelangelo and Botticelli to the Romantic painters of the 19th century, the art of ancient Greece and Rome has inspired artists for over 2,500 years. As Picasso painted the Minotaur repeatedly and modern artist Cy Twombly inserted ancient Greek words into his paintings, antiquity continues to act as a key impetus for contemporary artists. 

Hilton | Asmus Contemporary opens the winter season with "Inspired by Antiquity," a group exhibition presenting the work of three sculptors, Jyl Bonaguro, Terry Poulos and Blake Ward; and painters, Eve Ozer and Manolis Tzortzakakis, representing five countries. The gallery will host AN EVENING WITH THE ARTIST each month through April 2016.

“Inspired by Antiquity” will parallel the Field Museum’s groundbreaking exhibition "The Greeks:  From Agamemnon to Alexander."  While “The Greeks” sheds light on the fascinating history of ancient Greece and Rome,  Inspired by Antiquity will illustrate the unbroken line of inspiration in art from ancient times to the present.  


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TERRY POULOS:  January 27, 2016

Artist, writer, inventor and historian Terry Poulos will be presenting his modern rendition of the world's oldest computer based on the Antikythera Mechanism, a hand-powered astronomical calculator dating back to 205 BC.  

Art-ikythera" pays homage to an ancient example of ingenuity and technological innovation. On display at Hilton-Asmus Contemporary is the world's first sculpture of what is considered the world's oldest computer, the Antikythera Mechanism (est. 205 BC). The ancient device, strongly connected to the workshop of artisans directly working with the legendary inventor/polymath Archimedes of Syracuse
 (215 BC), had a complexity not equaled for 1500 years after its inception. The hand-cranked, bronze-geared device, confirmed by the construction of three separate working models post-2005, was an astronomical calculator consisting of 20 to 40 gears, cogs, and other accoutrements. Among other functions, it tracked motions of the five known planets of that era, predicted lunar and solar eclipses to the precise day and hour thousands of years in advance in accordance with its 18,000-year Saros calendar, and informed of various cultural events including when to host the ancient Olympic games every four years.



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​JYL BONAGURO:  February 18, 2016


From the perfectly defined torsos of gods and goddesses to stylized busts of emperors and generals, sculpture was one of the most widely practiced art forms in ancient Greece and Rome. Artist and playwright, Jyl Bonaguro carries on the tradition with her marble and alabaster sculptures. Using the same tools used by ancient Greek and Romans, a hammer and chisel, she carves images that resemble broken pieces of ancient statues. These beautiful figures are purposefully fragmented with parts left unfinished in order to expose the fallacy of immortality. 





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EVE OZER:  March 18, 2016
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From frescos to panel portraits, paintings adorned the temples of ancient Greece and Rome. German born Chicago resident, Eve Ozer revives an ancient method used by Greeks, encaustic (wax) painting. Using non-traditional materials such as loofa, net, music sheets and newspapers, she creates a surface that is composed of layers of colors and textures.
Horses are an important symbol for Ozer, and Bucephalus, the steed of Alexander the Great, and Pegasus, the flying horse flow from her canvas. A painting of Terpischore the muse of dance appears in Ozer’s modern abstract language. 

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BLAKE WARD:  April 7, 2016
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A longtime resident of Monte Carlo, Canadian Blake Ward’s new works from his Spirits Collection provoke introspection, illustrating his contemporary approach to classical figurative sculpture and his development from firm academicism to a new liberating metallic expressionism. Building on the techniques of figurative sculpture developed in antiquity, his newest pieces challenge the classical figure by opening up the interior space of the human form as a way to search our inner selves.
While the 59-year-old Ward remains true to the representational quality and the realistic proportions of traditional sculpture, Spirits crosses over into abstract and ethereal realms where he aims for provocative figures that expand the consciousness of our inner realities. Ward’s 1⁄4 scale, partial figures break away from all the fundamental rules of bronze sculpture. 




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MANOLIS:  To Be Announced

A native of Greece, emerging artist Manolis Tzortzakakis' abstract paintings are infused with the myths of ancient Greece. Moving to Chicago in 2014, he incorporates the light and atmosphere of his new home into his work. His "Nike of Samothrace" eludes the shape of that ancient statue which is housed at the top of the grand staircase at the Louvre Museum in Paris.

Manolis’ interest is not in depicting an accurate image of a natural pattern or an artificial reproduction, but he attempts, by removing individual and temporal features to convey a direct “view” of the sense or essence of the world.

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  • welcome
    • about us
    • our team
    • contact us >
      • artist submissions
  • ARTISTS DIRECTORY
    • artists
    • poets
  • EXHIBITIONS
    • SINATRA: MY KIND OF TOWN >
      • THE SINATRA COLLECTION
    • Yarrow, David >
      • David Yarrow Photography >
        • DAVID YARROW, I AM PURE ALPHA
        • DAVID YARROW, ENCROACHMENT
        • DAVID YARROW, IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME
        • DAVID YARROW, HEAVEN CAN WAIT
        • DAVID YARROW, THE UNTOUCHABLES
        • DAVID YARROW, ONE FOOT ON THE GROUND
        • DAVID YARROW, THE FACTORY
        • DAVID YARROW, THE AMERICAN IDOL
        • DAVID YARROW, THE BEAST
        • DAVID YARROW, YELLOWSTONE
        • DAVID YARROW, FACE OFF
        • DAVID YARROW, HAIRSPRAY
        • DAVID YARROW, FUNNEL CREEK
        • DAVID YARROW, GLADIATOR
        • DAVID YARROW, FAMILY
        • DAVID YARROW, GRUMPY MONKEY
        • DAVID YARROW, HARBIN
        • DAVID YARROW, HELLO
        • DAVID YARROW, HOKKAIDO
        • DAVID YARROW, SWAN LAKE
        • DAVID YARROW, LION KING
        • DAVID YARROW, THE PUZZLE
        • DAVID YARROW, NO NEARER
        • DAVID YARROW, THE CIRCLE OF LIFE
        • DAVID YARROW, THE CROSSING
        • DAVID YARROW, THE KILLER
        • DAVID YARROW, THE KING AND I
        • DAVID YARROW, THE PRIZE
        • DAVID YARROW, THE SIBERIANS
        • DAVID YARROW, JAWS
        • DAVID YARROW, THE SILVERBACK
        • DAVID YARROW, WILD
        • DAVID YARROW, WHITE RUSH
        • DAVID YARROW, LORD OF THE RINGS
        • DAVID YARROW, The Prize
        • DAVID YARROW, BEAR WALKS INTO A BAR
        • DAVID YARROW, DETROIT
        • DAVID YARROW, THE WOLF OF MAIN STREET
        • DAVID YARROW, THE WOLF OF MAIN STREET III
        • DAVID YARROW, A SHIP CALLED DIGNITY
        • DAVID YARROW, 78 DEGREES NORTH
        • DAVID YARROW, AFRICAN TAILS
        • DAVID YARROW, MYSTIC RIVER
        • DAVID YARROW, THE OLD TESTAMENT
        • DAVID YARROW, CONTENTMENT
        • DAVID YARROW, THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE ASS
        • DAVID YARROW, THE WILD WEST
        • DAVID YARROW, OVER THE SEA TO SKYE
        • DAVID YARROW, THE FULL NINE YARDS
        • DAVID YARROW, PRIMEVAL
        • DAVID YARROW, THE FISHER KING
        • DAVID YARROW, LUGARD
        • DAVID YARROW, WILD
        • DAVID YARROW, THE LONG MARCH
        • DAVID YARROW, MEMBERS ONLY
        • DAVID YARROW, BAGHEERA
        • DAVID YARROW, MANKIND II
        • DAVID YARROW, EXODUS
        • DAVID YARROW, GROUND ALERT
        • DAVID YARROW, MOTHER'S DAY
        • DAVID YARROW, SILENT WITNESS
        • DAVID YARROW, THE FAIRYTALE
        • DAVID YARROW, TSAVO EAST
        • DAVID YARROW, THE LAST SUPPER
        • DAVID YARROW, ROCK STAR
        • DAVID YARROW, NKOSI SIKELEL LAFRIKA
        • DAVID YARROW, DESERT FLIGHT
        • DAVID YARROW, LETS CATCH THE LAST TRAIN HOME
        • DAVID YARROW, THE USUAL SUSPECTS
        • DAVID YARROW, KAKTOVIK
        • DAVID YARROW, SHACKLETON
        • DAVID YARROW, A STREET CAR NAMED DESIRE
        • DAVID YARROW, THE WALK OF LIFE
        • DAVID YARROW, GO AHEAD PUNK, MAKE MY DAY
        • DAVID YARROW, WONDERWALL
        • DAVID YARROW, THE CUBS
        • DAVID YARROW, ANTZ
        • DAVID YARROW, ROYAL ASCOT
        • DAVID YARROW, THE HUNGER GAMES
        • DAVID YARROW, LUNCH
        • DAVID YARROW, THE WATERBOYS
        • DAVID YARROW, WHITE HORSES
        • DAVID YARROW, SWEET HOME CHICAGO
        • DAVID YARROW, ETHEREAL DUNE
        • DAVID YARROW, THE AMERICAN IDOL II
        • DAVID YARROW, COLOSSUS
        • DAVID YARROW, The Garden of Eden
        • DAVID YARROW, BLACK PANTHER
        • DAVID YARROW, DEXTER
        • DAVID YARROW, RISKY BUSINESS
        • DAVID YARROW, THOR
        • DAVID YARROW, DESIGNATED SURVIVOR
        • DAVID YARROW, THE QUEEN OF RANTHAMBORE
        • DAVID YARROW, SWEET HOME CHICAGO
        • DAVID YARROW, THE RIVER MONSTER
        • DAVID YARROW, CRAZY HORSE
        • DAVID YARROW, LAST ORDERS
        • DAVID YARROW, JERSEY LILLY
        • DAVID YARROW, TED
        • DAVID YARROW, PREDATOR
        • DAVID YARROW, DIAMONDS IN THE SKY
        • DAVID YARROW, THE BARBER OFF FAIRFAX
        • DAVID YARROW, ROAD TRIP
        • DAVID YARROW, THE COMPTON COWBOYS
        • DAVID YARROW, THE BREAK UP
        • DAVID YARROW, THE STATESMAN
        • DAVID YARROW, THE NORTH SLOPE
        • DAVID YARROW, PARALLEL LINES
        • DAVID YARROW, BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE
        • DAVID YARROW, FAMILY TREE
        • DAVID YARROW, THE HOUSE OF ORANGE (Color)
        • DAVID YARROW, THE HOUSE OF ORANGE (B&W)
        • DAVID YARROW, THE BREAKFAST CLUB
        • DAVID YARROW, ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE
        • DAVID YARROW, WISE GUYS
        • DAVID YARROW, NAPOLEON
        • DAVID YARROW, OCEAN'S ELEVEN
        • DAVID YARROW, 54 DEGREES SOUTH
        • DAVID YARROW, DADDY'S HOME
        • DAVID YARROW, YOU SAT ON MY HUSBAND
        • DAVID YARROW, CONTENTMENT II
        • DAVID YARROW, AMERICAN HUSTLE
        • DAVID YARROW, CINDY'S SHOTGUN WEDDING
        • DAVID YARROW, THE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS
        • DAVID YARROW, KINGDOM
        • DAVID YARROW, FOREST GUMP
        • DAVID YARROW, ICE AGE
        • DAVID YARROW, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
        • DAVID YARROW, WAKANDA
        • DAVID YARROW, HARRY POTTER
        • DAVID YARROW, HARRY POTTER
    • HISTORY OF THE CHESS QUEEN (or the Advent of Feminine Power) >
      • PAUL NELSON
      • TERRY POULOS
      • SANTINA AMATO
      • KOSTIS GEORGIOU
      • ELIZA MOZER
      • DOUGLAS KIRKLAND
      • SUSAN AURINKO
      • TERRY O'NEILL
      • HUGH ARNOLD
      • BLAKE WARD
      • SØREN THIELEMANN
      • JEFFERY LEVING
      • RICK GARCIA
      • EVE OZER
      • ROBERT FLEISCHMAN
      • PETER N. GRAY
      • REEVES & SUDBRINK
      • RACHELLE ROOS
      • SUZANNE COHAN-LANGE
      • MARCO NEREO ROTELLI
      • Santina Amato
      • JULIE GARDNER
      • TAMMY KOHL
      • SHARON BLADHOLM
      • YASEMIN ASLAN BAKIRI
      • JULIAN WASSER
      • JEANNE VIELLEUX II
      • PATTY CAROLL
      • JOHN CLARK
  • press
    • Classic Chicago Magazine
    • DAVID YARROW PRESS >
      • Picture this post david yarrow
      • WCIU David yarrow
      • Le Bon David Yarrow
      • ABC7 Roz Varon David yarrow
    • THE NEW ART EXAMINER: DAVID YARROW
    • WALL STREET INTERNATIONAL: History of the Chess Queen
    • DAVID YARROW - HELLO MAGAZINE PRE
    • DAVID YARROW: "North Korea’s Kim Jong Un’s popularity has never been higher"
    • ROBERT FLEISCHMAN ABC7 INTERVIEW
    • ARICA HILTON - WOMANSCAPE
    • LA FEMME - Michigan Avenue Magazine
    • BLAKE WARD - Art Diversions
  • VIDEOS
    • Yarrow, David VIDEOS
  • Photo Gallery
    • SINATRA: MY KIND OF TOWN Private Dinner
    • DAVID YARROW WILD ENCOUNTERS
    • HISTORY OF THE CHESS QUEEN- 09/08/17
    • LA FEMME: BEAUTY & FORM - 06/30/16
    • Ana Castillo Book Signing - 06/10/16
    • EXPLORING STONE (Dialogue Between Susan Aurinko & Jyl Bonaguro) - 06/02/16
    • John Perkins Book Signing - 05/06/16
    • BLAKE WARD "Inner Perceptions, Outer Reflections" 4/7/16
    • An Evening with Eve Ozer - 03/11/16
    • Ann Catherine - Fashion Event - 02/05/16
  • blog
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