As part of their mid-career survey Sic Transit Gloria Mundi: Industry of the Ordinary 2003-2013, at the Chicago Cultural Center, Industry of the Ordinary solicited a number of Chicago-based artists to make their portrait, in a wide variety of media. IOTO’s interest was in creating a collective work that reveals the artists behind the portraits, reflects on the place of the portrait in contemporary art practice and considers the motivations behind the enduring urge to fashion a likeness.

Julie Laffin
Born 1959, Loves Park, Illinois, www.julielaffin.com
The Visitation (above) and Slippage, 2012
Photograph and Audio loop installation with postcards (listen to audio here)

Kirsten Leenaars
Born 1976, Nijmegen, Netherlands, www.kirstenleenaars.nl
All Will Be Revealed (Proper Soccer with Industry of the Ordinary), 2012
Video (see video here)

Lauren Levato
Born 1977, Crown Point, Indiana, www.laurenlevato.com
See and Say, 2012
Paper, graphite