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moniquemeloche is proud to present a solo presentation of works by Chicago-based artist Dan Gunn (American, born 1980). Gunn's work centers on the imagery, materials, and craft traditions of the American Midwestern vernacular and investigates their ideological function for the politics of nostalgia and the formulation of male subjectivity.

Created out of cut pieces of plywood that are laced back together with cord, the 'drapery' works of his "Scenery" series are both flat while picturing dimensionality and whole while existing in a multitude of parts. As objects, they …