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We are pleased to present an exhibition of recent paintings and works on paper by James Esber, his sixth one-person show with Pierogi. The title of this exhibition, based on the infamously incorrect headline printed on the November 3rd, 1948 Daily Chicago Tribune front page, plays with both the notion of misinformation, misdirection, false assumptions, and the whiff of Americana history that often fuels Esber’s work.

“The sparks that drive my work are the pawed-over icons of popular culture, some stuck in my head since childhood. The list includes sugary-sweet Hummel figurines, cowboys, war …