Tag: Chicago Imagism

Karl Wirsum, "Untitled (Study for Cat's Me Ow)," 1966, ballpoint pen and marker on paper. (Derek Eller Gallery)

Art Greg CookDecember 29, 2025 0

Sketchbook Drawings By Dazzling Weirdo ’60s Psychedelic Chicago Artist Karl Wirsum

The late 1960s drawings of dazzling weirdo psychedelic Chicago artist Karl Wirsum create pop icons. His neon electric free-association visionary style is astoundingly unique, bringing to mind “Space Invaders” video…Continue Reading →

Detail of Karl Wirsum, “Screamin’ Jay Hawkins,” 1968.

Art Greg CookJanuary 2, 2019 0

Hairy Who: Chicago’s Sordid, Goofball, Raucous, Grotesque ‘60s Pop Art

In the mid 1960s, Jim Falconer and Jim Nutt—recent graduates of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, who’d met working at Chicago’s Allan Frumkin Gallery (which exhibited H.C.…Continue Reading →