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Chicago Imagist
The Chicago Imagist gallery is a group of paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints by artists who exhibited as the Hairy Who, Nonplussed Some and False Image. They are now called the Chicago Imagists. Chicago Imagism shows the human body as distorted, stylized and colorful. The artwork embraces political, racial and sexual content in a humorous manner.
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Chicago Imagism can be dated back to earlier works made by a group of post-World War II artists known as Monster Roster. These artists drove off the line of style established in the 1960s, shown in the work of this gallery.
 Study for "The Man Who Remembers What Birds Once Looked Like" Robert Lostutter born Emporia, KS 1939 |  Big UglyGladys Nilsson born Chicago, IL 1940 |  Curtain Wall Going UpRoger Brown Hamilton, AL 1941-Atlanta, GA 1997 |  SipJim Nutt born Pittsfield, MA 1938 |  UntitledJune Leaf born Chicago, IL 1929 |
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 Untitled (Christmas Card)Ed Paschke Chicago, IL 1939-Chicago, IL 2004 |  Untitled / Untitled (Eve)June Leaf born Chicago, IL 1929 |  LionKarl Wirsum born Chicago, IL 1939 |  Death Ship of No PortH.C. Westermann Los Angeles, CA 1922-Danbury, CT 1981 |  GalapagosEd Paschke Chicago, IL 1939-Chicago, IL 2004 |
 Chicago Imagist |  Untitled (Christmas Card)Ed Paschke Chicago, IL 1939-Chicago, IL 2004 |  Oral Roberts' Vision of a Two Mile High Jesus Roger Brown Hamilto, AL 1941-Atlanta, GA 1997 |
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