Imagist show is an unlikely collection across generations. From: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) | Date: November 17, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 Chicago Tribune. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Byline: Alan G. Artner

Nov. 17--This year marks the 40th anniversary of the first exhibitions by the group of Chicago artists known as the Hairy Who, foremost among a number of artist groups whose members later became known as Imagists.

That designation always was problematical--insofar as it got applied to artists of different generations with different philosophical and stylistic concerns. Now it is being made more problematical by an exhibition at the Corbett vs. Dempsey gallery called "Abstract Imagist." The show brings together work by 21 artists from, in the ...

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