As part of their mid-career survey Sic Transit Gloria Mundi: Industry of the Ordinary 2003-2013, at the Chicago Cultural Center, Industry of the Ordinary solicited a number of Chicago-based artists to make their portrait, in a wide variety of media. IOTO’s interest was in creating a collective work that reveals the artists behind the portraits, reflects on the place of the portrait in contemporary art practice and considers the motivations behind the enduring urge to fashion a likeness.

Betsy Odom
Born 1980, Amory, Mississippi, www.betsyodom.com
Industry of the Ordinary Decorative Planters, 2012
Terra Cotta, Paint, Chia Seeds, Water

Sabina Ott
Born 1955, New York, New York, www.sabinaott.com
Rainbow, 2012
Pigment print on paper