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.

Mary Patten
Born 1951, Evanston, Illinois, www.feeltankchicago.net
Two sleeps (for Mat Wilson); A Moral Defense of Gossip (for Adam Brooks), 2012
Carbon pencil and colored pencil on paper

Melissa Ann Pinney
Born 1953, St. Louis, Missouri, www.melissaannpinney.com
"Lady in Purple, Memorial Day Parade" (6 minutes after Industry of the Ordinary left the parade); "Girl with Flags, Memorial Day Parade" (48 minutes after Industry of the Ordinary left the parade); "Horses, Memorial Day Parade" (1 hour, 19 minutes after Industry of the Ordinary left the parade), 2012
Three archival ink pigment prints

Corey Postiglione
Born 1942, Chicago, Illinois, www.thomasmastersgallery.com
I.O.T.O. 2030, 2012
Mixed media on Arches