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.

Joseph Ravens
Born 1968, Madison, Wisconsin, www.josephravens.com
Hirsute, 2012
Video performance, (see video here)

Jennifer Ray
Born 1984, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, www.jenniferray.net
Ordinary Beings, 2012
Archival pigment print

Jay Ryan
Born 1972, Missouri, www.thebirdmachine.com
Memories of Bad Experiences Outdoors, 2012
Ink and colored pencil on paper