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.

Carrie Schneider
Born 1979, Chicago, Illinois, www.carrieschneider.net
Round, 2012
Video loop on monitor
Courtesy of Monique Meloche Gallery

Jordan Schulman
Born 1975, Port Jervis, New York, www.jordanschulman.com
"Oh, I recognized you by the back of your head.", 2012
Color photographs

Anna Shteynshleyger
Born 1977, Moscow, Russia, www.shteynshleyger.com
Shoes (3 pairs), 2012
Archival inkjet print

Deb Sokolow
Born 1974, Davis, California, www.debsokolow.com
You've heard about these men, 2012
Graphite, ink, acrylic on paper
Courtesy of Western Exhibitions

Greg Stimac and Jason Lazarus, with Sofia Leiby
Stimac, born 1976, Euclid, Ohio, www.gregstimac.com
Lazarus, born 1975, Kansas City, Missouri, www.jasonlazarus.com
Cellular Portrait (IOTO), 2012
Screen print
Courtesy of Andrew Rafacz Gallery