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.

Georgia Wall
Born 1986, New York, New York, www.georgiawall.com
24/81 Projects, 2012
Notebook, incisions

Julian Williams
Born 1960, Chicago, Illinois, www.julianwilliams.com
Thick as Thieves, 2012
Oil on canvas, gold leaf on the edges

Anne Wilson
Born 1949, Detroit, Michigan, www.annewilsonartist.com
Portrait of the artists Adam Brooks and Mathew Wilson, 2012
Egyptian cotton, satin weave

Jay Wolke
Born 1954, Chicago, Illinois, www.jaywolke.com
Two Footballs, 2011
Archival digital inkjet print