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.

Jeremiah Barber
Born 1983, Michigan, www.sustainedbyvisions.com
Genius, 2012
Video (see video here)

Aimée Beaubien
Born 1966, Fort Campbell, KY, www.aimeebeaubien.com
Thoughts of ”Two Heads, One Goal”, 2012
Collage with pigment prints

Dawoud Bey
Born 1953, Jamaica, Queens, New York , www.dawoudbey.net
Industry of the Ordinary as Spontaneous Street Photography Subjects, 2012
Two pigment prints

Ivan Brunetti
Born 1967, Mondavio, Italy, wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Brunetti
Portrait of Industry of the Ordinary, 2012
Inkjet print on Bristol board

Daniel Bruttig
Born 1975, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, www.danielbruttig.com
Caribean root (“gatecrasher”), 2012
Fabric trim, acrylic paint and molding paste

Tom Burtonwood
Born 1974, Manchester, United Kingdom, www.tomburtonwood.com
Two Heads are Better than One, 2012
ABS plastic