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\n\tPrairie, a Chicago gallery that helped put a range of cutting-edge artists on the path to success, will close after nine years.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe gallery announced its closure on Friday by revealing that its forthcoming exhibition, a group show called \u201cRetrospective,\u201d would be its final one. \u201cThis will be our last show,\u201d the gallery wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n
\n\tFounded in 2017 by Tim Mann and Jack Schneider as an artist-run space, the gallery had a name that referred to \u201cthe ecosystem that thrived in and around Chicago prior to the region\u2019s colonization and industrialization,\u201d per a description written for a prior edition of Chicago Exhibition Week. It sought to show art in a setting that was \u201cfree from the pressures of commercial viability.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tWhile many galleries have closed in response to the pressures of the art market, Schneider said Prairie\u2019s shuttering had little to do with money.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cWe were never a market-oriented space,\u201d Schneider said on Monday. \u201cI think an artist friend of ours, Mira Dayal, recently used the phrase \u2018commercially irreverent\u2019 to describe her practice, and I think that pretty perfectly describes our program and approach. We never expected to turn a profit, and we never did. We only ever, through occasional sales, fundraising, and occasional grants, raised just enough money to run the program itself.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe shuttering had been planned for a year, Mann added, calling the occasion \u201ca nice celebratory moment to close on.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe gallery had a reputation for pinpointing noteworthy talents during the earliest stages of their careers.<\/p>\n
\n\tIsabelle Frances McGuire, whose beguiling sculptures of witches struck a chord at the recent Whitney Biennial, had her first solo show ever with Prairie, in 2017. Andr\u00e9 Maga\u00f1a, a standout of the 2026 edition of MoMA PS1\u2019s Greater New York quinquennial, had his second-ever one-person exhibition with Prairie, in 2019.<\/p>\n
\n\tKira Scerbin, Craig Jun Li, Max Guy, Katz Tepper, ASMA, ektor garcia, and Amina Ross also showed with the gallery.<\/p>\n
\n\tMann said that Priairie was founded in his and Schneider\u2019s studio with a tradition of edgy alternative spaces in mind. Drawing influence from Chicago outfits such as New Capital and Queer Thoughts (which later moved to New York and became influential there), Prairie showcased a range of artists whose work might not have fit neatly into the commercial ecosystem. The relatively low cost of rent in Chicago helped, he added.<\/p>\n
\n\tSchneider said that he and Mann planned to continue their work together. \u201cWe want to do curatorial work, just outside the guise of an artist-run space,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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