RE-BOP! Obstructions & Disruptions
Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL

RE-BOP! Obstructions & Disruptions
Beverly Arts Center, Simmerling Gallery, Chicago, IL

July 11 through August 22, 2025

Cut Me Up partnered with Issue 15: Obstructions and Disruptions curators Todd Bartel and Paloma Trecka to present the exhibition Re-Bop!: Obstructions and Disruptions at the Beverly Arts Center in Chicago, IL.

RE-BOP! Obstructions & Disruptions embraces the unexpected through visual, rhythmic, emotional, and conceptual disruptions. RE-BOP! is the third iteration of Bop!, the celebrated collage exhibition series conceived initially by artist Tony Fitzpatrick, showcasing the parallel ideas of flow in both music and collage, where intuition, playful abandon, and spur-of-the-moment change and happenstance are embraced with artistic fervor and verve. RE-BOP! looks at the notion of unexpected, disrupted, and obstructed collage-making.

This exhibition features all published works from Cut Me Up Issue 15 and includes an additional fourteen selections from the open submission pool. It marks only the second full-scale presentation of artworks from a single issue in Cut Me Up’s history.

Participating Artists:
Lio Yates, Adam Wisnieski, Naomi White, Carol White, Máximo Tuja, Selina Trepp, Paloma Trecka, Ian Tothill, Duane Toops, Amy Stone, Louise de St. Jorre, Elli Stefanidi, Lisa Sheets, Laurent Seljan, Sierra Seversen, Nellie Seigel, Kevin Sampsell, Gaetano Rizzi, Kirk Read, Clarisse Poupard, T. Owens Union, Lily Olivas, John O'Donnell, Michael James Oatman, Johanna Norry, Paul Miller Gamble, Keith Maddy, Paul Loughney, Jenny Lloyd, Andrea Lewicki, Clive Knights, S'ib'e K'ene, Christine Karapetian, Antonio Ingenito, John Hundt, Gregory Hom, Beth Guipe Hall, Jennifer Gatz, Torea Frey, Tony Fitzpatrick, Teri Dryden, Ben DiNino, CYANonymous, Nick Cash, Laura Cannamela, Andrea Burgay, Rachel Bunting, Collin Bunting, Olivia Browne, Julie Blankenship, Liberty Blake, Allan Bealy, Lou Beach, Todd Bartel, Lisa Barcy, allison anne

Gallery Information

Simmerling Gallery
Beverly Arts Center
2407 W. 111th Street, Chicago, IL 60655

Exhibition Dates: July 11 – August 22, 2025
Gallery Hours:
Mon–Thurs: 2–7 PM
Fri: 12–5 PM
Sat: 9–5 PM

Opening Reception: July 11, 6 - 8 pm
Featuring live music by saxophonist, improviser, and composer, Mai Sugimoto

Press

RE-BOP! Press Release
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Exhibition Coverage:
“Cutting and Pasting: The Art of Collage on Display at Beverly Arts Center”
WTTW – PBS Chicago, July 18, 2025
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”COLLAGE ON VIEW: RE-BOP!: Obstructions and Disruptions”
Kolaj Magazine, July 19, 2025
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