Bandit, 2008

Bandit, 2008

“My wife and daughter and I were getting in a car by our building, and a guy came down the street and pulled a gun; then he just turned and walked away. Bandit is the intensity of the urban experience.”

 

To the East Were Moving Waters, 2001

To the East Were Moving Waters, 2001

“This painting was a commission for an apartment on Lake Shore Drive, in one of the Mies buildings overlooking the lake. The painting is a window, a symbolic evocation of city and sky, facing the lake to the east.”

 

Chinatown, 2007

Chinatown, 2007

“As a kid, it was a long streetcar ride to Chinatown, and it was like going to an exotic land. Chinatown is a reference to Chicago’s ethnic diversity, a swirling mix of people.”

 

GO » William Conger: New Paintings. Jan 16–Mar 3. Roy Boyd Gallery, 739 N Wells. royboydgallery.com. William Conger: Paintings 1958-2008. Jan 24–Mar 29. Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E Washington. 312-744-6630.

Photography: Courtesy Roy Boyd Gallery