Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago is pleased to collaborate with Aspect/Ratio to present All Flowers Tell Me with work by Sabina Ott at our new gallery at 2233 S Throop Street, #419.

Finesse is fine, they seem to say, but when push comes to shove, muscling your way through adversity can’t be beaten - especially when it leads to the winner’s circle, which, like Ott’s art, is adorned with bouquets and filled with sweetness.

                                               - David Pagel, LA Times, January, 2000

Swaths of color escaped from the paintings to wrap themselves around walls and onto carpeted floors; details of images were incre- mentally expanded and then rendered as wood-relief architectural models.

                                               - Chris Kraus, Los Angeles Review of Books, December, 2017

All Flowers Tell Me celebrates the many facets of Ott’s career by exhibiting works previously not shown in Chicago. On view is part of her Sub Rosa series consisting of rich encaustic paintings that celebrate the richness and generosity that represents Sabina Ott.

Sabina Ott (1955-2018) was a multi-disciplinary artist who has shown widely and internationally who was also known for her tremendous role as teacher, administrator and founder of Terrain Exhibitions. Sabina achieved many things in her career, having her first solo show at The Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art in 1983 and including her 2015 Guggenheim Fellowship. Works from Sabina are included in numerous institutions and her memory remains steadfast in the hearts of many. Sabina Ott was also a member of Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago.

About TSA

Tiger Strikes Asteroid is a network of artist-run spaces with locations in Philadelphia, New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Each space is independently operated and focuses on presenting a varied program of emerging and mid-career artists. Our goal is to collectively bring people together, expand connections and build community through artist-initiated exhibitions, projects, and curatorial opportunities. We seek to further empower the artist’s role beyond that of studio practitioner to include the roles of curator, critic, and community developer; and to act as an alternate model to the conventions of the current commercial art market.

About Aspect/Ratio

Aspect/Ratio is a commercial gallery focusing on contemporary based artworks from an international group of emerging and established artists. Aspect/Ratio represents the careers of Nick Albertson, Einat Amir, Guy Ben-Ner, Iris Bernblum, Alejandro Figueredo Díaz-Perera, Díaz Lewis, Desirée Holman, Orr Menirom, Martin Murphy, Sabina Ott, Casilda Sánchez, and Bryan Zanisnik.