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There are no sofas for sale at SOFA Chicago, also known as Sculptural Objects Functional Art + Design, which opens today at Navy Pier. There is, however, a lot of decorative art of the sort you see in the lobbies of expensive hotels or in photos in high-end interior decorating magazines. If you have a large amount of disposable income, it’s a good place to start your holiday shopping, especially for the people on your list who already have everything. I think plenty of people at last night’s preview already have.
- Aimee Levitt
- And an artificial security guard to ward off crime.
I did not like Steve Matson’s “moving paintings,” which look like the same sentimental crap churned out by Thomas Kinkade, but instead of light effects, the pictures change within the frame and there are ambient bird noises.
