David Hauptschein
Artist Playwright Screenwriter
Echo Mutation
" ECHO MUTATION "
Closing Reception & Artist Talks
Chicago Grand Gallery
Sunday, May 4 2025
1:00 - 5:00 pm
2842 W. Chicago Gallery
You are cordially invited to the closing reception of Echo Mutation, which will take place Sunday May 4, 1-5 p.m. at Chicago Grand Gallery, 2842 W. Chicago Ave., 773-502-6010.
This three-person show features the beautiful Michelle Stone (see insert above, with the Betty Page hairdo); the elusive Jeff Crisman (who at the time of this photo was visiting the freak show tent); and the artist formerly known as Hauptschein, who agreed to sit for this picture and be seen in public when the carny was in town last month (all this despite the fact that there's a bounty on his head).
Michelle’s art revolves around a unique process that blends painting, sculpture, and photography. She creates sculptures from acrylic plastic, then photographs and transforms these images into new paintings, seamlessly shifting between these different media. Jeff’s artistic practice is driven by an intuitive exploration of the natural world and the mutability of forms. His work speaks to the fragility of nature and the importance of living in harmony and awe. And the artist formerly known as Hauptschein just wants to leave you with this quote from Frank Zappa:
Well, my dandruff is loose and my breath is chartreuse
I know I ain't cute and my voice is kaput
But that's all right, people
I'm just crazy enough to sing to you any old way
I figure the odds be 50-50
I might just have something to say.
The show was curated by Alicja Seledec in collaboration with gallery director Luna Prysiazhniuk.
In art we trust!
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Screenplay by David Hauptschein
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Between 1973 and 1978, I experimented obsessively with color photography, in an attempt to make photographic paintings, or what today would be called digital paintings. Of course this was long before the advent of the digital era and Photoshop. Using everything from trick lenses to chemical manipulation, I tried to make the medium more plastic. I suppose I really wanted to be a painter who used photography and not a photographer.
All of the pictures in this volume stem from those analog originals which had been languishing at the bottom of my closet since 1978. In some cases the raw material is still recognizable, and in others, it has evolved into something never before seen. Regarding the picture of my father on the cover, it came from a photo shoot I was compelled to do for my odious commercial photography class at PCA. If I could travel back in time 47 years and show the current version of this picture to my teacher, I’m pretty sure he would flunk me.
Signed copies are $30 (plus $5 for US shipping). Contact David at hauptschein@ameritech.net.
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This collection of five mind-bending page-turners by David Hauptschein is hard to put down. An Alchemy of Flesh and Other Plays runs the theatrical gamut, from crooked humor to suspense and paranoia. Hauptschein’s works lie somewhere between the avant-garde and the traditional, on the border between the real and the surreal. Meet intriguing characters like romantic stalker Louis Capello and his blood brother Darryl, a hopeless hypochondriac; and Lulu, Wes’ elusive girlfriend, who speaks her own cryptic brand of English. The plays in this book, which have been produced in Chicago; New York; London; Manchester, England; and Edinburgh, Scotland; are: An Alchemy of Flesh; The Persecution of Arnold Petch; The Gurney; The Ballad of Johnny 5 Star; and Breakdown and Out.
383 pages of reading (or acting) pleasure.
Signed copies are $20 (plus $5 for US shipping).
Contact David at hauptschein@ameritech.net.
Volume 1 of David's two-volume collection of plays, "When the Walls Have Ears and Other Plays," has finally been published! The book contains five plays which have been produced in Chicago; London; Edinborough, Scotland; and elsewhere. The contents of this volume are: When the Walls Have Ears, The Playactor, Trance, In Memory of Edgar Lutzen, and CAST; with a bonus introduction by director Julio Maria Martino.
The book is beautifully printed on high-quality paper. 407 pages of reading (or acting) pleasure! A personally inscribed copy can be yours for only $20 plus $5 shipping and handling. This first limited edition is sure to become a collector's item, so act now. Contact David at hauptschein@ameritech.net.
For those of you who are tired of living in cyberspace, then David’s new book Altered Ego: Self-Portraits is the antidote you’ve been craving. Nothing can replace the tactile experience of holding a real-life, three-dimensional book. It has heft – you can cradle it in your lap, flip through the pages, even sniff it. Best of all, the cover of Altered Ego is cool and velvety to the touch. Then of course there are the visual delights: 108 of David’s digitally painted self-portraits, carefully sequenced and beautifully reproduced.
The book is $30 + $5 shipping and handling in the U.S. If you would like to purchase a copy, please contact David at hauptschein@ameritech.net.
The Selves Portrait: Self-Portraits, book, was released on Friday, September 15, 2023. Including 115 images from David Hauptschein. The pictures are all digitally altered photographs and are available as pigment prints.
Limited editions of the book are still available at $30 plus $5.00 shipping. However, if you order more than one copy, shipping is free. Payment can be made by Zelle, PayPal, personal check, or cash. please contact David at hauptschein@ameritech.net.
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