Bad at Sports Episode 957: Andrew Rafacz

Recorded live at Door County Contemporary, Duncan MacKenzie and Ryan Peter Miller finally correct a seventeen-year oversight and sit down with Chicago gallerist Andrew Rafacz. From the Bucket Rider days in Pilsen to twenty-five years of building a gallery practice rooted in friendship, advocacy, and weird Midwestern generosity, Rafacz reflects on Chicago's changing art scene, the pressures of art fairs, the realities of representation, and why artists shouldn't mistake social media attention for support. Along the way: the Spray Show, shower beers, Cody Hudson, Pace Gallery's roster cuts, and the strange beauty of making things nobody asked for.

Name Drops & Links

• Andrew Rafacz Gallery — https://andrewrafacz.com

• Cody Hudson — https://www.struggleinc.com/

• Michelle Grabner — michellegrabner.com

• Mark Bloch — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Bloch_(artist)

• Shane McAdams — https://www.shanemcadams.com

• Cindy Sherman — https://www.moma.org/artists/5392

• Robert Rauschenberg — https://www.rauschenbergfoundation.org

• Roger Brown — https://www.richardgraygallery.com/artists/estate-of-roger-brown

• Nancy Spero — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Spero

• Leon Golub — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Golub

• Christina Ramberg — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Ramberg

• Griffin Goodman — https://www.griffingoodman.com

• Door County Contemporary — https://www.doorcountycontemporary.com

• EXPO Chicago — https://www.expochicago.com

• One After 909 Gallery —https://oneafter909.org/

• Foxy Production — https://www.foxyproduction.com

• The Art Institute of Chicago — https://www.artic.edu

• Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago — https://mcachicago.org

• Pace Gallery — https://www.pacegallery.com

• Gilles Deleuze — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Deleuze