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n 1990, Steven Gross, a for- signment turned into a long-term
mer Oak Park resident, was project.
assigned to shoot the por-
After impressing the artists
traits of the Zhou brothers with their portrait, Mr. Gross
for one of their upcoming ex- gained unlimited access to the
hibits.
Zhous to document their collab-
The Zhous, abstract expres- oration for a book titled Zhou
sionistic painters who won wide Brothers: In the Studio, published
acclaim throughout Asia, had im-
migrated to Chicago in the mid-
1980s. Their shaman-like
approach to painting and pre-
historic imagery has quickly
marked them fas-
Above:
cinating, albeit elu-
Book jacket of
sive figures in Zhou
Brothers:
contemporary art. In The Studio.
A case, perhaps, of
artists being as
Right:
equally compelling
The Zhou
Brothers at
as their work.
work.
Mr. Gross, a
Chicago-based
commercial photographer with
an uncanny ability to capture the
warmth and intimacy of his sub-
jects, was a logical choice to
record the intense collaborative
relationship of the painters.
early last summer by Oxford
"The first photo session we University Press.
drank tea and ate Chinese food,"
Many of the prints in the book
he said. "I didn't even pick up a are included in a broader exhib-
camera."
it of Mr. Gross' black and white
The assignment, he soon photographic work at the Book
learned, could not be completed Beat in Oak Park. The exhibit
with one portrait, or even two. has been extended through Nov.
But the deadline loomed.
10.
For now, a mere portrait
"His work has a soft, quiet
would have to do. Yet Mr. Gross quality," said Cary Loren, own-
also knew that a subject like the er of the Book Beat.
Zhous doesn't come along very of-
The photographs, which hang
ten. And so, the short-term as- in the exhibit area at the back of

the store, along with a collection
of African art, seem at home
amid one of the largest selections
of art and photography books in
the region.
Mr. Loren, whose independent
verve has led him from accom-
plished musician and industri-

al rock founder to bookstore
owner and gallery director, seems
content to use his "space" to ed-
ucate and, at times, provoke his
loyal clientele.
Past exhibits have included
early Hollywood stills, showgirls
from the 1920s, male nudes and
a reunion of artist/musicians ti-
tled "Destroy All Monsters." The
name, borrowed from a 1968
Japanese science-fiction film, was
also used by the 1970s experi-
mental sound band started by