J.C. Hudsears: Andy Krieger holiday art show opens at Public Pool

Artist-builder Andy Krieger is doing what we always wanted to do: open up our own fantasy department store — a combo-retro downtown Hudson’s-Highland park Sears — where we can play Santa Claus while we’re at it.  

Krieger has been assembling the show himself for weeks. It looks great when we snuck a look through the papered up picture window. He works primarily with wood and paint, creating detailed, hand-carved objects, which for this show includes briefcases, games, action figures and more. Beyond a nostalgic nod at the old stores that Andy grew up with, the show explores issues of art, marketing, and culture to retail to pop-ups to history, and everything in between.