Ashley Gifford from Art & About PDX sits down with Justin L'Amie to talk about his current exhibition and studio practice...
Read moreIn "New Found Land" I am focused on vulnerability and fragility, creating sculptures out of thin clays and drawings on tissue paper, old Christmas paper and other found ephemera. Some of the tissue paper drawings become wall sculpture as their folds and wrinkling forces the viewer to see them in...Read more
I spoke with Anna + Ryan over coffee in a cavernous academic building about their most recent exhibition, A Series of Rectangles, on view at PDX Contemporary Art through November 30, 2013.
Read moreFruit is alive. We speak about it in human terms. It has flesh and skin that bruises; therefore it is packed and transported carefully. When we buy a piece of fruit at the store, we’re unaware of the hands through which it has passed and the path that it has taken to get to its final destination...Read more
We're excited to co-host a series of Saturday morning reading discussions in the gallery June 9th, 16th, and 23rd from 11:30-1pm. Discussions are open to the public.
Join us at PDX CONTEMPORARY ART:
Saturday, June 9th, 11:30am-1pm with Emily Squires
Saturday, June 16th, 11:30am-1pm with Rachel Hines
and Saturday, June 23rd, 11:30am-1pm with Ariana Jacob
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Like much of our past work, the images and objects in this exhibition reflect our affinity for and preoccupation with books. Photographic color fields of the dyed edges of pulp paperbacks; drawings of broken spines, stains, and warped paper; and sculptural tomes like weapons or weights; these...Read more
The Seattle Art Fair Was So Successful, the City Literally Applauded ...
Read moreI ‘sindikit I
presents
The Devil is in the Details
Hosted by Carrie Secrist Gallery on the eve of
Diana Guerrero-Maciá:
The Devil’s Daughter is Getting Married
Join in conversation with
Diana Guerrero-Maciá (Chicago, IL), Paolo Arao (Brooklyn, NY), and Marie Watt (Portland, OR)
Friday, May 29, 2020 @ 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM PST
"The Devil is in the Details" is an idiom that refers to a catch or mysterious element hidden in the details, meaning that something might seem simple at a first look but will take more time and effort to complete than expected... details are important.
Idiomatic images lose their historical/ economic/ material gravity over time -- that which is hidden is archived in the details. Diana, Paolo, and Marie convey ideas around who they are and what their work represents through material choices often coded in abstraction, using a collage aesthetic. There isn’t direct access into each of the panelists’ identities unless you understand the signifiers engaged or each artist’s visual language—it’s mediated in the work. The details in their work are important, and often the details are sewn. Their work sets a foundation for a conversation around visibility and invisibility.
Read moreIncluded in group show "Water"Megan Murphy’s drawings are studies of water, place, and the West. Each piece is printed with a photograph of Silver Creek’s water and layered with transfer lettering. The text reflects on the environmental problems happening in the water. A list of the chemicals, golf courses, household water usage, and warming global temperatures are interwoven with the stories, history, and irony that Silver Creek represents. CLICK ON IMAGE FR MORE INFORMATION
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