Alongside the epic resurgence of non-traditional figurative and narrative art, the time honored tradition of landscape painting has morphed quietly itself, producing a sub genre of artists who create works of serene yet semi-apocalyptic landscapes, such as Jean-Pierre Roy (HF Vol.18) and Gregory Euclide (HF Vol.17) for example, an emotional tug of war between the longing for the diminishing natural world versus a painful look at what seems destined to be. Portland painter Adam Sorensen falls within this category, with his imaginary worlds of crystalline structures and bright irradiated colors contrasting with smooth, lava flow dark bumps and luminous waterfalls. Oddly cheerful in it's otherworldly- ness, the work invokes the idea of a melted, post-mankind landscape and gives the landscapes their star turn as seemingly sentient personalities of their own. -Kirsten Anderson
Read moreVanessa Renwick returns to the Hollywood Theater for a special screening on April, 28th 7:30 pm ...
Read moreVictoria Haven's "Blue Sun" named one of 2017's best works by Crosscut...
Read more"Having thus poured forth my prayer and given an account of my bitter sufferings, I drowsed and fell asleep on the same sand-couch as before. But scarcely had I closed my eyes before a god-like face emerged from the midst of the sea with lineaments that gods themselves would revere. Then...Read more
Marie Watt's piece "Companion Species (Speech Bubble) 2019" is now a part of the permanent collection at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas.
The museum has new acquisitions from several contemporary female artists as part of their commitment to developing a more inclusive American art collection.
Congratulations, Marie!
View Marie's piece and more information here:
https://crystalbridges.org/blog/crystal-bridges-museum-of-american-art-a...
Artworks by Justin L'Amie have been featured in issue 004 the magazine Buckman Journal, an Anthology of Portland Writers and Artists. The works accompany a writing by Stevan Allred titled "Goose Queen."
Get a copy of Buckman Journal here: https://www.buckmanjournal.com
Read moreJoin the Portland Art Museum's Native American Art Council for an informal conversation with three art gallery owners Cecily Quintana, Jane Beebe and Charles Froelick. Each has a long history of working with contemporary Indigenous artists.
Read moreGeorgina Reskala is an Artist in Residence at the Iris Project in Venice, California for the month of March.
Iris Project Residency offers artists, curators, writers, and creative thinkers from diverse backgrounds and disciplines the space and time to push boundaries in their practice, freed from the pressure of production or material exchange. We strongly believe that when creativity is uncoupled from commercial requirements, new directions and insights will emerge, and that these benefits will extend beyond the artist's time at the residency.
Congratulations, Georgina!
We are looking forward to her solo show in May 2021!
For more information: https://www.irisprojectresidency.com/residents/georgina-reskala-6wsby-kl8p6
Read moreKarpa de Nepantla, a two person exhibition with Georgina Reskala and Beth Davila Waldman, will be opening at Upstart Modern in Sausalito, California on June 2.
“Responding to the concept of psychological borders and borderlands, artists Georgina Reskala and Beth Davila Waldman present a selection of individual works negotiating the open space between two cultural worlds through the lens of issues such as gender, race, and colonialism. Both Reskala and Waldman bring the depth of their personal perspectives as women of color and mixed LatinX origins to their artwork in “Karpa de Nepantla.”
An Artist Talk with SF Moma Assistant Curator of Photography will be by invitation only, with a recording to follow.
Upstart Modern
4000 Bridgeway Ste 100
Sausalito, CA 94965
You belong among the wildflowers
You belong somewhere close to me
Far away from your trouble and worry
You belong somewhere you feel free
You belong somewhere you feel free
- Tom Petty
PDX CONTEMPORARY ART is pleased to present our summer group show, You...Read more
Thursday, July 28, 2011:
Arnold J. Kemp on Mary Heilmann's Fire and Ice Remix
Arnold J. Kemp, poet
Meet in the Haas Atrium before moving into the galleries.
6:30 p.m.
Inspired by The Steins Collect, this series of readings honors poet Gertrude Stein and her relationships with the visual artists of her day. Each Thursday evening, a leading contemporary poet gives a reading, performance, or talk on a single artist or artwork on view. Readings last 20 minutes.
Part of Pop-Up Poets.
Free with museum admission.
Source: http://www.sfmoma.org/exhib_events/events/1909#ixzz1TRaGdQgO
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Opening Reception Wednesday Sept. 7, 6-8 pm
Louis B. James
143 Orchard Street
New York, NY 10002
Louis B. James is pleased to present its inaugural exhibition You can never go home anymore, featuring the work of Travis Boyer, Kelly Jazvac, Arnold J. Kemp, and Virginia Poundstone. Through diverse media, the four artists grapple with the materiality and origin of an object, creating subtle transformations and minor displacements. You can never go home anymore is a verbal stumble, a deviation on Thomas Wolfe’s title sung by the Shangri-Las, a story of a regretful runaway whose home has disappeared. The work on view betrays this inconspicuous though definitive shift away from one’s origins.
Read moreAs part of Portland2012: A Biennial of Contemporary Art, Cynthia Lahti will be exhibiting new work at the Marylhurst Art Gym.
February 27 - April 4, 2012
Read moreNate Orton
"The 109 trees and one stump of Oregon Park"
I started this drawing project in the spring of 2011, when my daughter Alice was 2
months old. We would venture to Oregon Park in NE Portland daily, Alice wrapped to
me while I carried a bottle of ink, a brush, and...Read more
"There are few living artists as in tune with the rugged spirit of the Pacific Northwest as Vanessa Renwick and her Oregon Department of Kick Ass." Hollywood Theater will be showing the artist's first full retrospective in fifteen years, including a series of films and the premiere of a new video . . .
Read moreDANCE WITH INGRES.
Jean Auguste INGRES 1780-1867 French artist.
Everyday upon entering my studio they are there; Jean Auguste sits at my desk with the others: Goya, Cranach, El Greco, Delacroix, Piero della Francesca, Fra Angelico, Paolo Ucello etc... They are all there, smiling,...Read more
PDX Contemporary's March show is devoted to Wes Mills' elegant works on paper . . .
Read moreA fluid, highly collaborative practice reflects our contemporary restlessness, blurred boundaries and expanded definitions of art. I am particularly drawn to projects that fuse physicality and time with technology, connecting what we hold onto and what we let go. Sculptural objects, live...Read more
Twenty years ago, in Tokyo, I stepped into a freshly cut, monumental bamboo installation created by Hiroshi Teshigahara. In that moment I experienced a palpable elevation, the sense of deep order and connection present in a sanctuary or sacred place. Since then bamboo has enchanted me, as it has...Read more
No exhibition can better be described by the phrase “you had to be there.” . . .
Read moreSusie J. Lee and her project, Siren, have been selected as an entrepreneur in residence at the New Museum's NEW INC program in New York City for the 2016-2017 season! ...
Read moreyouniverse—past, present, future: Selected Works by Tad Savinar From Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation January 17—March 5, 2017
Read moreMarie Watt named as a 2017 Hallie Ford Fellow...
Read moreJeffery Mitchell will be exhibiting new works in BC to BC, a survey of contemporary ceramics from Baja California to British Columbia at the San Diego Art Institute...
Read moreA two month long summer group show of art fresh from the artists' studios. Rather than a themed show, each artist was invited to submit work that reflects what they are thinking about and making right now. As a result, the exhibition will be filled with a delightful wide range of ideas and...Read more