Anna Gray + Ryan Wilson Paulsen: In “Of Walking In Ice”

YOU ARE INVITED:
“Of Walking In Ice” PREVIEW RECEPTION
March 3, 5-8 p.m.
White Box, 24 NW First Avenue, Portland

CURATOR TALK: Jack Ryan and Jan Tumlir
5:30-6 p.m.
Jack Ryan, curator and University of Oregon art faculty, will discuss his process for creating
“Of Walking In Ice,” his interest in the artist’s works and fascination with Jan Tumlir’s writing.
Jan Tumlir, art and film critique, will share his perspective as contributor to the exhibition as
a guest essayist. Please join the White Box and University of Oregon in Portland for this reception.

Jack Ryan is a professor of art at the University of Oregon, and active curator in the Pacific North West
Jan Tumlir is a professor of art and film theory at the Art Center College of Design, University of Southern
California and regular contributor to ArtForum, Frieze and Flash Art.

In addition the feature-length film, “Walking to Werner,” directed and edited by Linas Phillips, will be shown
from 6-8 p.m. during the reception and throughout the exhibition from 4 to 6 p.m. on Saturdays
in the Grey Box, the versatile projection room in the White Box.

RUN OF SHOW
March 2 – April 2, 2010
White Box hours Tuesday – Saturday noon – 6 p.m.

ABOUT THE SHOW
Inspired by Werner Herzog’s book “Of Walking In Ice,” Sixteen artists explore themes of ice
and travel – through film, sound, installation, painting, photography, sculpture and writing.
For more information about the exhibit and the White Box, visit http://bit.ly/d0mOLr.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
David Berman, Joseph Burwell, Bill Daniel, Dominic DeJoseph, Anna Fidler, Alexandra Lakin, Donald
Morgan, Melody Owen, Anna Gray + Ryan Paulsen, Linas Phillips, Greg Pond, Steven Thompson,
Jan Tumlir, Laura Vandenburgh, Anke Weyer. Featured artists are from New York, Los Angeles,
Germany, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.

LECTURE
Jan Tumlir - Asterisk and Obelisk: Reconsidering the Origin of the Work of Art
Live Video Cast March 2, 7-8 p.m. UO Portland White Stag, Room 451. Open to the public.

SPONSORS
The Department of Art, The University of Oregon in Portland and Fugitive Projects.