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Art for Japan: a fundraising art sale to benefit Mercy Corps' Japan relief fund
THURSDAY, MARCH 24TH, 5 - 9 PM at 1100 NW GLISAN ST, PORTLAND, OR 97209. PDX Contemporary Art, Augen Gallery, Froelick Gallery, Charles A. Hartman Fine Art, Pulliam Gallery and Nazraeli Press: These galleries are banding together, hosting a modest event to raise money for Mercy Corps' Japan relief fund. Each participating gallery will have on view and for sale art by Japanese artists and artists who feel they have been influenced by Japanese culture. We will donate 25% of the sale to Mercy Corps.
We wanted to do something right away to help Japan and at the same time honor and recognize the artistic and creative importance of the country.
We realize that not everyone will be able to make it to the event, so PDX extends this offer from Thursday, March 24th - Thursday, March 31st.
Read moreVanessa Renwick: Juror Presentation at the Ann Arbor Film Festival
Portland-based artist Renwick presents personal and experimental landscape documentaries which explore the U.S. Pacific Northwest. WED, MARCH 23, 12:30 p.m. at the Michigan Theater, 603 East Liberty Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Read more"MIGHTY TACOMA" - new video by VANESSA RENWICK, commissioned by the Tacoma Art Museum
ON VIEW AT THE TACOMA ART MUSEUM UNTIL APRIL 24, Vanessa Renwick's "Mighty Tacoma" frames the powerful mechanical operations of the industrial tide flats between the languid waters of Puget Sound and the towering splendor of Mount Rainier. Her film honors the ongoing importance of Tacoma as a port city while continually emphasizing the city’s geographical setting. Renwick’s deft balancing of the manmade city and the region’s natural ecosystems illuminate range and qualities of beauty that inform our day-to-day life in Tacoma. Renwick’s dichotomy also serves a gentle but eloquent reminder of the fleeting and miniscule qualities of human endeavor.
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The soundtrack, written and performed by Lori Goldston, reflects the dignity of the port’s activities and reinforces Renwick’s vision of Tacoma as an vital hub of industrial activity set at the edge of a stunningly beautiful coastline.
-Rock Hushka, Curator of Contemporary and Northwest Art, Tacoma Art MuseumAnna Gray & Ryan Wilson Paulsen - 1 of 7 Finalists for The Brink Award
Congratulations to Anna Gray & Ryan Wilson Paulsen - one of the seven finalists for the 2011 Brink Award.
The Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washington is delighted to announce the short list of candidates for The Brink, an award for emerging artists in Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia. The 2011 finalists are Grant Barnhart (Seattle, WA), Debra Baxter (Seattle, WA), Dawn Cerny (Seattle, WA), Andrew Dadson (Vancouver, BC), Tannaz Farsi (Eugene, OR), Allison Hrabluik (Vancouver, BC), and artist team Anna Gray and Ryan Wilson Paulsen (Portland, OR).
This new award is now in its second biennial cycle, following 2009’s winner, Isabelle Pauwels (Vancouver, BC.) The selection committee will conduct studio visits with the eight artists in late March and early April.
In partnership with long-time Henry Art Gallery benefactors and Seattle art supporters John and Shari Behnke, the Henry confers this biennial prize of $12,500 to one of these artists, all of whom are at the beginning stages of a promising professional career. The recipient will also be given a solo exhibition at the Henry, and a work of his or her art will be acquired for the museum’s permanent collection. The winner of The Brink will be announced Friday, April 22, 2011, at 7PM.
Read moreStorm Tharp: A Lumber Room collaboration with Sarah Meigs
"Reader on a Black Background": Sarah Meigs was curious to understand more fully "The Decorator" ( 2010.ink, gouache, colored pencil, charcoal and gold leaf on paper 57.5" x 85") which she purchase for his most recent PDX exhibition. Meigs invited Tharp to curate an exhibition for which Tharp selected works from her collection including "The Decorator" and write a corresponding essay. CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION
Read moreMegan Murphy: A Winner of Northwest Art Awards!
Congratulations Megan Murphy! PDX is proud to announce that Megan Murphy is one of the seven winners of the Contemporary Northwest Art Awards. Click on image to read Oregonian review.
Read moreGus Van Sant: James Franco / Gus Van Sant, "Unfinished", Gagosian Gallery
JAMES FRANCO / GUS VAN SANT
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"Unfinished"
Feb 26 - Apr 9, 2011
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Beverly HillsOregon receives James Lavadour painting for its birthday
Oregon receives gift of art for its birthday
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Painting by Pendleton man is the latest addition to the Capitol collection of worksStorm Tharp: Clark Art Talks, Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Clark Art Talks
Artist and scholar lecture series, 7 p.m. in PUB 161 (Fireside Lounge).
All events are free and open to the public.
http://www.clark.edu/news_events/archer/art_talks.phpFebruary 15th, Storm Tharp
Storm Tharp was raised in Ontario, Oregon. He attended Cornell University and received a BFA from the College of Architecture, Art and Urban Planning. Upon graduation in 1992, he moved to Portland, Oregon where he presently resides. Tharp's work is representational – by both figurative and conceptual means and expressed through a variety of media. In the spring of 2010, Tharp was selected for The Whitney Biennial: 2010, in which new portrait works were created. His work has been acquired by The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Albright-Knox Art Gallery, The Saatchi Gallery, The Portland Art Museum, The Portland Institute for Contemporary Art and Reed College.
Read moreArnold Kemp: Artist Talk, Portland Art Museum, Sunday February 13, 2011
Portland Art Museum | From A to B and Black Again: ARNOLD J. KEMP
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13 Feb 2011 ... Artist and curator Arnold Kemp will give his personal observations about what it is to be an African American artist in the 21st century.
portlandartmuseum.org/calendar/events/2011/02/13/From-A-to-B-and-Black-AgainJames Lavaour: OAC and State Capitol reception Monday, February 14, 2011
"The Oregon Arts Commission and Oregon State Capitol Announce the Acquistion of James Lavadour's Flag 2 "RECEPTION NOON MONDAY FEB. 14, 2011 AT THE OREGON STATE CAPITOL. CLICK IMAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION.
Read moreVanessa Renwick, in Oregon Movies A-Z
"Carrie Brownstein’s Cinematic Sisterhood: Vanessa Renwick, Miranda July & Marne Lucas" by Anne Richardson
Read more3 PDX artists are finalists for the Contemporary Northwest Art Awards: Megan Murphy, Cynthia Lahti and Arnold Kemp
3 PDX artists are finalists for the Contemporary Northwest Art Awards: Megan Murphy, Cynthia Lahti and Arnold Kemp
Read moreJames Lavadour: Clark Art Talks
Artist and scholar lecture series, 7 p.m. in PUB 161 (Fireside Lounge).
All events are free and open to the public.
January 25th, James LavadourOne of the Northwest's most revered painters, James Lavadour lives on the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Northeastern Oregon. His rich and complex paintings of the Oregon landscape combine loose, gestural strokes with bold colors and slashes of energy, exuding primal vigor and spiritual power. His works are included in the collections of the Bank of America (San Francisco, CA), the Microsoft Corporation (Redland, WA), the Portland Art Museum (Portland, OR) and the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian (Washington DC) to name but a few.
Read moreVictoria Haven review in New American Paintings blog
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Read more"Hit the North: Victoria Haven" Exhibition Book
In conjunction with Victoria Haven's "Hit the North" exhibitions at PDX Contemporary Art and Greg Kucera Gallery, a book has been published by Publication Studio. Available as a plain edition or an artist's edition, signed and numbered by Victoria Haven. Please contact PDX to purchase a copy, or you can purchase one through Publication Studio online at http://www.publicationstudio.biz/books/77.
Read more"Hit the North" Exhibition Opening Wednesday 1/19
WEDNESDAY JAN. 19, 5:30 - 7:30. Please join us for an artist reception to celebrate the opening of Victoria Haven's exhibition "Hit the North (45º 52’N)." A book by Publication Studios has been published in accordance with this show.
Read moreD.E. May review in PORT
Art of any genre's greatest strength and weakness is its ability to nearly become something, without actually being forced to commit to fully becoming that thing. Think of it as a butterfly just as it breaks free of the chrysalis... not a moment before or after. It is a delicate moment between entropy and becoming something new through accretion and artists like Richard Tuttle and Jackson Pollock are masters of it.
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Read moreStorm Tharp: winner of 2 categories in PORT's 2010 readers poll awards
WHICH PORTLAND ARTIST HAD THE BIGGEST 2010?
Storm Tharp was the overwhelming winner with 55% of the vote on the strength of his numerous local and national solo shows and appearance in the Whitney Biennial. He edged out Jessica Jackson Hutchins who was perhaps the lone break out star of the Whitney Biennial and David Eckard who won both the Bonnie Bronson and Ford Fellowships.
SOLO SHOW OF THE YEAR:
With 40.3% of the vote Storm Tharp's Hercules at PDX Contemporary wins. Funny thing is it wasn't even his best show, his break out 2007 show was absolutely perfect which is interesting because Hercules was all about perfection. Needless to say Storm has what it takes to go the distance. 2nd place with 18.5 % of the vote each was Bruce Conkle's Magic Chunks at Worksound and Ai Weiwei's Dropping the Urn at MoCC. With 16.9% of the votes Eva Lake's Targets at Augen Gallery took 3rd place.
Read moreAdam Sorensen: Willamette Week Best of 2010
