Visual Arts Change is in the air at the young Portland Center for the Advancement of Culture, and it's a critical time in the fledgling nonprofit's development. Two new board members have signed on: David Mos ... More
Processing Change
A follow-up to the Modern Zoo exhibits the art behind art.
Visual Arts Change is in the air at the young Portland Center for the Advancement of Culture, and it's a critical time in the fledgling nonprofit's development. Two new board members have signed on: David Mos ... More
Cut to THE CORE
Sample a week's worth of Portland's most exciting work at the multivenue Core Sample.
Visual Arts It's been a hell of a few months. With PCAC's Modern Zoo, Jeff Jahn's The Best Coast, PAM's Biennial, PICA's TBA, and now Core Sample--not to mention the ongoing meta-aesthetic digestif of all t ... More
Automatic VISCERA
Internationally acclaimed painter David Geiser prepares for his next Portland
Visual Arts New York painter David Geiser produces work that explodes with drama, viscera, sensuality and several other qualities in short supply at the gutless 2003 Oregon Biennial--and arguably in the North ... More
Bi-Furious
The latest Oregon Biennial has a few successful pieces, but the exhibition is a disappointment.
Visual Arts I wanted the Biennial to cold-cock me. Kick my teeth in, throw me down on the ground, and take me by force. Do what art is supposed to do--scare and scar, ennoble or eviscerate by its beauty or br ... More
Habitat for the Humanities
It took some expert artistic handling to create PCAC's Modern Zoo.
Visual Arts It's perhaps the most ambitious, large-scale art exhibition of its kind to occur here. Gavin Shettler and Bryan Suereth, co-creators of the Portland Center for the Advancement of Culture, have hit ... More
Shock and Jive
The "Friendliest Black Artist in America" brings his show to PICA.
Visual Arts This week, PICA unveils eRacism, the traveling exhibit/retrospective of William Pope.L, who bills himself as "the friendliest black artist in America." Working with mixed media, Pope.L has created ... More
BODIES OF WORK
Local photographers try something new with nudes.
Visual Arts Erik Palmer and Bryan Grimes are both boyish thirtysomethings who take off their lens caps after their subjects have taken off, well, everything. But that's where the similarities end. To contrast ... More
Last Thursday, First Impressions
Barbecue, fire dancers, snake charmers and (oh yes) art on Northeast Alberta Street.
Visual Arts It's hard not to compare Last Thursday with First Thursday. The Alberta vs. Pearl mises-en-scène invite adversarial contrasts: funky vs. fuddy-duddy, street art vs. high art, rye bread vs. ... More
Are You Hot?
Local artists battle it out to win a spot among Oregon's crŹme de la crŹme in the 2003 Oregon Biennial.
Visual Arts David Eckard's feet are bound together, and he's wearing a straitjacket made of dainty lace. He's on the ground, crawling all the way from Marylhurst University's entrance gate to the administrati ... More
First (Thursday) Impressions
Neurotic sexpots, luminous boxes, and 72,000 Coke cans highlight February art walk.
Visual Arts Out of nowhere, a woman hands me her card. I look down and read it--she's a dominatrix--and glance back up. She's vanished. Maybe she figured a show called Erotic Neurotic would be a good place to ... More
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The Century Project At Bamboo Grove
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Confronting the myth of the great American road. Contemporary Northwest Art Awards
Portland Art Museum scores a hit with this showcase of thought-provoking Northwest art. Stage Sets
Three local shows ask where art ends and architecture begins. Best Portland Art of the Year 2012
Favorite shows and pieces from 2012. Christine Clark/Jay Steensma @ Nine Gallery/Pulliam Gallery
Two Portlanders confront impermanence. 10 Favorite Visual Arts Shows of 2011
Contemporary Northwest Art Award Finalists
The Century Project At Bamboo Grove
Photographer Frank Cordelle wrestles with body acceptance. Lloyd Reynolds A Life of Forms in Art
A calligrapher’s life beyond letters. Portland Art Center, R.I.P.
The Portland Art Center closes—who is to blame?
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