Avallone’s playground drawings are precise, technical in their accuracy, but are rendered on rough, handmade paper in varying muted tones. The interplay cements several visual dichotomies at play in Permission/Pleasure: fluidity vs. precision, childhood vs. adulthood, memory vs. the present, dreams vs. reality.
Read MoreWhile umm no sources imagery from Chinese and American culture, the exhibition holds a universal appeal. It manages to inspire laughter in a historically painful time but doesn’t deny the ongoing gravity of cultural conflict, authoritarianism, and xenophobia.
Read MoreShamanism is in our DNA. This practice, involving varied methods of altering consciousness in order to commune with spirit realms, dates back to the early Paleolithic era.
Read MoreThrough a conversation that starts and stops in May 2020 and is then revisited in March 2021, one year after the pandemic began. They discuss how Ackerman’s paintings, although often humourous and joyful, serve as a visual attraction for ruminative dialogues surrounding sorrow and intimate healing.
Read MoreKnecht’s paintings rest in a dichotomous, fringe space. Her color palette is bright but sickly, her figures grin through pain. Loose, wobbling bodies move like the wind, but also feel trapped and isolated on the canvas. While Knecht’s references to folklore and mythology are rooted in deeply human emotions and understandings, her figures are also experiencing a newness—her mothers feel profound joy while facing discomfort and challenges yet unknown.
Read MoreAt Nationale, Anya Roberts-Toney’s Summer’s Eve imagines a matriarchal realm with an edge. The artist’s series of twelve oil and acrylic paintings are shaped by visions of euphoric women amongst flora, but hint at the complexities inherent to such a space.
Read MoreJoseph Rodriguez’s forms integrate into the spaces around them; causing the disruption that only a careful blending of street art and installation smarts can achieve.
Read MoreA review of "Artifacts of Affection" by Rachael Zur at Gallery 114, up through August 2020 by Ashley Gifford
Read MoreAs our town continues to remain on pause, with art happenings postponed indefinitely, Luiza Lukova interviews Holly Osborne from the comfort of their respective homes, touching on inspirations, emotions, and experiences.
Read MoreInterview with Sullivan, chatting about her artistic process, her history with the Lake Oswego Open Show, and her creative direction.
Read MoreCurrently, the project space is converted into an art gallery alongside the first event of the reprogrammed FFTT, a mural by L.E.O. and another by Axel Void, both on the exterior of the Tips on Failing building.
Read MoreInterview with Los Angeles based artist Lilian Martinez following the opening of “Soft Shades” at Nationale in Southeast Portland.
Read MoreInterview with Portland-based artist Claiborne Colombo following her solo show at 1122 gallery.
Read MoreInterview with Portland-based Artist & Educator Amy Bay following her solo show at Melanie Flood Projects.
Read MorePortland-based Artist, Educator & Curator, Avantika Bawa discusses her background, how she maintains and balances her art practice with being an educator, the evolution of her work, and her upcoming solo show at the Portland Art Museum that is open from August 2018-February 2019.
Read MoreA conversation with artist Paula Wilson following the opening of her solo show “FLOORED” at Williamson | Knight.
Read MoreA conversation with artist Justin L'Amie after the opening of his fourth solo show “Midnight Florist” at PDX Contemporary Art.
Read MoreInterview with artist Kellen Chasuk following her solo show “Plastic Flowers” at Stephanie Chefas Projects.
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