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Three Used Books by Jon Raymond Arts Writing

Three Used Books by Jon Raymond

Three Used Books by Jon Raymond Originally published April 2018 One of the best garage-sale scores I ever had came in Brooklyn sometime in 2003. […]

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My Rules: Patrick Rock’s Aesthetics of Antagonism by John Motley Exhibition Images + Catalogs Arts Writing

My Rules: Patrick Rock’s Aesthetics of Antagonism by John Motley

by John Motley Originally written April 2017 In a promotional poster for Bay Area–based Club Paint’s second exhibition at Rocksbox Contemporary Fine Art in October […]

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“The Last Supper,” Oregon Art Beat Exhibition Images + Catalogs Talks + Programs Artist Features

“The Last Supper,” Oregon Art Beat

Julie Green, Oregon 06 September 1996. 5 fried eggs (Sunnyside-up), hash browns, bacon strips (crisp), stack of pancakes with syrup, hot coffee, milk, and cold […]

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“Wild Life: The Work of Ryan Pierce” by Melanie Flood Arts Writing

“Wild Life: The Work of Ryan Pierce” by Melanie Flood

Portland Wild Life: The Work of Ryan Pierce by Melanie Flood Originally published April 2017 The ecology of the place we live in helps define […]

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Abstract Art as Political Art: Lynne Woods Turner by Sarah Sentilles Arts Writing

Abstract Art as Political Art: Lynne Woods Turner by Sarah Sentilles

Abstract Art as Political Art: Lynne Woods Turner by Sarah Sentilles Originally published August 2017 Lynne Woods Turner’s abstract paintings and drawings trouble certainty. Her […]

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Modou Dieng and the Worksound Moment by Mack McFarland Arts Writing

Modou Dieng and the Worksound Moment by Mack McFarland

Modou Dieng and the Worksound Moment by Mack McFarland Originally published April 2017 What makes an art scene? To start, a group of artists, like-minded […]

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Thoughts on a Museum of Wonder by Linda Tesner Arts Writing

Thoughts on a Museum of Wonder by Linda Tesner

Thoughts on a Museum of Wonder by Linda Tesner Originally published April 2017 For the past thirty-six years, I have worked in museums and art […]

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A “Working History” at Reed by Amy Bernstein Exhibition Images + Catalogs Arts Writing

A “Working History” at Reed by Amy Bernstein

A “Working History” at Reed Amy Bernstein Originally published by PORT February 05, 2008 The group show at Reed this month is in honor of […]

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The Candor of Cali: Chris Johanson at The Portland Art Museum by Amy Bernstein Exhibition Images + Catalogs Arts Writing

The Candor of Cali: Chris Johanson at The Portland Art Museum by Amy Bernstein

The Candor of Cali: Chris Johanson at The Portland Art Museum Amy Bernstein Originally published by PORT February 15, 2007   The latest APEX spotlight […]

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Go Go: Green Light Green Light at Small A Projects by Amy Bernstein Talks + Programs

Go Go: Green Light Green Light at Small A Projects by Amy Bernstein

Go Go: Green Light Green Light at Small A Projects Amy Bernstein Originally published by PORT December 04, 2006 Small A Projects’ current show, Green […]

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Call and Response as Critical Chorus by Amy Bernstein Exhibition Images + Catalogs Arts Writing

Call and Response as Critical Chorus by Amy Bernstein

Call and Response as Critical Chorus by Amy Bernstein Originally published by PORT September 09, 2009 In a world increasingly fixated upon the propulgation, proliferation, […]

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Interview with Jessica Jackson Hutchins by Amy Bernstein Arts Writing Artist Features

Interview with Jessica Jackson Hutchins by Amy Bernstein

Jessica Jackson Hutchins in her Studio, Portland, 2010   Interview with Jessica Jackson Hutchins Amy Bernstein Originally published by PORT September 24, 2010 Jessica Jackson […]

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An Evidence of Bricks: An Evidence of Doors by Amy Bernstein Exhibition Images + Catalogs Arts Writing

An Evidence of Bricks: An Evidence of Doors by Amy Bernstein

Detail from European International LTD,Touch and Go, 2010, Cristina Lucas An Evidence of Bricks: An Evidence of Doors, TBA 11 Amy Bernstein Originally published by […]

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Interior Margins: A Question of Language by Amy Bernstein Exhibition Images + Catalogs Arts Writing

Interior Margins: A Question of Language by Amy Bernstein

Animal, Judy Cooke, 2011 Interior Margins: A Question of Language Amy Bernstein Originally published by PORT January 25, 2013 There are just three short days […]

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Richard Mosse’s “The Enclave” at PAM by Amy Bernstein Exhibition Images + Catalogs Arts Writing

Richard Mosse’s “The Enclave” at PAM by Amy Bernstein

Richard Mosse’s “The Enclave” at PAM Amy Bernstein Originally published by PORT January 21, 2015 In the end, all you have is what is in […]

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A Case For Abstraction: No Boundaries, by Amy Bernstein Exhibition Images + Catalogs Arts Writing

A Case For Abstraction: No Boundaries, by Amy Bernstein

A Case For Abstraction: No Boundaries Amy Bernstein Originally published by PORT July 30, 2015 Forgive me. In the middle of summer, this review is […]

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Kurt Fisk’s Monkey Fishes Arts Writing

Kurt Fisk’s Monkey Fishes

by Patrick Collier I first saw Kurt Fisk’s Monkey Fish drawings at ArtWorks, a gallery/project space that is part of Collaborative Employment Innovations (CEI), an […]

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Interview with Kristan Kennedy by Amy Bernstein Arts Writing

Interview with Kristan Kennedy by Amy Bernstein

Kristan Kennedy, PICA’s Visual Arts Curator   Interview with Kristan Kennedy Amy Bernstein Originally published by PORT September 5, 2011 Kristan Kennedy is the visual […]

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