Which Way, Portland? by Grace Kook-Anderson
By Grace Kook-Anderson Originally published August 2017 In The Lure of the Local, Lucy Lippard defines place as “the locus of desire.” That locus for […]
Arts Writing
“Because the past is just a goodbye: Blake Andrews at Blue Sky gallery” by Patrick Collier
Andrews, Blake. 2013. Emmett. Gelatin silver print. “Because the past is just a goodbye: Blake Andrews at Blue Sky gallery” by Patrick Collier Originally published […]
“Busy Bodies: MK Guth’s ‘This Fable Is Intended for You: A Work Energy Principle: Final’ at Elizabeth Leach Gallery” by Patrick Collier
“Busy Bodies: MK Guth’s ‘This Fable Is Intended for You: A Work Energy Principle: Final’ at Elizabeth Leach Gallery” by Patrick Collier Originally published by […]
“The Best of a Bad Situation: Elizabeth Malaska’s paintings at Nationale use the canon for their own purposes” by Patrick Collier
Malaska, Elizabeth. No Man’s Land. 2016. Oil, flashe, spray paint, pencil on canvas. Courtesy of Nationale. “The Best of a Bad Situation: Elizabeth Malaska’s paintings at […]
Anna B. Crocker and the First Decade of the School of the Portland Art Association by Prudence Roberts
Anna B. Crocker and the First Decade of the School of the Portland Art Association by Prudence Roberts Originally published April 2017 Some years […]
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. […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]