FIGURING
FIGURING is a publication of The Ford Family Foundation. The annual arts journal (shifting title as it progresses) is part of the program element CRITICAL […]
Patrick Collier
Laurie Danial’s Dynamic and Enigmatic Abstraction
by Patrick Collier Originally published May 2019 To the casual viewer, abstract painting may seem to lack coherence. Familiar epithets abound, usually because there is […]
Sue Taylor • Editor’s Statement
A Social Good by Sue Taylor Originally published April, 2017 The five writers commissioned for the Oregon Visual Arts Ecology Project in 2017 had a […]
“On a scale of more: Emily Counts at Carl & Sloan Contemporary” by Patrick Collier
Counts, Emily. 2016. Basic Diagram; Subvert and Copy. Carl & Sloan Contemporary, Portland, Oregon. “On a scale of more: Emily Counts at Carl & Sloan […]
“Art review: Beyond the horizon: Teresa Christiansen’s new photography show at Melanie Flood Projects takes liberties with the landscape” by Patrick Collier
Christiansen, Teresa. Shadowed Disconnection. Archival pigment print, Plexi. “Art review: Beyond the horizon: Teresa Christiansen’s new photography show at Melanie Flood Projects takes liberties with […]
“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 […]
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 […]