Shields, Open Wounds and New Landscapes: And Artist’s Account of Creation
by Stephanie Gervais I made Shield in 2014, while living between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil. My friend Yuri modeled Shield in front […]
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Hard to Describe: Alt Text and Artworks
by Laura Hughes Where it started: Sometime in 2018, about twenty minutes before teaching my Introduction to Drawing class, I found myself facing a page […]
No/And: Contemporary Conversations About Queer Art and Trans Art
by Sara Jaffe Ten or so years ago, I was feeling depressed about the word “queer.” It was everywhere, which was maybe the problem; it […]
Malia Jensen: “Nearer Nature”
by Sara Krajewski Editor Stephanie Snyder invited Portland Art Museum Curator Sara Krajewski to interview artist Malia Jensen about her major work, Nearer Nature. SARA […]
Honey
by Ido Radon Do you remember it? Blown on the winds, on current and tide, its gas-filled float like a silicone potsticker on the surface […]
Lynne Woods Turner: Process and Patience
by Stephanie Snyder Lynne Woods Turner’s works on paper and canvas do not ferry images in any traditional sense; rather, they reveal the odyssey of […]
CONDITIONS
CONDITIONS is a publication of The Ford Family Foundation. The annual arts journal (shifting title as it progresses) is part of the program element CRITICAL […]
Phantom Limbs
When we look back on this time of the pandemic, it may be the confusion that we remember the most. We have been bombarded by […]
Radical Indigenous artist Natalie Ball is unapologetically moving forward — as mother and artist.
by Jeanine Jablonski When I first came across images of Natalie Ball’s work, I was floored. Who was this amazing indigenous artist living in Oregon, […]
May It Always Be Legendary
by bart fitzgerald I. Santal 33. Boonk. A libation awaits—whether prepared, or freshly colliding due to the presence of its necessary ingredients—Hennessy and sticky-sweet pineapple […]
Through Ancestral Lands, Reading An Infected Sunset
Editor’s Note: The following essay is composed of three excerpts from an audio diary recorded by Portland- based artist and poet Demian DinéYazhi’ while driving […]
The Image Collectors
By Samantha Wall and Stephen Slappe In the midst of the vast, world-changing events of the past year, we have been reflecting on the nature […]
What Comes after the Museum? Remembering PMOMA (The Portland Museum of Modern Art)
By Libby Werbel Is it possible to grow your own museum? What would it look like? How would it be different from the museums you […]
To the Air • Paul Maziar and Cynthia Lahti
by Paul Maziar Originally published March 2020 Author’s Note: I’ve been enchanted by Cynthia Lahti’s work since the moment I first saw it—thanks to my […]
Mira Dancy: “Self Seed” at the lumber room
by Carlin Brown Originally published March, 2019 The entrance to the lumber room’s lower level glows a flush pink. The unexpected color dissipates in the […]
Heather Watkins: Waiting Room at PDX CONTEMPORARY ART
By Sam Hopple Originally published May 2018 In Waiting Room, Heather Watkins presents a series of thirty-two, hand-stitched embroideries that line the walls of PDX […]
Kristan Kennedy at CANADA, New York
Kristan Kennedy, Untitled Arrangement, 2017, exhibited in Tomorrow Tomorrow, curated by Wallace Whitney and Stephanie Snyder, Anne and John Hauberg Curator and Director, Douglas F. Cooley […]
Elizabeth Malaska, Artforum
Stephanie Snyder, “Critics Picks: Elizabeth Malaska,” Artforum, March 2018 (Exhibition Russo Lee Gallery, Portland, Oregon Feb 1 – March 31, 2018) Elizabeth Malaska’s recent paintings […]