Today we took a “vacation” day. We went to a matinee at Portland Center stage….haven’t been there yet? Do go… we went to see “Red” a play by John Logan about the painter Mark Rothko (1903-1970). The play was fascinating, mordant, funny…worth the trip up I-5… and then on to the Portland Art Museum where […]
Category: Art World
The Amazing Way Life Is…
Still on the Manuel Izquierdo trail. For MONTHS R has been searching for a sculpture that was at the Seattle World’s Fair “Century 21” in 1962, which was called “Figure”. He had a photocopy of a B&W photo showing the piece… but nobody knew where it was. Katrina at Laura Russo tried to track it […]
Manuel Izquierdo…detective work…
If I wrote everyday about what goes on when a writer is in research mode, I couldn’t really get at it…that’s where images are so very helpful… Here is an update on the progress R is making on his monograph on Manuel Izquierdo and his work. Last week R visited Manuel’s daughter Sara at Manuel’s […]
Marie Watt at the Hallie Ford Museum…
My final picture of the 2012 version of “Dwelling” with the artist Marie Watt, her daughter Evelyn, and the big stack o’ blankets. Friday night was the ceremonial opening of the show, delayed for a month until Evelyn was born and Marie could be here from New York. Marie spoke interestingly about her work and […]
Gordon Gilkey, March 10, 2012
Gordon Gilkey gave us a lot. He rounded up lost works in Europe after WW II, he taught a few generations of students at OSU, he curated prints at the Portland Art Museum from 1978 until his death in 2000. Additionally he established the Vivian and Gordon Gilkey print Center at the Portland Art museum […]
Public Art…ODOT
In Oregon, 1% of the cost of a new building (or of a renovation), must be spent on art work for the building. This has been a terrific vehicle for presenting the work of major Oregon artists to the public, and for building a nice collection of work owned by the state. The process is […]
Manuel Izquierdo…the hunt goes on…
First let me say that as a maker of things, I have long understood that “things” have lives of their own, separate from the life of the maker. Furniture, dishes, and most especially, art work. Thursday we spent the whole day listening to stories about art works and seeking some answers, and I can’t remember […]
Wednesday With Manuel…
Wednesday was a long but fascinating day tracking down sculpture made by Manuel Izquierdo, R’s current “subject” (show coming at the HFMA in 2013). Our first stop was a warehouse where the collection of PNCA is stored. Included in their collection are some small clay sculptures recently donated to PNCA by Manuel’s estate. The nice […]
Jamey Stillings, Henk Pander
A sunny Saturday found us in Portland to see several shows and a couple of our favorite artists. We drove straight to the new home of the Jewish Museum where there is a really lovely show of paintings by Henk Pander and mixed media pieces by former Oregon artist (now NYC artist) Esther Podemski. I […]
The Home Stretch for Dwelling (and Engine)
By Friday afternoon the stack is 800 blankets tall…and Angela said they are aiming for 988 and finishing by the end of the work day today! The scaffolds are now in use to reach the top of the pile, and everyone is working in stocking feet…take a look: Maybe a little bit a fatigue is […]
On The Way 