Abigail Goldman
The miniature dioramas of Abigail Goldman reflect her background as a crime reporter. The forensic nastiness depicted in one scene after another calls to mind the cinematic models of Alfred Hitchcock and David Lynch with a welcome element of preposterousness. More...
Stephanie Syjuco
Stephanie Syjuco offers a cacophony of visual information, much of which consists of what appears to be consumer goods from big box chain stores but are in fact printed media designed to stand in for the real thing--with important twists. More...
Shirley Tse
Shirley Tse draws on Oscar Wilde's children's story "The Happy Prince" in new works anchored by wire-mesh and colored glass heads. More...
Still Sweating it at the Keyboard
James Yood has long practiced art criticism, so he naturally pays attention to its uneasy place at the table of contemporary art. Whether the practice is more about finding fault or providing analysis is the choice of the critic, Yood admits that he tends to root for the artists. More...
Ron Ulicny
The gallery serves as a repository for wood sculpture that Ron Ulicny manipulates in a number of surprising ways. More...
MK Guth
Long plaits of fabric first formed during a residency by MK Guth during a New York residency find their way to Portland, where they are transformed into highly textured abstract vessels. More...
“It’s Official”
The four designated "Texas State Artists" together show why they received the state's highest official recognition. More...
Johanna Billing
A pair of films based on an intentional traffic jam comprise Johanna Billing's "Learning How to Drive a Piano." Think about that. More...
Jae Ko
Kraft paper manipulated into large sculptural reliefs is the singular material that Jae Ko uses to transform cold walls and floors into churning waves, melting glaciers or massive mountains. More...
Wendy Red Star
The trophy heads you'd normally expect are removed while the bodies of these dear remain, gold Mylar ribbons spilling out like shimmering innards. Wendy Red Star gets us to reflect on how we've misplaced our sense of value. More...
Barbara Rossi
Long associated with the Chicago Imagists, these early works by Barbara Rossi filter vernacular imagery through an intuitive creative process. More...
Gigi Mills
Gigi Mills' female figures lounge about, homeless men sleep in the street in modernist idioms that match bohemian roots against a bourgeois present. More...
On Globalization
Globalization was not long ago considered both necessary and desirable, but it has come under attack this political season. The art world offers both a model and metaphor for the significance of globalization as more than merely a force for economic or political progress. More...
Sisyphean Creativity
The distillation of human experience into cathartic forms that we may share in is a key task of creative artists. Richard Speer's experience of a new production of Jean Cocteau's "Parade" expresses the exasperating nature of the eternal struggle towards artistic meaning and integrity. More...
