From Gay Art to Queer Art in the Pacific Northwest (Part I)
The Pacific Northwest was the only region in the country in the 20th century where an entire art movement was founded exclusively by homosexuals. The so-called Northwest School's four major figures were Mark Tobey, Morris Graves, Guy Irving Anderson and Kenneth Callahan. More...
Kevin Tolman
Kevin Tolman’s abstract paintings are influenced by the Southwestern landscape, but paintings from a recent trip to Portugal leave a strong impression. More...
Javier Peláez
Javier Peláez' offers potent reminders that happiness follows despair with his effective balance of painted shards, trees and high pitched color. More...
Joe Clower
Jagged lines, geometric forms and subtle architectural references populate Joe Clower’s paintings. He specializes in ambiguity that is suggestive of urban landscapes, and futuristic ones at that. More...
Christopher Jagmin
The word packed paintings of Christopher Jagmin blend dissection of contemporary culture with autobiography to powerful effect. Personal and public perceptions are questioned in playful yet profound ways. More...
To Swoon, Perchance to Dream
Richard Speer takes a close-up look at the zone separating carnal from spiritual ecstasy in some exceptional artworks. More...
Michael Wright
A New York expat, Michael Wright found “the light and clarity of New Mexico inspired new directions in my art.” More...
Barbara Peacock
Barbara Peacock says her “American Bedroom” show is a “cultural and anthropological study.” Indeed, these photographs prove you can divine a lot about people’s social station, body image, sexual orientation and other attributes just from seeing where they lay their heads, and with whom. More...
Jordan Casteel
The portraits and street scenes of Jordan Casteel are at once understated and extravagant; she breaks down barriers in multiple ways. More...
Change Agent: June Wayne and the Tamarind Workshop
The difficult path towards social progress serves as the context for "Change Agent," which places June Wayne, in particular her series of works for which subjects were her mother and modern science, at the creative center. More...
John Buck
John Buck’s kinetic sculptures produce the pleasure of seeing clashing symbols all moving in concert, wryly playful yet joyless. More...
Guillermo Kuitca
Guillermo Kuitca's nuanced paintings feature a muted color palette that softens the transition from dark to light. Large, open rooms with domestic objects such as beds, are often clustered towards the center. More...
Lagomorphs
The recent auction sale of Jeff Koons' "Bunny" is just the latest reminder how much the big money art market just pisses DeWitt Cheng off. More...
“Show Me as I Want to Be Seen”
What curator Natasha Matteson deems “productive confusion” sums up the magic of the art of “Show Me as I Want to Be Seen.” Anchored by Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob) and collaborator Marcel Moore (Suzanne Malherbe) denied their gender--and any certain narrative of who they truly were. More...
