Elliot Norquist
Elegant geometric sculpture, mailing wall-hung, pushes your eye all around the gallery turning minimalist images into a vibrant flow of color and shape. More...
Kim MacConnel
Kim MacConnel's "Avenida Revolucion" paintings place you in the middle of a technicolor spectacle of a parade down the streets of a Mexican town, while a "Black and White" series manage to keep the energy level high. More...
Growing Beyond Disinfotainment
The art world has changed enormously over the last half-century. It is, after all, a mirror of society; but still, these changes reflect a steady loss of faith in the power of aesthetic meaning. We must demand better. More...
“Rooted in Soil”
"Rooted in Soil" is firmly planted in the issue of conservation as seen through the creative lens of this group of 17 artists. More...
Robert Ginder
Robert Ginder's gold leaf embellished portraits of post-war Los Angeles suburban bungalows treat our own recent history as though it were centuries old. The point is to rethink the ordinary and the role of art itself. More...
Lance Letscher
Lance Letscher's intricate collages push the eye relentlessly while keeping us engaged with accumulations of familiar objects. More...
Kazuo Shiraga and Sadamasa Motonaga
Japanese post-war Gutai artists Kazuo Shiraga and Sadamasa Motonaga produced differing emphasis in painting that is consistently explosive and tactile, emphasizing "action" and the "unknown" respectively. More...
Dirk Staschke
Dirk Staschke leaves the backs of his ceramic still-life sculptures exposed for a reason: to remind us it is all made by hand. More...
Alt-Weekly Arts Writing
VAS contributor Richard Speer is most familiar to Portland area readers for his 13-year run with Williamette Week. The response to the announcement of his departure prompts this reflection on where he's been, and where art writing may be going. More...
Mernet Larsen
Mernet Larsen's blocky figures are typically engaged in banal moments of intense contemplation. The visual drama comes not from the narrative but from her use of reverse perspective. More...
Virginia Wright (Pt 2)
The second of Matthew Kangas' two part appreciation of one half of one of Seattle's most important art patrons, Virginia Wright. More...
Luis Sahagun
The humble materials recycled into Luis Sahagun's work speak clearly to an urban vernacular and express the masculine aspect the creative process. More...
Pascal
Interlocking wood segments, simple and harmonic, are Pascal's signature. The push pull between static and kinetic energy keeps your eye working and the formal tension at a high level. More...
David Bradley
The identity of Santa Barbara's art market is a key subject in David Bradley's paintings, which also delve into layered and ironic characters. More...
Carol Es
Carol Es' "The Exodus Project" displays her penchant for bright color and rough form. Here is also documented the creative stimulation that came with her stay in Joshua Tree National Park. More...
Alexis Anne Mackenzie
Strips of one image are mounted over a second to varying degrees of recognizability that causes the eye to shift back and forth in Alexis Anne Mackenzie's newest collages. More...
“Testable Predictions”
Sculpture by Michelle Liccardo, prints by Perry Doane and Amy Bernstein's paintings make "Testable Predictions" crackle with energy. More...
Rosemarie Beck
Rosemarie Beck recoiled from much of the posturing of her AbEx peers, exploring the figure in allegorical settings. This survey reveals her to have been a both frank and sensitive painter. More...
Ruth Pastine
Color and system is the name of the game for Ruth Pastine. Her rhythmic layerings are full of harmony even as the volume of hues are turned up to a full blast. These paintings are both thoughtful and visceral. More...
Patrick Renner
Patrick Renner juxtaposes his sculptural constructions alongside examples of African art, the effect being for each to illuminate the impact of the other. More...
