Seattle critic Matthew Kangas offers comment on Tacoma Art Museum's current ongoing exhibition "A Concise History of Northwest Art" and explores the exhibition in context of the museum's ambition to be a regional institution for Northwest Art. The exhibition, organized by Curators Rock Hushka and Ma...
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Judging from his resume, multi-media artist Euan Macdonald has never created anything quite like the 20 x 50 foot mountain that all-but-overflows the main exhibition space at Western Bridge, his biggest and most ambitious installation to date. Commissioned by patrons Bill and Ruth True, the ...
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Different Citizens. Roger Shimomura, 2009.Acrylic on canvas, 36" x 45". Courtesy of the artist.
In the exhibition “Yellow Terror: The Collections and Paintings of Roger Shimomura” at the Wing Luke Asian Museum, Roger Shimomura’s painting Different Citizen...
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Visits to Portland are always filled with surprises and frequently leave one contemplating the possibilities that exist in civic-minded, inward-looking cities that do not aspire to global significance. In the once-forgotten former meat packing district of Kenton in North Portland, the pattern of n...
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With the advent of the digital age, deception in photography has never been easier, and Amir Zaki makes the best possible case for its artistic benefits. His brilliant and compelling portraits of retro-chic lifeguard towers in Southern California are the product of nearly as much i...
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