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Review: "Under Our Moon Future Ascensions" at ANTI-AESTHETIC Dec 14th, 2019 – Feb 15th, 2020
The “Stuff” of Conversation Kathleen Caprario, February 16th, 2020 As I walk into Downtown Eugene’s newest gallery, Eugene Contemporary Art’s ANTI-AESTHETIC, I’m welcomed into a space that holds the work presented in…
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Over and Over – Mika Aono at Lindgren Gallery
A Review of Over and Over – a solo exhibition of work by Mika Aono Written by Vicki Krohn Amorose Mika Aono presents works of delicacy and daring in her current show, Over…
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Critical MAS: An Introduction
This collection of writing comes out of the workshop “Write About Visual Art – Critical MAS” offered in July 2019. The writers turned their attention to Eugene’s Visual Arts Week, including the…
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Critical MAS: Olivia Bates on Darryl Evans’ “Water Rights”
Written by Olivia Bates It was unusually humid, not particularly hot, but damn humid the day I went to the Mayor’s Art Show. I was glad to descend the stairs and pass…
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Critical MAS: Sandra Honda on Josh Sands’ “Breathe, Step, Arrive”
“Breathe, Step, Arrive” by Josh Sands, 2019. Commercially fabricated adhesive vinyl or vinyl on aluminum. 24 x 36 inches, series of five. Written by Sandra Honda Clever and thought-provoking, Josh Sands’ “Breathe,…
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Critical MAS: Contemplating Art – The Mayor’s Art Show and the Salon des Refusés
Written by Will Paradis A fresh cup of coffee fuels this effort. I am writing my perspective of the Mayor’s Art Show, and also the Salon des Refusés, as a part of…
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Critical MAS: Stacey Ray on Lynn Ihsen Peterson’s “Meltan”
Written by Stacey Ray I always find myself drawn to the most detailed piece in a room, searching for rivers through which my eyes can run, prairies where they can sprint over…
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Critical MAS: Timothy Wilson-Haley on Olga Volchkova’s “St. Rhododendron”
Written by Timothy Wilson-Haley “St. Rhododendron” is an appropriation and re-imagination of Russian — and previously Byzantine — techniques for painting religious icons. Instead of traditional objects of religious idolatry, the rhododendron,…
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Critical MAS: Patterns of memory – Patterns of hope
Written by Kathleen Caprario I make my way through the precisely drawn foliage, visually pushing deeper into the repeated organic shapes that fill the silhouetted subject’s form. The compulsive quality of the…
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Critical MAS: Tricia LaFrance on Sarah Peterman’s “Wool Bin”
Written by Tricia LaFrance When I encounter the assemblage online, “Wool Bin” seems, well – a bit wooly. Photos make it difficult to notice all the textures, shapes, and colors of brown.…
