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Critical MAS: Kathleen Caprario’s seductively beautiful painting lures into thorny landscapes
Written by Leah Wilson Springfield artist Kathleen Caprario’s mixed media painting at the 2019 Eugene Mayor’s Art Show is a subtle and beautiful manifestation of the examination of her position of privilege…
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Critical MAS: W. Adam Orth on Neva Gruver’s “Corvid Necklace”
Written by W. Adam Orth Writing about art isn’t something I do. I work with my hands, as do most of the people I spend most of my time with, both on…
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Critical MAS: Opening Night – Observations from a Local Artist
Written by Sunny Selby In the gallery, I am struggling to see. The Mayor’s Art show is packed. The space surges and collapses as people shuffle through. The scene has all the…
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Critical MAS: Robin Seloover on Marilyn Perry’s “Subtle Body Diptych” and Paige Van Doren’s “I Carry This With Me”
Written by Robin Seloover Nabokov wrote something like: “There is no reading, there is only re-reading.” Artists Marilyn Perry and Paige Van Doren approach the forms of the human body in a…
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Critical MAS: Vicki Amorose on Justin Stuck’s “Trumpa the Hutt”
Written by Vicki Amorose Given the choice of 50 artworks in the 2019 Mayor’s Art Show, never did I predict I’d choose to write about a work depicting our 45th president. Thousands…
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Tooling Around — A riff on play and rigor, and the current show at Tropical Contemporary
‘Serious Business’ is an exhibition of overtly playful work, referencing childhood games and figures like Winnie the Pooh, bright and abundant use of color, and a focus on material and texture.…
