Crafting a Story
The Art Of The Beer Label At Ninkasi
Like a lot of other people, I often scout the shore while walking on the beach looking for just the right shell to take home, … Continue reading
Ester Barkai
Author: Ester Barkai
Art Begets Art
Satoko Motouji’s Peer Gynt paintings go to the theater
The most entertaining dictum I’ve heard about the question of art’s function — and the easiest to prove — is that the purpose of art … Continue reading
But is it art?
Without a broad audience, contemporary art establishes a foothold in Eugene
A video circulating on YouTube shows a curator, Aram Moshayedi, at LA’s Hammer Museum introducing actors Will Ferrell and Joel McHale to a contemporary art exhibit, … Continue reading
Spring Forth
‘Dead Loss’ is part of Eugene Contemporary Art’s 2018 exhibition series
Chance meetings and random events in art were made popular a century ago by the Dadaists and Surrealists in Europe, and then by the Abstract … Continue reading
The Secret Life of Trees
Keith Achepohl at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
After I viewed Keith Achepohl’s new exhibit Vision of Nature/Vessel of Beauty at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, I began to look at the … Continue reading
Are We Really an Art Town?
A newcomer to Eugene poses the question to arts leaders around the community
I never had the opportunity to see the Jacobs Gallery, as it shut down the month I moved to Eugene. But as an art reviewer … Continue reading
Art Out of Science
Barbara MacCallum uses her scientist husband’s publications and his body for art
If the titles of artworks in Barbara MacCallum’s Appropriating Science at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art through Jan. 28 remind you of a movie … Continue reading
‘Drive It Like You Stole It’
Adam Grosowsky: New Paintings at Karin Clarke Gallery through December 23
When I met Adam Grosowsky to discuss his art, I wasn’t expecting a philosophical discussion. But Grosowsky, 58, was in a reflective mood, as interested … Continue reading
Perspective and Pigment
Interpreting the landscape at White Lotus Gallery
An appealing mix of reality and imagination in each of Jon Jay Cruson’s paintings reminds me of a bit from the first days of the … Continue reading
Is There a Jewish Art?
The Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education finds a new home
The Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education moved to its new location in Portland’s Pearl District this summer — taking over the space … Continue reading