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Ester Barkai

Author: Ester Barkai

But is it art?

Without a broad audience, contemporary art establishes a foothold in Eugene

Visual Arts 7 years ago

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

Visual Arts 7 years ago

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

Visual Arts 7 years ago

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

Arts 7 years ago

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

Visual Arts 7 years ago

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

Visual Arts 7 years ago

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

Visual Arts 8 years ago

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

Visual Arts 8 years ago

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 →

Meeting Bill Owens — 37 Years After Cocaine

The famous photographer drops by Eugene and catches up with a former subject

Visual Arts 8 years ago

The first time I met photographer Bill Owens was in 1980 in the women’s bathroom. I was 21. We were in the building where I … Continue reading →

Bringing the Arts Outdoors

Eugene’s 20x21EUG mural project

Visual Arts 8 years ago

Just after I moved to Eugene about a year and a half ago, Eugene Weekly ran a story titled “Art: It Could Happen Here” [EW, … Continue reading →

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