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Ester Barkai

Author: Ester Barkai

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 →

Layers: The Life and Work of Allan Kluber

Old Work/New Work at Karin Clarke Gallery

Visual Arts 8 years ago

What do you want to be when you grow up? It’s a question asked of children, and they know to pick just one thing. Sometimes … Continue reading →

Lost and Found

A new installation by Eugene’s Mika Aono at Barn Light East

Arts 8 years ago

In a video, artist Mika Aono tells us she is interested in compulsive behavior. After a short while watching, we get an idea the artist … Continue reading →

Seeing What Something Looks Like

Two video works by James Nares at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art

Visual Arts 8 years ago

James Nares might be called a Renaissance artist, though he is associated with the 1970’s No Wave movement, where he played in a band and … Continue reading →

A Gray Day is Beautiful, Too

White Lotus offers new paintings by Margaret Prentice

Visual Arts 8 years ago

Some people look forward to retirement. They plan for the time when they can stop working and do nothing but take it easy and relax. … Continue reading →

Art Talks

Having Cultural Conversations at OSU

Arts 8 years ago

Have you ever tried to repeat a phrase until it loses its meaning? Take “appreciating diversity,” for instance. It’s one of those phrases repeated so … Continue reading →

Beauty and the Body

Julie Berkbuegler’s ‘Liquid Gold’ at Barn Light East

Arts 8 years ago

The idea of using found objects in art goes back to the beginning of the modern era, more than a hundred years ago, when Marcel … Continue reading →

The Mind Fills In

Wendy Red Star at the Governor’s Office

Visual Arts 8 years ago

If you like art that keeps you looking, that brings you back for a second or third glance, then you will appreciate the art of … Continue reading →

A Larger World

A change of art at the White Lotus Gallery: Japanese hanging scrolls

ArtsVisual Arts 8 years ago

The White Lotus Gallery has put up a new show, replacing an exhibit of contemporary art with Japanese paintings from the 19th and 20th centuries. … Continue reading →

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