‘A Painting You Can Open’
Euzine comes to Eugene this weekend
Alida Bevirt doesn’t have much spare time to make her own zines. “I work all year for this one day,” she says. But when she … Continue reading
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Drawing a Line
See work by LCC art faculty — not to mention Jim Tronson — at Tronson Gallery of Contemporary Art
Jim Tronson doesn’t fit today’s stereotype of the serious artist. When I asked how he defined “contemporary,” he answered, “Anything made after noon today.” In … Continue reading
Smothered in Plastic
Plastic Entanglements at Jordan Schnitzer Museum shows we’re all in this environmental mess together
Plastic Entanglements: Ecology, Aesthetics, Materials is an often beautiful, sometimes gross but altogether engaging new exhibit at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. The line … Continue reading
Photos From a 45-Year-Old War
Eugene man’s combat photography of Israel’s Yom Kippur War is published at last in Israel
When Nathan Fendrich was 38, he traveled to Israel in hopes of a life change — never expecting he would become a combat photographer during … Continue reading
Everyone’s Invited
BEAM shines at Studio Without Walls
The trees looked as if they had moving parts. And no, I hadn’t had any of the Art City Fizzes offered by Thinking Tree Sprits. … Continue reading
RG Goes Full Frontal in Artsy Website Ad at Top of Home Page
Jock Sturges photo is strong stuff for mainstream newspaper site
Like many newspapers in recent years, The Register-Guard relies on digital advertising to shore up flagging print ad revenues. But that often means outsourcing the … Continue reading
The Final Studio Without Walls of the Summer Ends in a Blaze of Light
The interface between work and audience
The trees looked as if they had moving parts. And no, I hadn’t imbibed any of the Art City Fizzes offered by Thinking Tree Sprits. … Continue reading
Time Traveling
Ronald Eugene Pennington-Satterfield explores The Space Between Us at Epic Seconds
Nearly 50 years ago Ronald Eugene Pennington-Satterfield was assigned to write an essay. He turned in a 200-page novel instead. His junior high school English … Continue reading
A small show of Mark Clarke’s paintings reminds us of what we lost
The late Mark Clarke was such a gentle, unassuming man that it was easy, when he was alive, to forget what a masterful artist he … Continue reading
Animal House Photos Evoke an Exotic Time
John Bauguess captured an era with his camera in Cottage Grove
These days, when just about everyone has a camera and most of us have appeared as “extras” in someone else’s photos, it can be easy … Continue reading