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
Visual Arts Archive
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
French Photography at the Schnitzer
Looking back at photos from before iPhones and selfies
It’s not often the work of a 10-year-old artist winds up in a museum. The French child prodigy Jacques-Henri Lartigue is an exception, having been … Continue reading
Rolling on the River
Eugene Symphony, McKenzie River Trust and Travel Lane County team up for music and photo extravaganza
When Eugene Symphony began planning this month’s orchestra concert some two years ago, Executive Director Scott Freck wondered to himself: What are the things we’re … 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
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
Printmaking Explodes in Oregon
From galleries and museums to artist studios, printmaking makes genuine art accessible
Say the word “art” and most people imagine a painting — an original, unique work, done with oil paints on canvas, usually by an artist … Continue reading
Euzine 2.0
Zines are pumping a pulse into Eugene’s art scene
Eugene’s art scene is not dead. While the closing of the Jacobs Gallery dealt a blow to art’s accessibility in the city, a group of … Continue reading