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Marcel Dzama

On paper, Marcel Dzama wouldn’t seem to possess the makings of an art star. An artist working in rural Winnipeg, making wispy, fairy-tale line drawings with diluted root beer syrup as ink stands no chance in the sophisticated world of contemporary art, right? But it turns out that Dzama’s spare, facile approach to drawing belies […]

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Welcome to the Ghosttown

Arts Collective Red76 Throws a Month-Long Citywide Art Project—and You’re Invited!

A strange thing happens when you live in a city: You find yourself carving out a tiny piece of the landscape and claiming it as your own. A bar or a corner market or a record store becomes your favorite simply because it serves as a backdrop to your life, the setting for those memories […]

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Hold Me, Please

As East Burnside continues its rebirth as a hotbed for hipster hangouts, boutiques, and art spaces, Renowned Gallery has quietly positioned itself at the heart of it all. The young gallery is a tiny and underdeveloped space that seems a little uncertain about what it will become, as artwork crowds the walls and a meager […]

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Jenene Nagy

The works in Backyard Icing by PNCA’s sculpture artist-in-residence Jenene Nagy, are messy assemblages in which textures and forms collide and interpretations abound. Made from discarded objects found in a dumpster, Nagy’s sculptures revel in the physicality of their materials. Porous foam, uneven patches of dried house paint, nails and pushpins are painted and drizzled […]

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Cynthia Lahti

Cynthia Lahti has earned a reputation as an artist who deftly maneuvers between various media, from drawing to sculpting in glass, plaster, and bronze. This versatility is on display at her current show at PDX Contemporary Art, New Found Land, which presents a handful of slight porcelain sculptures, sketches in pastel and crayon, and, most […]

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