The Best Of 2005
Glass totems, blood transfusions and PAM's new wing make 2005 a hit.
July 16th, 2008
A Summer Serenade | At New American Art Union, Jacqueline Ehlis shines in one of the year’s best shows.0 comments
June 25th, 2008
Heart Of Glass | Henry Hillman Jr. explores Relationships—in art and life.0 comments
June 18th, 2008
Lowbrow Writ Large | The Contemporary Northwest Art Awards capture the zeitgeist—too well.0 comments
June 11th, 2008
Divine Phantasmagoria | Tilt’s group show is simply...Divine.1 comment
May 21st, 2008
The Aftermath of Experience | Multimedia virtuoso TJ Norris conjures 1980s Manhattan, even as he embalms it.0 comments
May 7th, 2008
(Im)material World | Two artists break on through— the fourth wall.0 comments
April 23rd, 2008
Late-April Roundup | See these shows before they come down!0 comments
April 16th, 2008
Installation Situation | Two effective installations shine at Marylhurst and Portland State University.0 comments
April 9th, 2008
Live Review: Cap Auction Saturday, April 5 | Great people watching; not so great art.2 comments
March 19th, 2008
Defining Sex | Two shows confront masculine and queer identity.0 comments
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[December 28th, 2005] BEST PAINTING SHOW: Scott Wayne Indiana's virtuoso gestural abstractions at Residence Gallery.
BEST SCULPTURE SHOW: Harry Hillman Jr.'s glass totems at Elizabeth Leach.
BEST PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW: It's a three-way tie between Anthony Georgis' cool yet sexy work at Motel, Jim Riswold's Hitler figurines at Augen, and Elizabeth Hickok's Jell-O cityscapes at Alysia Duckler.
BEST GROUP SHOW: A tie between Jeff Jahn's sprawling Fresh Trouble and Pacific Northwest College of Art's ambitious Toca Brasil.
BEST CONCEPTUAL SHOW: Matthew Picton's riffs on decay at Mark Woolley.
BEST MIXED MEDIA: I'm torn between Jacqueline Ehlis' elegant variations at Savage and Tom Cramer's gilded reveries at Mark Woolley.
BEST EVENT: The Affair @ Jupiter Hotel—end of story.
BEST INSTALLATION: A tie between John Mace's hospital nightmare at Portland Art Center and Dan and Bean Gilsdorf's abstracted blood transfusion at The Affair @ Jupiter Hotel (Gallery 500 room).
BEST NEW GALLERY: Chambers.
BEST WINE AND CHEESE: Broderick Gallery.
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BEST LOCAL VISUAL-ARTS WEBSITE: Port (www.PortlandArt.net), with its savvy daily updates on Stumptown art happ'nin's.
BEST VIS-ARTS BLOG: It's a tie between Eva Lake's juicy yet thought-provoking Lovelake.org/diary and TJ Norris' spirited, incisive OregonLive.com/weblogs/isitart/.
BEST STYLISTIC EVOLUTION: A tie for Joe Thurston's infusion of Renaissance landscapes into his flay-faced portraits at Mark Woolley and Eugenia Pardue's new foray into chromatic minimalism at The Affair @ Jupiter Hotel (Gallery 500 room).
BEST LOCAL ARTISTS WHO ARE NOT REPRESENTED BY A PORTLAND GALLERY BUT SHOULD BE: Scott Wayne Indiana, Chandra Bocci, Marne Lucas, Katherine Treffinger and Corey Smith.
BIGGEST STORY OF THE YEAR: Portland Art Museum's new Mark Building opened to a generally positive critical and popular reception. While some museum-goers groused that too many pieces hang in narrow corridors, making it hard to view them from a proper distance, we disagreed and hailed the building, collection, curation, and hanging and lighting as an unqualified hit.
The Best Of 2005
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—Engineer FF/EMT Robert Christian w/ Engine Company 5-Pleasure Ridge Park Fire Dept. Louisville, Ky.
The Best Of 2005
I just thought you would be happy to know, concerning artists who are not represented in a Portland gallery but should be, that Corey Smith is represented by the Rake Gallery.
—MrC
The Best Of 2005
Broderick has "Best Wine & Cheese"! I knew there was a reason I work here ...
Oh yeah, we've also got some damn good art! Hey, I'm not complaining; It's always good to be noted for something. Come for the wine and cheese. Stay for the art! www.broderickgallery.com
—Quin Sweetman