"Happy New Year! The new year always brings fresh beginnings, chances for resolutions, and lots of glitter, sparkles, confetti and fireworks! It reminds me how despite the cold darkness of winter, light always shines brighter. This month, I want to focus on the theme of light and illumination. How can we navigate darkness with light? How does illumination show up in our everyday life? How do artists use the materiality and concept of light in their work?"
"Sculpted Light at Elizabeth Leach Gallery in Portland particularly fits the theme and features work based in the Light and Space movement of the 1970s. The Portland Art Museum has a similarly on-the-nose exhibition focused on idea-driven and light considered art making. Carnation Contemporary employs visitors to navigate darkness with softly illuminated light based artworks. In Bend, Scalehouse offers a moment for pause and contemplation with light projected video, drawing, and installation works."
"one thing and another showcases Lynne Woods Turner's intimate abstract works on paper and canvas. This exhibition features mathematical investigations, scientific diagrams, graphic cartoons, art history, and dance that take the form of drawings and paintings. This work is rooted in Turner's unique lexicon of both material observation and interior life. Inspired by Trisha Brown's Spanish Dance performance at Minneapolis's Walker Art Center in 1979, Turner also exhibits work from her own Spanish Dance series."
Light and illumination act as means to navigate darkness and inform everyday life and artistic practice. Sculpted Light at Elizabeth Leach Gallery features work rooted in the Light and Space movement of the 1970s. The Portland Art Museum presents concept-driven, light-considered art making. Carnation Contemporary invites visitors to navigate darkness with softly illuminated, light-based artworks. Scalehouse in Bend offers projected video, drawing, and installation works that encourage pause and contemplation. one thing and another showcases Lynne Woods Turner's intimate abstract works, including a Spanish Dance series inspired by Trisha Brown and emphasizing mathematical balance from bodily movement. Mapping Familiar Territories, curated by Alexandra Terry, examines maps as subjective narratives.
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