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Episode 4: Two Weeks/Two Works: Grier Edmundson

justiceleaguepdx — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:54:56 +0000

Two Weeks/Two Works: Grier Edmundson Fourteen30 Contemporary By Daniel J Glendening The final episode of Fourteen30 Contemporary’s four-exhibition series, Two Weeks/Two Works, features the work of Grier Edmundson: an oil on canvas diptych, “Hans Blix and Pink Mittens,” from 2006, hung on a wall papered with screen printed newsprint, “Optimum Expansion (After Iain and …

Episode 3: Two Weeks/Two Works: Andrea Longacre-White

justiceleaguepdx — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 23:09:21 +0000

Two Weeks/Two Works: Andrea Longacre-White Fourteen30 Contemporary By Daniel J Glendening The third installment of Fourteen30′s Two Weeks/Two Works all but eliminates the loose hand and physical body of previous installments in favor of the digital. Andrea Longacre-White‘s pairing features “8/127″—a sculptural scatter-art nod composed of what appear to be several plaster casts of …

Episode 2: “Two Weeks/Two Works: Jessica Jackson Hutchins”

justiceleaguepdx — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:34:34 +0000

Two Weeks/Two Works: Jessica Jackson Hutchins Fourteen30 Contemporary By Daniel J Glendening The second installment of Fourteen30′s Two Weeks/Two Works series features “Cursive,” 2012, and “Daily Sickness,” 1999, from Jessica Jackson Hutchins. “Cursive” is a 63″ x 49″ work composed of burlap, the stretched brown surface mottled and stained with blue-green pigment and streaks …

Bajagic vs Novitskova

justiceleaguepdx — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 22:37:59 +0000

Considering the Ethics of Lateral-Appropriation in Regards to the Ongoing Debate, in Some Circles, of the Quasi-Case of Bajagic vs. Novitskova by Sean Joseph Patrick Carney, January 2013 One of the surest tests [of the superiority or inferiority of a poet] is the way in which a poet borrows. Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; …

Pilot Episode: “Two Weeks/Two Works: Conrad Ruiz”

justiceleaguepdx — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 02:21:13 +0000

Two Weeks/Two Works: Conrad Ruiz Fourteen30 Contemporary By Daniel J Glendening Two Weeks/Two Works, at Fourteen30 Contemporary, is an experiment in exhibition: a suite of four two-week exhibits, each featuring two works by a single artist (Conrad Ruiz, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Andrea Longacre-White, Grier Edmundson). One stated intention in limiting the exhibitions to two works …

FantasyPeak2.JPG: Toward a Digital Geology

justiceleaguepdx — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:52:29 +0000

FantasyPeak2.JPG: Toward a Digital Geology By Daniel J Glendening Drain just announced the release of the newest issue, “Black,” which features my essay, “FantasyPeak2.JPG: Towards a Digital Geology.” “Drain is a refereed on-line journal published biannually. The journal seeks to promote lively and well-informed debate around theory and praxis. Each issue of Drain will …

MOST RECENT EVIDENCE OF A LANGUAGE YOU HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT: Jared Haug and Brooks Dierdorff, “Window Smokers”

justiceleaguepdx — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 01:58:10 +0000

Jared Haug and Brooks Dierdorff, Window Smokers Recess Gallery By Rebecca Steele All I could do was to break the whole thing down and show that it is no longer possible. -Gerhard Richter An evolving methodology in contemporary art might be the trend of using one medium to critique the failure or …

Daniel Baird, “This New Ocean”

justiceleaguepdx — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:23:13 +0000

Daniel Baird, This New Ocean Appendix Project Space By Daniel J Glendening At the rear corner of Daniel Baird‘s exhibition, This New Ocean, at Appendix Project Space, is a slowly turning object. It is small, about hand-sized, and is held just a hair’s breadth off of the ground. It would be easy to miss, …

MSHR, “Earthly Door”

justiceleaguepdx — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 22:27:57 +0000

MSHR, Earthly Door. Appendix Project Space by Daniel J Glendening MSHR, a collaborative project by Brenna Murphy and Birch Cooper, presented “Earthly Door” at Appendix Project Space in Portland, Oregon. The work consists of an interactive installation and a performance. As an installation, “Earthly Door” resembles a found-object architectural model of a disco-rustic beach house, …

Bobbi Woods, “Warm For Your Form”

justiceleaguepdx — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 19:33:30 +0000

Bobbi Woods, Warm for Your Form. Fourteen30 Contemporary by Daniel J Glendening “You look like you’ve seen a ghost.” Once you’ve seen them, it becomes difficult to un-see them. Bobbi Woods’ Warm for Your Form, at Fourteen30 Contemporary, includes a looped video containing text in white on a black screen. The piece, “California Light (Some …