A key theme in both artists' work is transformation. Bilhartz explores the ephemeral through surrealist landscapes and portrait, while Ogden presents bold, crisp, and vibrant geometric designs. Blonde on Blonde beautifully showcases how these two friends, with their distinctive styles, are united by their creative process and a shared desire to create. A reminder that art can transform both the artist and the viewer's experience of the world.
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David Schell recently presented a substantial body of work at Portland’s Augen Gallery titled intimate, intimate. The exhibition presented a variety of smaller oil paintings on a variety of canvas shapes, operating under the premise of a dual definition of the word intimate: “Intimate as an adjective suggests an experience that is taking place away from the rest of the world; as a verb, on the other hand, it looks outward.
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Anthony Hudson (Grand Ronde) as Carla Rossi's much-anticipated sequel, Clown Down 2: Clown Out of Water. The screening of Clown Down 2: Clown Out of Water was paired with a Zoom panel discussion featuring Hudson and artists Arias Hoyle and Steven Paul Judd in conjunction with PICA’s Indigenous Residency Series (IRS). Clown Down 2: Clown Out of Water is Hudson/Rossi's follow-up from their 2019 Clown Down: Failed to Mount, which featured Hudson as Rossi hosting a Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood-style show while pinned beneath an IKEA cabinet.
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But of course, it’s hard to tell; a collaborative exhibition by Alyson Provax and Serrah Russell is on view throughout September at Well Well Projects. Provax is a member of the gallery, which gives its members a month out of the year to have an exhibition. Provax and Russell created the work for the show earlier this year. That time consisted of some of the bleakest months of the pandemic. I found it incredibly inspiring that these two artists could come together throughout this time to create a body of work. Openly and vulnerably sharing, iterating on pieces of work sent back and forth through the United States Postal Service. The subsequent marks of these correspondences as they move through processing, travel, and arrival. The imprints of distance, touch, and being.
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