Art review: maximiliano at Paragon Arts Gallery
October 20, 2022
The artist’s fall show “SENSITIVE CONTENT” explores censorship, art history, and societal collapse in full-gallery installation of interrelated mediums.
The artist’s fall show “SENSITIVE CONTENT” explores censorship, art history, and societal collapse in full-gallery installation of interrelated mediums.
Muffie Delgado Connelly and Tahni Holt’s collaboration invites audiences into a world of imagination in this time-shifting production.
Singer/actor Susannah Mars and friends are creating a film that explores grief, loss, love, and the connections they forge.
A co-founder of Ori Gallery, Vivas has stepped away from arts administration and organizing in order to focus on their studio practice. Vivas discusses their art and “finding the playground at the end of the world” with Hannah Krafcik.
The group of sculptures at PICA resists easy categorization but Hannah Krafcik finds multiple points of entry to consider.
Hannah Krafcik speaks with Takahiro Yamamoto about the creation of his latest performance work.
Taylor’s show “Breathe when you need to” opens June 10th and explores the concept of masking through portraits. Hannah Krafcik visited the artist in their studio to learn more about the works’ multilayered inspiration.
Jenn Sova’s exhibit probes the failed hopes and expectations of fatherhood by juxtaposing remnants, personal effects, and organic materials.
Dancer and writer Hannah Krafcik takes us inside a two-year project by youth and adult dancers to create a piece inspired by children’s games.
“These dancers fit together with a perfectly nonsensical logic”: Two seasoned choreographers dig into surrealist influences at Performance Works NW.
The Portland company dives into new work by choreographers Yin Yue, Ihsan Rustem, and Joseph Hernandez.
The storied veteran dance artist makes connections as she creates a memorial to colleagues who’ve passed on.
“Rosalie Knox: Conversation with the Last Unicorn” features abstract compositions inspired by the club scene and the unexpected medium of nail polish.
Artist cooperative Physical Education’s DIY exhibition weaves the history of their collaboration into personal gift shop memorabilia.
Seasoned choreographer Faye Driscoll’s new exhibition at PICA invites audiences to reimagine relationships.
The Shaun Keylock Company returns to the stage after two years to perform the hits of Gregg Bielemeier, a beloved Portland choreographer.
Hannah Krafcik reviews the Serbian artist’s first solo show in the United States.
In Aki Onda’s exhibition at PICA, the collections find their spirit and fly toward the future.
Subashini Ganesan’s pandemic-extended tenure as Creative Laureate still has one final project.
The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School Museum of Contemporary Art has faced a difficult year, but it has adapted to the pandemic and kept its students engaged.
Renee Sills created Embodied Astrology to connect with herself, her clients and to make sense of the world.
Local artists Roz Crews and Ralph Pugay plan a symposium for the times at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
Mariana Valencia discusses her performance work, Album, opening today as part of the Time-Based Art Festival
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