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Esther Ervin
Esther Ervin: Sculptor, Jeweler, Curator Esther Ervin was born in a small town in New Jersey, but moved to California at the age of 16. Her house was near the Irvine ranch where she actually saw cowboys herding cattle, now, of course, developed with housing. She went to Palestine /Israel as an undergraduate […]
This entry was posted on March 10, 2026 and is filed under Uncategorized. -
Beau Dick and Priscilla Dobler Dzuz : Two Artists Address Climate Catastrophe
“Beau Dick : Insatiable Beings “ until January 18th Frye Art Museum 704 Terry Ave, Wed- Sun 11-5 When I first came into the Frye Art Museum and saw the mask by Beau Dick in the front gallery I was horrified and frightened. They seemed so aggressive and ugly. But by a […]
This entry was posted on January 22, 2026 and is filed under Uncategorized. -
Alan Lau maker of dreams
Note: I have some better picutres of Alan from the opening but for some reason the website won’t let me put them in blog Alan Lau focuses on nature intimately.`“Walks Along the Kamogawa: The Kyoto Series Part I” gives us lyrical paintings in sumi, watercolor and pastel on rice paper that evoke hanging vines and […]
This entry was posted on December 30, 2025 and is filed under Uncategorized. -
Gaylen Hanson : our local Maestro!
A painting of a giant grasshopper standing on a rock invites us into the Woodside Braseth Gallery for an exhibition of Gaylen Hansen, age 104. As we enter the gallery we see a swarm of bright blue fish with intense red eyes, mouths open and teeth bared. Turning to the right we see a red […]
This entry was posted on December 17, 2025 and is filed under Contemporary Art, Uncategorized. -
Ruth Asawa’s MIraculous sculpture
New books and an exhibition demonstrate Ruth Asawa’s extraordinary contributions to 20th century sculpture Installation view of Ruth Asawa: Retrospective at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, including a photograph of artist’s living room. Photo by Heinrich Kam. Ruth Asawa had an extraordinary childhood. In her early years she grew up on a farm with […]
This entry was posted on November 18, 2025 and is filed under Uncategorized. -
Kara Walker in San Francisco
At the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art I saw an intense installation by Kara May Walker with robotic movement and frightening arms and bodies going up and down . The title is Fortuna and the Immortality Garden (Machine) A recipe for the Weary Time Traveler Featuring a Rite of Ancient Intelligence […]
This entry was posted on November 11, 2025 and is filed under Uncategorized. -
Nour Ahmed Mhanna Artist in Gaza
Nuor’s art: Colors from the Rubble I am Nour Muhanna age 20, an artist and top ranking business student at Gaza university. Every painting carries a story. Since childhood art has been my refuge, a way to express my feelings . With our home now destroyed I have only colors and paper to […]
This entry was posted on November 4, 2025 and is filed under Uncategorized. -
Humaira Abid
Humaira Abid, a Pakistani artist who lives in Seattle, created an exhibition (seen at Greg Kucera gallery) focusing on children from Gaza17 , Israel 2 and Ukraine 4 who have died in war. Her installation “The Shape of War” consists of twenty-four children’s desks (she plans on creating many more). On the […]
This entry was posted on September 18, 2025 and is filed under Uncategorized. -
Healing and Hope in War Zones
CHildren’s Art from Gaza and Ukraine There is less art from Ukraine and I did not have an explanation as to how it arrived in Seattle, but this strong image is on the cover of the brochure as an emblematic image from Ukraine. I include more at the end of the post […]
This entry was posted on September 4, 2025 and is filed under Contemporary Art, Uncategorized, WANN, We are Not Numbers. -
James W. Washington Jr, and the Artists in Residence Program
As you walk from the ferry toward the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, you will see a large photograph of James J. Washington, Jr. holding a chisel in the window. It announces his exhibition “Many Hats, One Spirit” at the museum until Sept 17. Once inside the museum, climb the staircase, so you first […]
This entry was posted on September 2, 2025 and is filed under Carletta Carrington Wilson, Christian French, Uncategorized. -
Ruth Asawa Sculptor of Space in three books
Ruth Asawa: Sculptor of Space Ruth Asawa had an extraordinary childhood. In her early years she grew up on a farm with her immigrant parents, sharing in the hard work. That idea of hard work stayed with her throughout her career as an artist. In April 1942, when she was sixteen her family […]
This entry was posted on August 30, 2025 and is filed under American Art, Contemporary Art, Contemporary Asian American Art, Contemporary Sculpture by Women, Feminism, Uncategorized. -
Arpita Singh : Remembering – at the Serpentine Gallery, London
Arpita Singh’s retrospective at the Serpentine Gallery in London gives us her career from the early 1970s to the present. It includes huge narrative oil paintings and small abstract watercolors. I could feel the intensity in each work no matter what the style or size. Each viewer can find a different story […]
This entry was posted on July 20, 2025 and is filed under art criticism, Art of Democracy, Uncategorized. -
Hanaa Malallah : Ruins and Research
I first met Hanaa Malallah in 2007 just after she came to London from war torn Iraq. . Above you see her applying burned and shredded canvas to one of her works The burning of her canvas was her response to the nightmare of destruction she faced in Baghdad every time she […]
This entry was posted on July 16, 2025 and is filed under colonial images, Conceptual Art, Contemporary Art, Uncategorized. -
UK is still a great place to visit
This cake is a replica of Henry’s house on Amorgos in the Cyclades It was the star of his 90th birthday party in Ufford Suffolk hosted by his niece Tig. More on that soon We went from the airport directly to Saffron Walden where Henry’s sister lives in a small 16th century […]
This entry was posted on July 1, 2025 and is filed under Uncategorized. -
Zodiacs by Ai Weiwei coming to Seattle in the fall
The larger than life Zodiac heads by Ai Weiwei that are coming to Volunteer Park this fall( too bad not there for the summer) represent the following animals in the usual order: Pig, Dog, Rooster, Monkey, Goat, Horse, Snake, Dragon, Rabbit, Tiger, Ox, Rat. Each of these Zodiac animals have specific traits […]
This entry was posted on May 18, 2025 and is filed under Conceptual Art, Contemporary Art, Uncategorized. -
Suchitra Mattai She walked in reverse and found their songs
Suchitra Mattai: She walked in reverse and found their songs Asian Art Museum to July 20 Suchiitra Mattai was born in Guyana (on the North Coast of South America, bordering on Venezuela and Brazil). Her family moved to Canada when she was four, but she has vivid memories of her life there. Her artwork is […]
This entry was posted on May 17, 2025 and is filed under art criticism, Contemporary Asian American Art, Uncategorized. -
Ai Weiwei in Seattle!
Ai, Rebel: The Art and Activism of AiWeiwei Ai, Rebel runs until September 7 at Seattle Art Museum; Water Lilies Lego opens March 19 at Asian Art Museum; Circle of Animals: Zodiac Heads opens May 17 at Olympic Sculpture Park. Tree, Wood, 2009-2010, with FOONG Ping, exhibition curator and SAM’s Foster Foundation Curator of Chinese Art( in […]
This entry was posted on April 21, 2025 and is filed under Art and Activism, Art and Politics Now, Contemporary Art, Culture and Human rights, economic imperialism vs democracy, Uncategorized. -
Katy Deepwell: Critic of Feminist Art
Katy Deepwell has contributed more to feminist art criticism than any other critic I know.She published the journal n.paradoxa for 19 years. She has edited and published collections of feminist writing like De-/Anti-/Post-colonial Feminisms in Contemporary Art and Textile Crafts and 50 Feminist Art Manifestos. She has received many awards,organized conferances, online courses […]
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Tomur Atagök: Painter, Historian, Critic, Curator, Mentor
Tomur Atagök 1939-2025 We are all mourning the passing of our beloved mentor and teacher I first connected with Tomur Atagök in 1997 through her collaborations with Katy Deepwell in n.paradoxa. Tomur had just published in the first volume of Katy’s amazing magaine, an essay on “Contemporary Turkish Women Artists”. ( […]
This entry was posted on March 31, 2025 and is filed under Art and Activism, Contemporary Art, ecology, Feminism, landscape, Uncategorized. -
Buster Simpson Town and Country Crier
“I believe artists’ work often functions as the equivalent of a town crier, calling out concepts in public. Traditionally the crier’s message is of civic or community importance, here we add construct. The Town and Country Crier exhibition presents a range of environmental and social issues. These issues often inform actions creating artwork that […]
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June Sekiguchi
As we enter June Sekiguchi’s living room we are immediately immersed in a feeling of multi dimensional creativity. From the ceiling, the walls, the floor, strange flowing shapes appear everywhere. As the artist reaches for a stack of fiberboard cut with wavy edges we see an art form appear as the artist puts […]
This entry was posted on March 19, 2025 and is filed under Culture and Human rights, Uncategorized. -
Thaddeus Moseley and Alexander Calder
First, we think that these two artists, Alexander Calder and Thaddeus Mosley, could not possibly be more dissimilar in this new iteration of the Calder donation curated by Catherina Manchanda. “Following Space,” the title of their joint exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum, captures the central feeling of the exhibition. As we walk through the […]
This entry was posted on February 3, 2025 and is filed under Uncategorized. -
Preston Singletary’s contemporary ravens
Raven is Back! Raven, the creator in the Tlingit mythology, rescued humans from darkness by stealing the sun. “He was a white bird and the world was in Darkness. Raven decides he will try and do something about the darkness, for himself and for the world. As he follows the Nass River, he encounters […]
This entry was posted on January 27, 2025 and is filed under Uncategorized. -
Lillian Pitt Celestial Ancestors Star People
I have known Lillian for many years, since way back when she visited Washington State University while I was teaching there in the mid-1980s. I bought a pair of her earrings that I still cherish! Along the years I have acquired prints, a Stick mask in ceramic, and a small standing Shadow Spirit in […]
This entry was posted on January 24, 2025 and is filed under Uncategorized. -
Joyce J. Scott walk a mile in my dreams
Joyce J. Scott: Walk a Mile in My Dreams Seattle Art Museum, 1300 First Avenue, Seattle, 98101 Runs until January 19, 2025. Joyce J. Scott, Joyce’s Necklace, ca. 1978-1985. Rotasa Collection. Thread, beads, silver, enamel, metal, horn, stones, ivory, charms. 21 × 16 × 1 in. (53.3 × 40.6 × 2.5 cm.) “I want to […]
This entry was posted on December 16, 2024 and is filed under Uncategorized.
