continuum…
from the MoNA and Pruzan Collections
April 6 - May 19, 2019
Curated by Susan Parke, Director Emeritus
CONTINUUM… FROM THE MoNA AND PRUZAN COLLECTIONS
Exhibition Date: April 6 - May 19, 2019
Reception Date: Saturday, April 6, 2019 - 2:00pm
continuum… from the MoNA and Pruzan Collections
continuum... is an edited visual history of Northwest art from about the 1930s to the present.
It opens with works from the Museum’s permanent collection, featuring the original NW Mystics; Mark Tobey, Morris Graves, Kenneth Callahan and Guy Anderson.
The next chapter explores works by their acolytes and younger contemporaries; Leo Kenney, Richard Gilkey, Clayton and Barbara James, Paul Horiuchi, Philip McCracken, and others.
Then, what seemed like a somewhat cohesive artistic expression blossoms into the creative free for all of Northwest art today.
This latter history, for the most part, is on display upstairs with works generously lent by Herb and Lucy Pruzan from their extensive collection. Julie Speidel, Marita Dingus, Jeffry Mitchell, Akio Takamori and many more are represented.
George Rodriguez, Offering in Mauve, 2014, Ceramic and glaze, 23” x 10.5” x 9.5”
Courtesy of Herb and Lucy Pruzan
Nancy Mee, T’sung for the Earth, 2004, Sandblasted glass, bronze, 20” x 9” x 8”
Courtesy of Herb and Lucy Pruzan
Peter Millett, Spring, 2010, painted cedar, 28” x 12” x 7.25”
Courtesy of Herb and Lucy Pruzan
Left: Akio Takamori, Actor, 2009, Porcelain with underglaze, archival pigment print on drawing paper, 16.5” x 5” x 4”, 36” x 24”
Right: Akio Takamori, Sleeping Woman in Purple Dress, 2013, Stoneware with underglazes, 12” x 30” x 16”
Courtesy of Herb and Lucy Pruzan
Theodore Waddell, Bayer’s Angus, 2008, Oil on canvas, 24.5” x 31”
Courtesy of Herb and Lucy Pruzan