PNCA – PICA http://urbanhonking.com/pica Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:24:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Between my head and my hand, there is always the face of death. http://urbanhonking.com/pica/2011/02/04/between-my-head-and-my-hand-there-is-always-the-face-of-death/ http://urbanhonking.com/pica/2011/02/04/between-my-head-and-my-hand-there-is-always-the-face-of-death/#respond Fri, 04 Feb 2011 23:58:50 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/pica/?p=2106 Continue reading →]]> Currently on view at PNCA, Between my head and my hand, there is always the face of death gathers together seven distinctive artists for a clear-eyed look at the resurgence of figurative painting. PICA’s Visual Art Curator Kristan Kennedy spent the past year researching and tracking down painters from Germany, Ireland, New York, Los Angeles, and our own backyard in the Pacific Northwest. From Tala Madani’s comedic, impasto animations to Grant Barnhart’s constructed studio environments, the work may not at first glance reveal a close stylistic kinship, and yet each piece attests to the fact that figurative painting is very much thriving at the edges of the medium while keeping a keen eye on the historical canon.

If you weren’t able to make it to last night’s opening, we’ve uploaded some photos of the finished exhibition and of Kristan and her crew hanging the show:

And download a copy (PDF) of Kristan’s curator essay, Shells of Our Selves.

Between my head and my hand runs through March 26 at PNCA’s Philip Feldman Gallery. Click here for more information on the exhibit and for links to videos and reviews on the included artists.

And make sure to join us for a free and public curator’s walk-through, led by Kennedy on February 15, from 6:30-7:30 pm.

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Diary | Age 30
Thursday, September 4, 2008
12:24 p.m. – I head to the PNCA Feldman gallery to catch the First Thursday Gallery Talk by Keep It Slick: Infiltrating Capitalism with The Yes Men co-curator Astria Suparak. As a fan of the Yes Men and I have watched the exhibition go up with excitement. Walking through the art college a-buzz with first week of classes I notice a number of people dressed head-to-toe in Halprin white.
Arriving early to the talk I review the exhibition. If there were a Prankster Activism Hall of Fame this is what it would look like. The gyrating CG-oilcowboy on the video makes me giggle, the Reggie Watts memorial candles make me gag a little, and the McCultural revolution leader posters make me… hungry. A small crowd of us gather at the Feldman entrance and are informed that there was a scheduling mistake, come back at 3:30 p.m. Bummer. I go get a Whole Bowl.


3:15 p.m. – Return to the Feldman with my buddy Emily. We’re early. “I heard there’s a European porn magazine hidden in the boardroom!” I say and we head back to investigate. WHOA! Mike Bonnano himself is sitting at the table with his laptop open looking a tad road weary. We introduce ourselves and I’m so star-struck I reintroduce Emily who graciously shakes Mr. Bonanno’s hand for the second time. Awkward laughter. “Is that coffee I smell?” he asks. Star-tarded Sarah offers Mr. B. her half consumed Americano, promising I don’t have anything contagious. He takes a sip and thanks me, then gets a phone call so Emily and I flee.
See you at How to be a Yes Man | Sept. 6 | 3 pm – 4 pm | PNCA Campus, Room 204
Posted by: Sarah Hoopes
Photo by: Patrick Sullivan

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