Textbook History, Compound Gallery, Portland, Oregon.

Over the Labour Day long weekend, I went to the opening of "Textbook History" with Gee Gen and Winnie. We were invited to participate in the exhibition back in May.

It was so exciting to meet other artists and see the art scene in Portland. Portland has a healthy art scene--they have uniform art openings. That means, all galleries in a certain district have their opening nights on the same night. You don't have to look up which gallery has an opening this week etc...

Here are a few images from the night. More on the gallery's website: http://www.compoundgallery.com/gallery/2009/09/first_thursday/

Marie Antoinette

I just completed the piece I created for Compound Gallery's group exhibition "Textbook History."

"Marie Antoinette as the woman-as-man monster, the diamond necklace wearer, the notorious pornographic star, and the fifteen-year-old maiden"
mixed media on canvas
20 x 24"
$ 1280 US

The theme of the exhition is that the artist would choose a piece of history that he/she will interpret the history and translate it visually. There is no restriction on the medium or size. I love group exhibition like that where there is a loose limit, so that you are enouraged to do what you normally wouldn't, but there isn't a strict limit on every aspect there is.

I have always been fascinated by the last queen of France. It was a perfect excuse to soak up some reading about the politics around the queen.

The exhibition is in September, and the opening will be on the 3rd.

Compound Gallery
107 NW 5th Avenue
Portland, OR, USA 97209

www.compoundgallery.com

On the other hand, Compound Gallery carries my "M for Mortality", ink and oil on panel in their exclusive web gallery. (I know they say it's acrylic on panel on the website.) Very excited to be part of Compound Gallery!

http://compoundgallery.com/artists/2009/web_gallery.php