Joseph Gallivan interviews Jeffrey Thomas about The Sum of its Parts: Part 2

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Tue, 03/24/2015 - 11:30am to 12:00pm
Joseph Gallivan interviews Jeffrey Thomas about The Sum of its Parts: Part 2
On Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews Jeffrey Thomas, owner of the new gallery Jeffrey Thomas Fine Art. He will talk about "THE SUM OF ITS PARTS- Part 2". Thomas was crucial to the development of the art scene in Portland when he ran the Jamison/Thomas Gallery with William Jamison in the 1980s.
Thomas also talks about the Portland scene, his changing feelings about abstraction, and growing up with Dennis Hopper as a stepfather.

Audio editing by KBOO volunteer Sam Parrish. 
 
From the press release:
On Wednesday, March 25, Jeffrey Thomas Fine Art will open the second and concluding installation with the exhibition “The Sum of Its Parts – Part 2”, in his new space on NW 22nd and Raleigh in Slabtown.   This group show continues to champion 14 important contemporary artists who explore Aristotle’s concept that a much greater “whole” can emerge from the mere sum total of its individual parts.
“The Sum of Its Parts” is curated around the concept of individual works of art that champion the concept of holism: that “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts”, an empirical observation recorded by Aristotle in his Metaphysica from the 4th century B.C.
As part of that philosophical concept, “Part 2” will feature the same artists as in “Part 1”, but this time they will represented by a different work sited in a different location in the gallery, the visual equivalent of the same choir singing a different song.
These new works in “Part 2” provide` the viewing audience with an evolving visual experience built around a sense of familiarity from “Part 1”.   Return visits will complete the visual experience, a reward that is also greater than the sum of the individual parts.
“The Sum of Its Parts – Part 2”, features artwork created and assembled out of various components to make a stronger visual statement:  narrative, context, scale and media.  The installation carefully presents each artist’s unique approach to using “parts” in building a whole or complete visual experience as a central component of their artistic practice.  Each one of these artists has created a signature visual vocabulary which together address recent trends in contemporary art.
The work on display ranges in scale from small paintings to a large installation, composed of many different but repeating elements.  Layered surface washes that create interwoven “narratives” on wood panel play off vitrified ceramic towers squatting on the floor.   The sum of this visual experience is more than the number of simple entities operating in one environment: together the art gathers more complex behaviors as a collective of contemporary culture.
“The Sum of Its Parts”  – Participating artists:
1. Jeff Carpenter – Philadelphia
2. Brad Mildrexler – Portland
3. Sean Healy (c/o Elizabeth Leach Gallery) – Portland
4. Ben Buswell (c/o Upfor Gallery) – Portland
5. Brad Johnson – Portland
6. Fernanda D’Agostino - (c/o Elizabeth Leach Gallery) - Portland
7. Eugenia Pardue - Portland
8. Heather Hutchison – New York
9. Mary Henry - Seattle
10. Cyrilla Mozenter – New York
11. Laura Fritz – Portland
12. Junko Iijima – Portland
13. Brian Borrello – Portland/New Orleans
14. Stuart Buehler – Death Valley
   
 
http://www.jeffreythomasfineart.com/story/
 
Opens Wednesday, March 25, from 6 -9 pm: 2219 NW Raleigh Avenue Portland, Oregon, 97210   503.544.3449
 
Joseph Gallivan has been a reporter since 1990. He has covered music for the London Independent, Technology for the New York Post, and arts and culture for the Portland Tribune, where he is currently the Business Reporter. He is the author of two novels, "Oi, Ref!" and "England All Over" which are available on Amazon.com
josephgallivan@gmail.com
 
 
 
 
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