Clifford Gleason, “Still Life with Spools,” ca. 1939
Clifford Gleason: The Promise of Paint
August 20 – October 31, 2020
Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery and the Maribeth Collins Lobby
Clifford Gleason (American, 1913-1978), who grew up in Salem and spent his adult life in both Salem and Portland, was a talented and highly original artist whose work remains of keen interest to a small but loyal group of collectors and fellow artists but whose accomplishments are less generally known than those of other Oregon mid-twentieth-century modernists.
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Bonnie Hull, “Pop's Floor," 2019
Bonnie Hull: Memory as Myth
August 20 – October 17, 2020
Study Gallery and Print Study Center
Salem, Oregon artist Bonnie Hull (American, born 1944) has been making drawings, paintings, and quilts in Salem for 50 years. The exhibition features new work created specifically for the exhibition as well as a variety of other work spanning her life as an artist and includes a selection of her drawing books from over the years.
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Barkley Hendricks, "Brenda P," 1974, oil and acrylic on canvas, 72" x 50", Art Bridges, image courtesy of Sotheby's
Brenda P and Prints from the Permanent Collection
Aug. 20, 2020 - March 6, 2021
Focus Gallery in the Mark and Janeth Sponenburgh Gallery
Brenda P by Barkley Hendricks, on loan through March 2021 thanks to the Art Bridges foundation, serves as the centerpiece for this exhibition. Accompanied by a selection of prints from the museum’s permanent collection, the exhibition presents work by some of the most influential artists of the second half of the 20th century and touches on themes important to many Black artists working during that time – the figure, abstraction, and history
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