Things were so much simpler before all the people showed up.  Early artistic visions of the western landscape portrayed its epic sweep and dramatic contrasts with only the occasional glimpse of man: the native canoe here, the smoky encampment there.  Everywhere in the old picture... [More]

Sex and death may be the ultimate artistic preoccupations, but photographer Chris Engman makes a strong case for time, space, and the illusory nature of reality as being close runners-up.  His carefully constructed interventions, photographed against monumental landscape backgrounds, are each... [More]

by Adriana Grant  Three disparate artists showed very nearly identical work in Seattle recently, all comprised of folded paper photographs. Tauba Auerbach’s pastel-tinted, poster-sized works were on view at Western Bridge in July, part of their New Year exhibitions, and are on view... [More]

Working in video, installation, and photography, Isabelle Pauwels explores ideas of history, narrative, and the very act of watching. Pauwels is the first recipient of John and Shari Behnke’s Brink award, a $12,500 grant accompanied by a solo exhibit and purchase of work by the Henry Art Gal... [More]

Volcanoes, gentle rain, rugged chains of evergreen islands – the lure of our region’s environment is why many of settled here in the first place.  The Northwest landscape is a powerful daily presence in our lives, but responding to it presents artists with a dilemma.  Those w... [More]