Twin Birth

Title: Twin Birth
LC Subject: Painting Painting, Abstract Art, Abstract painting (image-making) paintings (visual works)
Creator: Parker, Lucinda, 1942-
Description: A colorful abstraction that employs pink, green, red, yellow, blue, and black to build a somewhat chaotic composition that is grounded by two five-pointed stars on the right and left sides of the piece. Acrylic rhoplex on canvas; 4'2 x 7'6 inches Lucinda Parker received her M.F.A. from the Pratt Institute in New York in 1968 and started work as a professor at the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland in 1974. Her work has been exhibited in numerous one-person shows throughout the west as well as several exhibitions nationally, including the David Findly Gallery and Sue Ellen Haber Gallery in New York, the Seattle Art Museum, the Corcoran Gallery in D.C., and the First Western States Biennial, that traveled to San Francisco, Denver, and Washington D.C. Lucinda Parker's public commissions can be seen in Portland: "Riversong" for the Oregon Convention Center, "Talking Leaves" for the Multnomah Co. Midland Library, and "City Rose & Rose City" for the renovated Portland City Hall. The Portland Art Museum honored her with a mid-career retrospective in 1995.<br>http://www.pnca.edu/exposure/stories/18/embodying-exuberance The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Regional Arts & Culture
Location: Portland State Office Building >> Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States
Street Address: 800 N.E. Oregon, Portland Oregon
Date: 1975/2012
Identifier: 1980_port-state-off-bd_19_a01
Item Locator: PAR: 80-19
Accession Number: 1980_port-state-off-bd_19_a01
Rights: In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder: Parker, Lucinda, 1942-
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Measurements: 4 feet 2 inches x 7 feet 6 iches
Material: Painting
Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Primary Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Relation: 1980-1982 Portland State Office Building (M-Z) 1980_port-state-off-bd
Has Version: slide; color
Institution: Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
Note: fourth floor lobby
Color Space: RGB