For Lillian/Frank

Title: For Lillian/Frank
LC Subject: Drawing Pastel drawing Charcoal drawing Indian art Indian artists Symbolism Symbolism in art pastels (visual works) graphite (mineral) charcoal pencils
Creator: Bartow, Rick, 1946-
Description: A transformational image: color rendering of what appears to be a human with a buck's head. For Lillian/Frank; pastel and graphite on paper; 40 x 26 The frailty of life on this planet and the need to recognize the interconnectedness of all species are common threads that weave through Bartow's work. His Yurok Indian heritage and his experiences in Vietnam are the source of these feelings and nurture his imagery. Crow/raven and a pantheon of other animals, including man, figure prominently in his work. He reanimates the ancient myths of Northwest peoples into his visual language. Once the symbol of rebirth and the spirit of all life, crow is a ghost-like figure in this monotype who knows "he" is no longer central to our lives. (OAC documentation, 1990). A Vietnam veteran and a Yurok tribal member, he addresses grief and fear in his work as means to dismantling them. His work is represented by Froelick Gallery and Stonington Gallery. (Data provided at http://www.npr.org/programs/talkingplants/features/2003/bartow/index.html. Reviewed on 04/09/07.) The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is Lane Arts. You may view their website at http://www.lanearts.org
Location: William W. Knight Law Center >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States Lane County >> Oregon >> United States
Street Address: 1515 Agate Street, Eugene Oregon
Award Date: 1999
Identifier: 1998_uo_knight-law_11_a01
Accession Number: 1998_uo_knight-law_11_a01
Rights: In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder: Bartow, Rick
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Measurements: 44 x 30 inches
Material: Drawing pastel; graphite; charcoal; paper
Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Primary Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Relation: 1998-1999 University of Oregon Knight Law Center moveable and integrated artwork 1998_uo_knight-law
Has Version: slide; color
Institution: Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
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Color Space: RGB
Biographical Information: Like roots underground or bones beneath flesh, the marks and erasures, the gestural immediacy of the graphite drawing of 1979 exists twenty years later beneath the layers of bright colors in the drawings of 1999. Constantly drawing, always a figurative element, always a story, sometimes mine, sometimes someone else's story. Twenty years on paper the marks and erasures: my past, present, and future. (Bartow, 1999)