For Lillian/Frank
- Title
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For Lillian/Frank
- LC Subject
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Drawing
Pastel drawing
Charcoal drawing
Indian art
Indian artists
Symbolism
Symbolism in art
pastels (visual works)
graphite (mineral)
charcoal pencils
- Creator
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Bartow, Rick, 1946-
- Description
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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
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William W. Knight Law Center >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States
Lane County >> Oregon >> United States
- Street Address
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1515 Agate Street, Eugene Oregon
- Award Date
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1999
- Identifier
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1998_uo_knight-law_11_a01
- Accession Number
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1998_uo_knight-law_11_a01
- Rights
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In Copyright
- Dc Rights Holder
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Bartow, Rick
- Type
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Image
- Format
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image/tiff
- Measurements
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44 x 30 inches
- Material
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Drawing
pastel; graphite; charcoal; paper
- Set
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Oregon Percent for Art
- Primary Set
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Oregon Percent for Art
- Relation
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1998-1999 University of Oregon Knight Law Center moveable and integrated artwork
1998_uo_knight-law
- Has Version
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slide; color
- Institution
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Oregon Arts Commission
University of Oregon
- Note
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An interactive campus map of the University of Oregon may be viewed at: http://map.uoregon.edu/
- Color Space
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RGB
- Biographical Information
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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)