Oregon Percent for Art

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Title
Passim
LC Subject
Painting Acrylic painting Painting, Abstract painting (image-making) paintings (visual works) acrylic paintings (visual works)
Creator
Parker, Lucinda, 1942-
Description
This abstract and thickly painted piece relies on a division of space created by the defintion of a square within a square to frame the view of two stretched oval forms, presented one above the other on the diagonal of the inner square. The one on the top is bright yellow, the other is white, and both are outlined with thick black strokes. The outer square forms a border around the inner one with various linear, geometric patterning. Passism; Lucinda Parker; acrylic on canvas; 24 x 24 inches; 1988; $650 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: Mid-Valley Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html
Location
Western Oregon University >> Polk County >> Oregon >> United States Polk County >> Oregon >> United States
Street Address
345 N. Monmouth Ave., Monmouth Oregon
Award Date
1988
Identifier
1989_wosc_dorm_07_a01
Item Locator
PAR:89-33
Accession Number
1989_wosc_dorm_07_a01
Rights
In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder
Parker, Lucinda, 1942-
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Measurements
24 x 24 inches
Material
Painting acrylic on canvas and wood
Set
Oregon Percent for Art
Primary Set
Oregon Percent for Art
Relation
1989 Western Oregon State College dormitory (I-Z) 1989_wosc_dorm
Has Version
slide; color
Institution
Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
Note
This artwork was awarded in 1989 to Western Oregon State College (WOSC). WOSC became Western Oregon University in 1997. For a map of the campus, see http://www.wou.edu/wou/maps/ first floor, reception desk
Color Space
RGB