Confabulations of Millennia
Beth Katleman, Hostile Nature, USA (detail), 2014
Events
Opening
Exhibition Reception: Confabulations of Millennia
5:00 – 8:00 PM
Curator and Artists Q&A Panel
11:00 AM
About the Exhibition
Curated by artist Richard Saja, Confabulations of Millennia brings together the works of 19 contemporary artists who take direct inspiration from the 18th and 19th centuries. Using established styles, techniques and objects perfected in the 18th and 19th centuries, the 19 artists assembled deploy history as a springboard in order to speak to the intricacies and inconsistencies of modern life be they social, political or aesthetic.
Exhibiting artists include:
- Martha Arquero
- John Brauer
- Joey Chiarello
- Emily Diaz Norton
- Douglas Goldberg
- Jeremy Hatch
- Beth Katleman
- Ryan Wilson Kelly
- Melora Kuhn
- Livia Marin
- Oscar Sancho Nin
- John O'Reilly
- Erin M. Riley
- Richard Saja
- Anthony Sonnenberg
- Ryan Swanson
- Vadis Turner
- Julia Whitney Barnes
- Kehinde Wiley
Press
- Essay: 'Pleasures and Misdemeanours,' Jessica Hemmings, Professor of Crafts, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
- The Portland Phoenix: Past Transgressions—ICA's 'Confabulations of Millennia' Screws with Age-old Obsessions, Lia Wilson (Nov. 2017)
- Portland Press Herald: 'Confabulations' impart modern themes on old art forms, Daniel Kany (Dec. 2017)
Publications
Gallery
Douglas Goldberg, Picture Hanging Screws, 2013.
Erin M. Riley, Self Portrait 3, 2015.
Ryan Swanson, Lust Flowers #1, 2017.
Richard Saja, Stay All Day (detail), 2016.
Beth Katleman, Hostile Nature, USA, 2014.
Beth Katleman, Hostile Nature, USA (detail), 2014.
Vadis Turner, Ritual Heirloom 1, Three Seasons and a Winter Flower, 2017.
Douglas Goldberg, Microphone, 2010.
Vadis Turner, Place Heirloom 1, Sunrises and Lakes, 2017.
Richard Saja, A Three Day Party (detail), 2016.
Jeremy Hatch, Accident, 2009.
Emily Diaz Norton, Ancient Architects Series, 2017.
Erin M. Riley, 4am Hookup Prep, 2016.
Jeremy Hatch, Urn, 2015.
Joey Chiarello, Change is the one thing you can count on, 2017.
Melora Kuhn, Waterfall Bust, 2016.