SUBJECTIVE: Artist Talk with Portrait Painters, Gwenn Seemel & Becca Bernstein at North View

Artist Talk, Wednesday, January 13, 2010 from 12:30pm to 1:30pm, reception to follow.
North View Gallery, CT 214 Building (Portland Community College, Sylvania Campus): 12000 SW 49th Ave. Portland, OR 97219

Portland artists Becca Bernstein and Gwenn Seemel have joined in a blind collaboration to show how portraiture is more than mere mimesis. In their newest exhibit, Subjective, their genre is presented as a living process that is personal to each artist. The paintings are a tangible result of the relationship between the subject and the artist.

Bernstein and Seemel have painted themselves and each other, as well as their parents, partners, and other relations. Subjective consists of two views each of ten subjects: twenty paintings of loved ones immortalized once by a stranger and once by their kin.

While portraiture is perhaps one of the most traditional art forms, Bernstein and Seemel’s concept and methods are intended for a contemporary audience who expect more than just a pretty face from art.

January 7 to February 5, 2010
Gallery Hours: 8am to 4pm, Monday through Friday

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