Slog - Comments on The Turner Prize for the Northwest? http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_turner_prize_for_the_northwest That's what Jeff Jahn over at PORT is calling the new plans for an exhibition program that will overhaul the Oregon Biennial and instead turn it into the Contemporary Northwest Art Awards: an authoritative, curated, $10,000 award-ceremony with an in-depth, small-roster exhibition attached. The decision by Portland Art Museum director Brian Ferriso, chief curator Bruce Guenther, and Northwest curator Jennifer Gately sounds like it will certainly ramp up the museum's biennial in scope and excitement. Portland carves out a place of authority for itself with living artists this way; it's a position Seattle or Tacoma could have taken, but didn't.... Copyright 2008 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:09:02 -0800 Fri, 04 May 2007 07:03:22 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by again That sounds amazing. Yay for PAM taking the lead where SAM and especially TAM fail miserably!

]]> again http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_turner_prize_for_the_northwest#c694547 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_turner_prize_for_the_northwest#c694547 Arts Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:33:45 -0800 Comment by Jed I'm not holding my breath. Yet. "Authoritative"? According to whom?

The list of NW artist-celebrities is so predictable (see: TAM Biennial) that I can already guess who will be short-listed. I wanna believe, I really do, that PAM can pull this off but first, yes, I'd love to see that list of nominators (who will likely also fall under the category of "predictable"). Kudos to Jen Gately and the PAM crew for making this move and leaning toward transparency.

]]> Jed http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_turner_prize_for_the_northwest#c694857 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_turner_prize_for_the_northwest#c694857 Arts Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:45:49 -0800 Comment by Sarah Moon Since when is Wyoming part of the usual "Northwest" designation? And why not Alaska for that matter? How many artists are there really in Idaho and Montana?

It will just be a Portland and Seattle show, with a smattering of token non-PDX/Seattle artists just to make it look "Northwest."

And it will be the usual suspects. oh well, at least they won't be bilking artists for money just for the humbling experience of being rejected.

we need more "Salon de Refusee" or however it is spelled in French!

]]> Sarah Moon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_turner_prize_for_the_northwest#c695073 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_turner_prize_for_the_northwest#c695073 Arts Tue, 17 Apr 2007 22:40:38 -0800 Comment by sarah Turner Prize is a whole lot of wank - the whole system and those involved are just part of another corporation in our capitalist society - it's revolved hugely around money and self centeredness - the likes of Douglas Gorden would do better off working direct for the Devil in advertising... and with the barriers down that have to guard these celebrefartists - he would shamelessly gleefully admit this - with the 1996th escort hanging off his arm that his status now pays for.

]]> sarah http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_turner_prize_for_the_northwest#c707553 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_turner_prize_for_the_northwest#c707553 Arts Fri, 04 May 2007 07:03:04 -0800 Comment by sarah Turner Prize is a whole lot of wank - the whole system and those involved are just part of another corporation in our capitalist society - it's revolved hugely around money and self centeredness - the likes of Douglas Gorden would do better off working direct for the Devil in advertising... and with the barriers down that have to guard these celebrefartists - he would shamelessly gleefully admit this - with the 1996th escort hanging off his arm that his status now pays for.

]]> sarah http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_turner_prize_for_the_northwest#c707554 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_turner_prize_for_the_northwest#c707554 Arts Fri, 04 May 2007 07:03:22 -0800