Slog - Comments on Whiting Tennis Wins the Prize http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/whiting_tennis_wins_the_prize Saturday night in Portland, Whiting Tennis was given the first $10,000 Arlene Schnitzer Prize in the first Northwest Contemporary Art Awards competition and exhibition. (Portland Art Museum organized the awards, and intends to do them every two years.) The show is a knockout. New work by every artist. Well worth the drive. A podcast with the five artists—Tennis, Dan Attoe, Cat Clifford, Jeffry Mitchell, and Marie Watt—will go up later this week, and later today, I'll post more. But for now, here's a detail of an enormous new Tennis painting (6 by 14 feet) in the show, called Bitter Lake... Copyright 2008 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:35:11 -0800 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:58:49 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by max solomon nothing is worth "the drive" anymore.

maybe hot sex. but art?

its worth The Train Ride.

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/whiting_tennis_wins_the_prize#c1051467 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/whiting_tennis_wins_the_prize#c1051467 Visual Art Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:03:45 -0800 Comment by Superfurry Animal Wrong, Solomon. I thought that too until I checked it out. Two round-trip Amtrak tickets from Seattle to Portland will run you substantially more than $100. Compare that to a $40 tank of gas and the reality that driving is an hour faster each way, and it's a no-brainer.

]]> Superfurry Animal http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/whiting_tennis_wins_the_prize#c1051539 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/whiting_tennis_wins_the_prize#c1051539 Visual Art Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:34:18 -0800 Comment by Tom Always appreciated Tennis' art since first seeing some paintings in the late nineties at a Pioneer Square gallery. Nice to see good work rewarded.

]]> Tom http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/whiting_tennis_wins_the_prize#c1052097 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/whiting_tennis_wins_the_prize#c1052097 Visual Art Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:06:40 -0800 Comment by Stephan I met Tennis at the CNWAA reception. He's a very tall guy! So humble and deserving too. His 2008 piece, the large backyard one is personally my favorite in the show. Although Watt's large dual-installation is terrific too! Drive it!

]]> Stephan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/whiting_tennis_wins_the_prize#c1052128 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/whiting_tennis_wins_the_prize#c1052128 Visual Art Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:27:51 -0800 Comment by merry Yes, he IS very tall, very humble, talented and deserving.

AND he used to have a band called "Big Tube Squeezer"! And they were awesome!!! (Dear God, am I the only person who remembers Big Tube Squeezer? gulp...)


]]> merry http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/whiting_tennis_wins_the_prize#c1053118 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/whiting_tennis_wins_the_prize#c1053118 Visual Art Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:08:07 -0800 Comment by dvnms For those of you who were at the reception, Whiting told me he actually meant to say a few words but wasn't motioned to do so. He didn't mean to just duck back into the crowd. (Apparently he was asked about this by a reporter.)

]]> dvnms http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/whiting_tennis_wins_the_prize#c1055008 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/whiting_tennis_wins_the_prize#c1055008 Visual Art Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:58:49 -0800