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Jen Graves

Jen Graves—The Stranger’s visual arts writer—writes about things you mostly, but not strictly, approach with your eyeballs. Her writing has been in Art in America, The Believer, and ArtNews, and the Warhol Foundation has given her some money to get lost in land art. She also digs teaching, at places like Cornish College of the Arts and Centrum. Jen has lived and written about art in the Pacific Northwest for 14 years.

More Articles by Jen Graves from 2006

Section

Date

  • Visual Art

    Oh No She Di'in't

    Or, How to Stop Worrying and Love the Factory
    Posted on 04/20/2006
  • Visual Art Column

    In Art News

    Earth Mover
    Posted on 04/20/2006
  • Suggests

    Enrique Martinez Celaya

    Posted on 04/13/2006
  • Visual Art Column

    Visual Arts Listings

    Posted on 04/13/2006
  • Visual Art

    Content/Form

    Until now, Paul Allen never let his artworks out in public, and everyone who caught a glimpse of them—even houseguests, reportedly—had to sign a waiver vowing silence. It's no wonder that in their civic debut, they're a bit of a letdown, not to mention collared and leashed. It's not that there aren't glorious pieces here, or that the show isn't worth the affordable $8 admission price.
    Posted on 04/13/2006
  • Visual Art Column

    In Art News

    New Head of New Stuff
    Posted on 04/13/2006
  • Film Column

    DVD

    Dead to Me
    Posted on 04/13/2006
  • Worn Out

    Fashion Annual 2006

    Most writers are slobs, and the editorial staff at The Stranger is no exception.
    Posted on 04/13/2006
  • Suggests

    Friese Undine

    Posted on 04/06/2006
  • Visual Art

    Silhouettes and Frosting

    An Airy Show at Western Bridge
    Posted on 04/06/2006
  • Visual Art

    The New Head of New Stuff at SAM

    A Q&A with Michael Darling
    Posted on 04/06/2006
  • Visual Art Column

    In Art News

    I'm Nobody Still
    Posted on 04/06/2006
  • Theater

    On Stage

    Horror theater is a great idea. If playhouses hope to woo back spectacle-minded audiences, become morally relevant (all horror movies are modern morality plays), and exploit the national obsession with violence, they have to tap a vein and get the blood flowing.
    Posted on 04/06/2006
  • Suggests

    An-My Lê

    Posted on 03/30/2006
  • Visual Art

    On Exhibit

    The young Vancouver artist Brian Jungen made a powerful impression on Seattle in 2003, the year the Henry Art Gallery showed his massive whale skeleton made of plastic patio chairs, and Seattle Art Museum included his transformation of Nike Air Jordans into faux native masks (which also had been seen at the Henry) in the sweeping Baja to Vancouver exhibition.
    Posted on 03/30/2006
  • Visual Art Column

    In Art News

    Prude, Meet Dirty Birds
    Posted on 03/30/2006
  • Suggests

    Seattle Erotic Art Festival

    Posted on 03/23/2006
  • Visual Art Column

    In Art News

    Busting Out
    Posted on 03/23/2006
  • Visual Art

    Two Years of Magical Thinking

    Madness and Method at the Whitney Biennial 2006
    Posted on 03/23/2006
  • Visual Art Column

    In Art News

    Vaginal Walls
    Posted on 03/16/2006

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