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Import Business

Part one of a two-part exhibit culled from the Ovitz Family Collection, NEW TRAJECTORIES 1: relocations, opens at the Cooley Gallery at Reed College…thanks to Gallery Director, Stephanie Snyder

Julie Mehretu, Untitled (Dervish), 2005, Acrylic and ink on canvas, 36 x 48 inches

Private collections, especially those that are collecting emerging artists, can be one measure of the art of our time that Matters (or will Matter, a glimpse at how history will see the artists of our time).

Here’s a chance to see work from the Ovitz Family Collection (you know, Michael Ovitz…superagent, Disney honcho, and now supercollector) thanks to Reed College’s Cooley Gallery Director, Stephanie Snyder. From BENT to Red76′s Blowback to Mona Hatoum, Snyder has been up to all kinds of good for contemporary art in Portland. She’s bringing work from the Ovitz Collection to the Cooley in a two part show, the first of which is NEW TRAJECTORIES 1: relocations, recent painting, drawing, and sculpture from the Ovitz Family Collection, Los Angeles. The show features work by Richard Prince, Stefan Thiel, Cosima Von Bonin, James Siena, Eric Schmidt, Aya Uekawa, Idris Khan, Julie Mehretu, Graham Little, David Thorpe, Tommy White, Francesca Gabbiani Nigel Cooke, and Marc Handelman.

The show runs through March 11, but the opening reception is Thursday, January 26 from 6:30-9:30 at the Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College. Part 2 promises multi-media work. Stay tuned.

updated Wednesday January 25 2006 14:24

POSTED: January 25th, 2006 | AUTHOR: lisa | FILED UNDER: art | No Comments »

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