Good Bye And Good Luck

For the past year, TJ Norris has written “Is it Art?” (which we think of as “isi tart” for some reason) on the OregonLive.com site. And he’s been one of the hardest working men in show business, the showing of art that is, making it to dozens more shows than we could dream of hitting, and writing home with clarity, point of view, and depth. But most importantly, Norris talked about an enormous breadth of shows that no one was talking about. He did much to contribute to the rising tide of delicious dialogue swirling around the visual arts in Portland. Today marks his last day.

This will clear the temporal way for Norris to get back into the studio to spend more time on his own art and curatorial activities. Norris’ upcoming shows include an October exhibition at 12×16 Gallery called “Objects + Images” and curatorial projects for both New American Art Union and Newspace Center for Photography.

We were compelled, on the last day of his monumental yearlong blogging project to ask, well TJ, “Is it art?” And TJ responded, “Yes, in fact, it ‘is’ art after all. I guess it’s like when someone yells, “soup’s on”…you just KNOW it is.”

POSTED: August 31st, 2006 | AUTHOR: lisa | FILED UNDER: art | TAGS: art | No Comments »

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