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Pirkle Jones: Black Panthers, 1968

SUTAPA BISWAS: BIRDSONG
August 29–October 8, 2006
  The U.S. premiere of British East Indian artist Sutapa Biswas' film and multi-media installation concerning cultural history, literature and memory. Produced in collaboration with inIVA, the Institute for International Visual Arts, London, England, and PICA, the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art. Monograph on the artist available at the Cooley Gallery, co-published by inIVA and Reed.
     
NEW TRAJECTORIES II
April 11 –June 11, 2006
  Recent photography by Gregory Crewdson and Candida Hofer from the Ovitz Family Collection, Los Angeles. Curated by director Stephanie Snyder with Andrea Feldman, director, the Ovitz Family Collection. Catalog publication date: February 2007.
     
NEW TRAJECTORIES I
January 24 –March 11, 2006
  Recent painting, drawing and sculpture from the Ovitz Family Collection, Los Angeles. This comprehensive exhibition included works by: Tommy White, Richard Prince, David Schnell, Graham Little, Cosima von Bonin, etc. Curated by director Stephanie Snyder with Andrea Feldman, director, the Ovitz Family Collection. Catalog publication date: February 2007.
     
MONA HATOUM
November 1–December 23, 2005
  A one-person exhibition including large-scale steel sculpture, photography, prints, and mixed media work. Catalogue published by the Cooley Gallery, with essays by director Stephanie Snyder and writer Alix Ohlin.
     
MAPPING SITTING:
On Portraiture and Photography
August 22–September 30, 2005

  An exploration of Arabic portraiture from the 19th century to the 1960s, curated from the archives of the Arab Image Foundation by AIF members and artists Walid Raad and Akram Zaatari. Catalogue available
     
SNAPSHOT CHRONICLES
Reed College
May 24–July 11, 2005

San Francisco Public Library
April 9–August , 2006
 

The first exhibition to explore the under-recognized creativity and visual storytelling of first-generation American vernacular photo albums, from 1898 to 1935. Monograph co-published by the Cooley Gallery and Princeton Architectural Press. Essays by co-curators Stephanie Snyder and Barbara Levine, and contributions by Matthew Stadler and Terry Toedtemeier. For ordering information, click here.

     
FEAST THE EYE, FOOL
THE EYE

March 8 – April 24, 2005
  An exhibition of the single finest collection of Trompe l'oeil and Still Life paintings in the United States, from the Oscar and Maria Salzer Collection. Brochure.
     

BLACK PANTHERS, 1968: PHOTOGRAPHS BY RUTH-MARION BARUCH AND PIRKLE JONES
January 4 – February 20, 2005

 

From July to October of 1968, noted California photographers Baruch and Jones were invited by Eldridge Cleaver to chronicle the Black Panther movement in and around Oakland, California, the headquarters of the organization.

   

 

KEN APTEKAR
August 20 - November 18, 2004

 

A Personal Public: Recent paintings, prints, and video installation work exploring history and identity. Brochure.

   

 

MICHAEL C. MCMILLEN
April 10- June 13, 2004

 

Red Trailer Motel: An immersive installation.

   

 

WHITFIELD LOVELL
January 28 - March 3, 2004

 

Whitfield Lovell's installation "Whispers From the Walls" mixes architecture, wall drawings, found objects, and sound to create a sensory experience of African American life in the South in the 1920s.

   

 

JENNIFER BARTLETT
November 7 - December 28, 2003

 

Conceptual Cartography: New Works
A body of paintings and drawings exploring the continent of Africa by one of America's most accomplished painters. Catalogue published by the Cooley Gallery, essay by Cooley Gallery assistant director Silas Cook.

 

SECOND CYCLE
October 11 - October 19, 2003

 

An exhibition curated by Cooley Gallery director Stephanie Snyder for Core Sample: Portland's one week "exhibition of exhibitions" of local art, film, and performance.

 

BIBLIOCOSMOS
August 27 - October 5, 2003

 

An exhibition of artists' books and related material from the Reed College collection

 

PAST EXHIBITIONS
1994 - 2003

 

A Flash-based chronicle of exhibitions from fall 1994 through spring 2003

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