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A B S T R A C T Léonie Guyer, Ruth Laskey, Lynne Woods Turner September 4 – December 5, 2010 12 TO 5 PM, TUESDAY – SUNDAY, FREE PUBLIC RECEPTION FOR THE ARTISTS September 8, 6-9 p.m., at the Cooley Gallery PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM ON ABSTRACTION November 10, 6-9 p.m., room location TBD Join exhibition curator Stephanie Snyder, poet Bill Berkson, exhibition artists Léonie Guyer and Lynne Woods Turner, and Portland artist Michelle Ross for a communal conversation exploring the history, practices, and nature of abstraction.

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION "My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind." —Agnes Martin Abstract and non-objective artistic methodologies are most often associated with Modernism and the European and Russian avant-garde; but visual and material abstraction has flourished for millennia, globally, as an essential human activity, as symbolism, ornament, and plan. ABSTRACT brings together the work of three contemporary women artists inspired by the breadth of abstraction's spiritual, esoteric, and ritualistic dimensions. For Guyer, Laskey, and Turner, abstraction, and specifically, geometric abstraction, is a means for examining and manifesting experience and sensation as directly as possible, rigorously visualizing, in Agnes Martin's words, "... what is forever known in the mind." Continuing the rich legacy of women abstract artists such as Hilma af Klint, Anni Albers, Agnes Martin, and Nasreen Mohamedi, the artists in ABSTRACT engage abstraction's radical self-reflexivity as a natural expression of understanding, making, and being in the world, offering the viewer the same experience in return. An exhibition catalog will be published by the Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery with essays by curator Stephanie Snyder, and Lawrence Rinder, Director, University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, with a poem by Franck André Jamme. Publication date: October, 2010. ABSTRACT is curated by Stephanie Snyder, John and Anne Hauberg Curator and Director, Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College.		Léonie Guyer Untitled, no. 63, 2009 (Detail) Oil and true gesso on wood panel 13 x 9 x 1 1/8 in.
Ruth Laskey Twill Series (Tangerine/Bright Yellow), 2008 Hand-dyed and hand-woven linen 23 1/2 x 14 in. Courtesy of Ratio 3, San Francisco		Lynne Woods Turner Untitled (No. 940), 2010 Graphite pencil and colored pencil on old Indian paper 8 x 5 3/4 in.
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THE DOUGLAS F. COOLEY MEMORIAL ART GALLERY, REED COLLEGE 3203 SE WOODSTOCK BLVD. PORTLAND, OREGON 97202-8199 HOURS: NOON TO 5 P.M., TUESDAY – SUNDAY, FREE LOCATED ON THE MAIN FLOOR OF THE REED LIBRARY The mission of the Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery is to enhance the academic offerings of Reed College with a diverse range of scholarly exhibitions, lectures, and colloquia in its role as a teaching gallery. The gallery was established by a generous 1988 gift from Sue and Edward Cooley and John and Betty Gray "in support of the teaching of art history at Reed College, as part of an interdisciplinary educational experience that strengthens the art history component of Reed's distinctive humanities program." Exhibitions are coordinated in collaboration with Reed faculty members and courses, with attention to the needs and interests of the larger Portland and Northwest arts communities. A schedule of three to four exhibitions during the academic year brings to Reed and the Portland community work that would not otherwise be seen in the region.		Stephanie Snyder John and Anne Hauberg Curator and Director Office: 503.777.7251 Fax: 503.788.6691 Cell phone: 503.367.7004 snyders@reed.edu Colleen Gotze Registrar and Program Coordinator Office: 503.517.7851 Fax: 503.788.6691 gotzec@reed.edu Greg MacNaughton Education Outreach Coordinator Office: 503.777.7251 Fax: 503.788.6691 macnaugg@reed.edu Elizabeth Spavento Student Intern: Curatorial Assistant Office: 503.517.7677 Fax: 503.788.6691 spavente@reed.edu Please email Ms. Spavento to be added to the Cooley Gallery announcement list and for general gallery questions.

DOUGLAS F. COOLEY MEMORIAL ART GALLERY, REED COLLEGE

K-12 OUTREACH | ABOUT | CONTACT | COOLEY & ART DEPARTMENT EVENTS | REED HOME

A B S T R A C T
Léonie Guyer, Ruth Laskey, Lynne Woods Turner
September 4 – December 5, 2010
12 TO 5 PM, TUESDAY – SUNDAY, FREE

PUBLIC RECEPTION FOR THE ARTISTS
September 8, 6-9 p.m., at the Cooley Gallery

PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM ON ABSTRACTION
November 10, 6-9 p.m., room location TBD

Join exhibition curator Stephanie Snyder, poet Bill Berkson,
exhibition artists Léonie Guyer and Lynne Woods Turner, and Portland
artist Michelle Ross for a communal conversation exploring
the history, practices, and nature of abstraction.

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

"My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind." —Agnes Martin

Abstract and non-objective artistic methodologies are most often associated with Modernism and the European and Russian avant-garde; but visual and material abstraction has flourished for millennia, globally, as an essential human activity, as symbolism, ornament, and plan. ABSTRACT brings together the work of three contemporary women artists inspired by the breadth of abstraction's spiritual, esoteric, and ritualistic dimensions.

For Guyer, Laskey, and Turner, abstraction, and specifically, geometric abstraction, is a means for examining and manifesting experience and sensation as directly as possible, rigorously visualizing, in Agnes Martin's words, "... what is forever known in the mind." Continuing the rich legacy of women abstract artists such as Hilma af Klint, Anni Albers, Agnes Martin, and Nasreen Mohamedi, the artists in ABSTRACT engage abstraction's radical self-reflexivity as a natural expression of understanding, making, and being in the world, offering the viewer the same experience in return.

An exhibition catalog will be published by the Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery with essays by curator Stephanie Snyder, and Lawrence Rinder, Director, University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, with a poem by Franck André Jamme. Publication date: October, 2010.

ABSTRACT is curated by Stephanie Snyder, John and Anne Hauberg Curator and Director, Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College.

Léonie Guyer
Untitled, no. 63, 2009 (Detail)
Oil and true gesso on wood panel
13 x 9 x 1 1/8 in.

Ruth Laskey
Twill Series (Tangerine/Bright Yellow), 2008
Hand-dyed and hand-woven linen
23 1/2 x 14 in.
Courtesy of Ratio 3, San Francisco

Lynne Woods Turner
Untitled (No. 940), 2010
Graphite pencil and colored pencil on old Indian paper
8 x 5 3/4 in.

SUDDENLY: WHERE WE LIVE NOW
SUDDENLY.ORG

THE DOUGLAS F. COOLEY MEMORIAL
ART GALLERY, REED COLLEGE
3203 SE WOODSTOCK BLVD.
PORTLAND, OREGON 97202-8199

HOURS: NOON TO 5 P.M., TUESDAY – SUNDAY, FREE
LOCATED ON THE MAIN FLOOR OF THE REED LIBRARY

The mission of the Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery is to enhance the academic offerings of Reed College with a diverse range of scholarly exhibitions, lectures, and colloquia in its role as a teaching gallery.

The gallery was established by a generous 1988 gift from Sue and Edward Cooley and John and Betty Gray "in support of the teaching of art history at Reed College, as part of an interdisciplinary educational experience that strengthens the art history component of Reed's distinctive humanities program." Exhibitions are coordinated in collaboration with Reed faculty members and courses, with attention to the needs and interests of the larger Portland and Northwest arts communities. A schedule of three to four exhibitions during the academic year brings to Reed and the Portland community work that would not otherwise be seen in the region.

Stephanie Snyder
John and Anne Hauberg Curator and Director
Office: 503.777.7251
Fax: 503.788.6691
Cell phone: 503.367.7004
snyders@reed.edu

Colleen Gotze
Registrar and Program Coordinator
Office: 503.517.7851
Fax: 503.788.6691
gotzec@reed.edu

Greg MacNaughton
Education Outreach Coordinator
Office: 503.777.7251
Fax: 503.788.6691
macnaugg@reed.edu

Elizabeth Spavento
Student Intern: Curatorial Assistant
Office: 503.517.7677
Fax: 503.788.6691
spavente@reed.edu

Please email Ms. Spavento to be added to the Cooley Gallery announcement list and for general gallery questions.