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Cow Face (Pose 3) by Katie Torn, 2017, photo by Mario Gallucci
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Low Tide by Katie Torn, photo by Mario Gallucci
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Low Tide by Katie Torn, photo by Mario Gallucci
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Lotus (Pose 7) by Katie Torn, 2017, photo by Mario Gallucci
Exhibition
Katie Torn: Low Tide
26 Jul 2017 – 30 Aug 2017
Event times
Tue-Sat, 11am-6pm and by appointment
Cost of entry
free
Address
- 929 NW Flanders St
- Portland
Oregon - 97209
- United States
Travel Information
- one block from the NW 10th and NW Glisan streetcar stop
Wondrous oceanic imagery reveals complex anxieties in Katie Torn's new videos and collage works.
About
For her second solo exhibition at Upfor, New York based artist Katie Torn presents new collages and video works composed from original 3D renderings, photographs of Torn's sculptures, paint, and found images. Set on an imagined ocean floor at low tide, these works contemplate the effects of commodification, plastics, and virtual realities on identity, presenting “overwhelmed female bodies, desperately trying to adapt to a decaying, physical world that is consumed by image and simulations.” The attractive colors, textures, and compositions in Torn's work are tinged by wondrous and disturbing details, which can provoke feelings of discomfort.
Low Tide is the last in a series of three solo exhibitions by gallery artists working primarily in media art. The prior exhibitions are She Who Sees the Unknown: Huma by Morehshin Allahyari (June 1 through 24) and Axis Spread by Brenna Murphy (June 28 through July 22).
