Art Letters

Prince by Andy Warhol, stop symbol

In 2016, Condé Nast published a magazine to commemorate the death of the rock star Prince. For the cover image it used one of Andy Warhol’s screenprint portraits of the musician. As Warhol had done with much of his art, including his more famous portraits of Marilyn Monroe, he created the print by adapting and manipulating a photograph, in this case one taken by Lynn Goldsmith. . .

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This is the third and final part of Warhol and the Supreme Court.
Read or revisit part 1: the new law of creation and part 2: the new problem.

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Read David’s Art Letter essay, Nothing comes from nothing, Part 3, featured in Oregon ArtsWatch

Conde Nast, Warhol Orange Prince

art letter | no. 5. 2024 | september

Nothing comes from nothing: The Supreme Court's Warhol Decision

Conde Nast, Warhol Orange Prince

art letter | no. 4. 2024 | september

Nothing comes from nothing: The Supreme Court's Warhol Decision (Part 1)

Kim Murton, artist, sculptor

art letter | no. 3. 2024 | april

Get ready to smile: Kim Murton sculpts gentle joy in clay

our-humming-Remnants of a Dialogical Sky, Therese Murdza, Photo Therese Murzda

art letter | no. 2. 2024 | april

The shape of the sounds: Getting to know Thérèse Murzda

Missgeburt, by Erik Geschke

art letter | no. 1. 2024 | february

A monumental snore (with a wink): Erik Geschke turns heroic sculpture on its head

emily ginsburg, THUD metabolic

art letter | no. 6. 2023 | december

Crazy quilts of clay scraps: Emily Ginsburg

art letter | no. 5 2023 | september

Converge 45: To repair a wounded world

Derek Franklin
Beethoven, quotation marks

art letter | no. 2. 2023 | february

Fresh with Color and Light: Chefas Projects

the dream, mlk memorial, portland, oregon

art letter | no. 1. 2023 | january

The wrong way/the right way: Memorializing Martin Luther King, Jr

lynn goldsmith, prince
By Voxx Romana
John Vitale, Information 6

art letter | no. 3. 2022 | may

In Defense of Nonsense: John Vitale at Stephanie Chefas Projects

Filmore East Takeover - Bev Grant, photographer

art letter | no. 2. 2022 | march

Bev Grant’s Photographic Record of Radicalized New York

A Few of My Favorite Things, by Sherrie Wolf

art letter | no. 1. 2022 | january

Sherrie Wolf at Russo Lee: Wrong in Just the Right Way

lemon peel, hot sauce, chicken chocolate - by david slader

art letter | no. 5. 2021 | november

A Decade of Paintings & An Invitation

'flow and beat' by David Slader, Artist
David Slader, artist - in the studio, Art Letter

art letter | no. 3. 2021 | august

Beauty or Delusion...and the Urge to Create

'blowing in from chicago' by david slader, artist
'flow and beat, advance and retreat, rise and take a bow in disappearing' Painting by David Slader

art letter | no. 1. 2021 | january

Flow and Beat, Advance and Retreat, Rise and Take a Bow...

Kris Hargis Looking Back at Myself
Emmett Till - by Dana Schultz
destruction of art, iraq
The River is Rising, by David Slader, Artist

art letter | no. 1. 2020 | January

A Moose, a Giraffe, and Miro's Whimsy

art letter | no. 7. 2019 | September

Talking paintings and a troubled voice

art letter | no. 6. 2019 | april

Art letter: Reflections and gratitude, Next at Gallery 114

art letter | no. 5. 2019 | march

Art Letter: Art, the Bard, and street stories

art letter | no. 4. 2019 | march

InkBodySkinPaint+Fire: Opens this week at Gallery 114

art letter | no. 3. 2019 | february

Sparkle, sonnets, sea stories and hats

David Slader, Owen Carey - art letter no 2 2019 feb

art letter | no. 2. 2019 | february

Sharing Gallery 114 with Owen Carey's powerful photos

art letter / no. 1. 2019 / january

Artistic musings and upcoming dates