(L to R) Picton, Fairman, Bavington, Picton again, Ehlis
May 19th-24th 2003 Portland, Oregon
"The Best Coast, as an exercise in asymmetrical thinking took place in a beautiful 8,000 sq. ft warehouse with million dollar views of Portland's downtown skyline. Outside of the privileged white walls of the typical gallery space the works had to speak for themselves amongst the ample natural light and concrete setting. The work was very physical focusing mainly on installation, video, sculpture and painting that operated as an object. This physicality highlighted the complicated intellectual hedonism of the west while showcasing some of the best from the buzzing Portland scene amongst their West Coast neighbors. The show took place during the AAM convention and hundreds of curators from The Whitney, The Andy Warhol Museum to university galleries got to take in the show. For art curators it was the talk of the convention." curator jeff jahn
“….a greatly anticipated art extravaganza…. an ambitious, provocative and impressive undertaking.…in an art scene where noninstitutional artists and curators are one of its strongest elements, Jahn's "The Best Coast" stood out.” The Oregonian, May 30th 2003, by D.K. Row
Hardcover limited edition catalog is no longer available
contains an essay from Artist/Curator/Coordinator Jeff Jahn
Exhibiting Artists:
Las Vegas
Seattle
Jack Daws
Casey Keeler
Ephraim Russell
Robert Yoder
Los Angeles
<Recent Art Center and UCLA MFA graduates>
Muriel Bartol
Vinh Bui
Kara Hamer
Antonio Puleo
San Francisco
Portland
damali ayo
Chandra Bocci
Bruce Conkle
Tom Cramer
Jacqueline Ehlis
Harrell Fletcher
Laura Fritz
M.K. Guth
Sean Healy
Jeff Jahn
Malia Jensen
Todd Johnson
Tyler Kline
TJ Norris
Michael Oman-Reagan
Matthew Picton
Melissa Smith
Vancouver
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