Arthur Pierson: Masks: A Retrospective
On view: April 6th – April 27th, 2024
Opening Reception: April 6th, 4-8pm
Artist Talk: April 20th, 2pm
Hours: Thursday – Saturday, noon-5pm
Arthur Pierson (1941-2018) was a true Post-Modernist. He lived and worked most of his life in New York City, and was represented by the legendary Betty Parsons Gallery in the 1970’s and 80’s. Along with artists like Pierson, Parsons’ roster famously included household names like Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Ad Reinhardt and Clyfford Still.
Masks: A Retrospective is a survey of Pierson’s work created primarily in the last quarter century of his life. Over this period of time, Pierson created arguably his most compelling work as he found new ways of exploring color and three-dimensional painting. This is his first solo exhibition in Portland, and the first showing of his art in the region for nearly a decade.