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Warlord Sun King Exhibition
is Best of 2009
Excerpt from an article by Richard Speer in Willamette Week,
December 30, 2009.
Despite the recession, poor art sales, and the continued dearth of first-rate collectors, this was an astounding year for the Portland art scene. It was astounding because in the absence of any tangible reason for optimism, the pulse was strong where it counted: quality. It’s the darndest thing—like going to your doctor and saying, "I have gangrene on both feet, but I just won a marathon...how is that possible?" And she examines you and says, "I have no idea, but congratulations."
Any town can crow about its cultural milieu when money’s flowing like wine, but times like these show what a city’s really made of, and by god, Portland’s made of solid gold. Here are some of 2009’s highlights.
Best show of 2009: Bruce Conkle and Marne Lucas’ Warlord Sun King at the Marylhurst Art Gym. With its crystal-hung tanning bed and geode champagne cooler, this synthesis of the pair’s "Eco-Baroque" sensibility was serious and absurd at the same time.