Email Author Adriana Grant

2008 Stories by Adriana Grant

• Origin: Unknown

  published May 21, 2008

  In SOIL's backspace hangs a series of watercolors, including a skull, a spider, and what looks like a human heart. This last one is an... More >>

• Age Appropriate

  published May 14, 2008

  "Everyone outta here over 12!" declares a 10-year-old. "Everyone outta here under 40!" retorts a man decidedly older than 40. The debate took... More >>

• I Saw This

  published May 7, 2008

  A library catalog has been plundered, and a yellowed card hangs on the wall. Behind plexi—an artifact of old-school filing, and now an... More >>

• Blur

  published April 30, 2008

  Once you get over (and past) all the gorgeous Roman heads populating SAM like so many effigies of lost loves (or as a friend remarked, "maybe... More >>

• Altadena Is a Nod to the L.A. Sky

  published April 16, 2008

  A series of white paper rectangles is suspended from the ceiling of the Tacoma Art Museum's cafe, forming an abstract skyscape. The piece fills... More >>

• An Early Music Video

  published April 9, 2008

  By digitally animating 18th- and 19th-century woodcuts and engravings, Bob Campbell retells the end of Robert Schumann's short life, just as... More >>

• Japanimation

  published March 26, 2008

  Trolling Ballard for the perfect sneaker, you might happen across a one-room version of Osaka, Japan. Climb the wooden stairs just north of... More >>

• Charles LaBelle and His Bare Chest

  published March 19, 2008

  L.A. artist Charles LaBelle used Super 8 film to capture the trajectory of a red balloon as it bobbed along the side of Sunset Boulevard,... More >>

• Drink Like a Sumo wrestler

  published March 19, 2008

  Festival Drink Like a Sumo Wrestler Sixty kinds of beer, only four hours to drink From dark and chocolaty to pale and hoppy, everyone’s got... More >>

• Kitty, Kitty

  published March 12, 2008

  Gretchen Bennett reimagines iconic images of Kurt Cobain in shadings of colored pencil for this drawing series entitled "Hello" (a nod to the... More >>

• Rock 'Em, Sock 'Em

  published March 5, 2008

  "Clay? II" is the second group show curated by University of Washington ceramics professors Jamie Walker, Akio Takamori, and Doug Jeck,... More >>

• Falling Silk

  published March 5, 2008

  Cast upon a tall wall in the central gallery space of Western Bridge, images of striped silk squares tumble from ceiling to floor. The falling... More >>

• Architectural Tea

  published February 27, 2008

  Tokyo-based architect duo Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, working under the moniker SANAA (Sejima and Nishizawa and Associates), are best... More >>

• Scott's Deputy Goes Stag

  published February 20, 2008

  "I'm not all that interested in painting," Scott Lawrimore has been known to tell people—both painters and reporters. So... More >>

• Seeps of Winter Could Make You Sick

  published February 13, 2008

  Covered in gray paper pulp and dotted with sunken holes, John Grade's installation is experienced from below. Possessing a rough-surfaced,... More >>

• Video Play

  published February 13, 2008

  A visual story of unrequited love (or lust) between two fancy-shirted cowboys: that’s Isaac Julien’s The Long Road to Mazatlan (screened... More >>

• Western Edge, Meet Motor Hotel

  published February 6, 2008

  Best known for his award-winning film The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal (2001), Matt McCormick continues to explore what he (in... More >>

• Candy for Your Eyes

  published January 30, 2008

  Next time you find yourself in line for a drink at the Hideout (itself a working art installation, with a scheduled close date of Nov. 31,... More >>

• Walk-Through Drawing

  published January 23, 2008

  This story has been changed to correct the spelling of Mr. Eley's name.... More >>

• Steel wind at Greg Kucera Gallery

  published January 16, 2008

  At Greg Kucera Gallery, wind is made solid by Katy Stone, whose acrylic-on-clear-plastic work you may remember from previous shows here:... More >>

• Skunk Hour's Awkward Pleasure

  published January 9, 2008

  Twelve white sneakers occupy the center of Soil gallery, crowding into a semicircle of white pleather and Velcro fasteners, topped with what... More >>

• Food Processor Techniques

  published January 2, 2008

  Mayonnaise is one of those foods that’s supposed to be simple to whip up at home, if you’ve got the right tools. I’ve been told... More >>

• Zoe Strauss

  published January 2, 2008

  Zoe Strauss’s gritty street photographs are on view at Bellevue’s Open Satellite until January 12. Consider making the trek east... More >>