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Paul X. Rutz: The Measure of a Body
Cascade Paragon Arts Gallery
Paul X. Rutz: Recovery
- Dates: November 15, 2012 to January 10, 2013
- Artist talk: Thursday, November 15, 6:10-7pm, MAHB221
- Opening reception: Thursday, November 15, 4-6pm
- Location: Cascade Gallery, Terrell Hall Room 102
- Gallery hours: 9am-5pm, Monday – Friday
Cascade Gallery presents an exhibition of life-sized oil paintings by Portland artist Paul X. Rutz. A former Naval Officer, ballet dancer and newswire reporter, Rutz paints from live people with a method that invites viewers to renegotiate the rules by which we picture each other. His disdain for the use of the reclining nude has fueled his interest in depicting empowered subjects. He writes, “We’re so used to photographs, and a photo’s split-second sample of light through a single lens does a great job recording a suggestion of what we see, but it is far from the whole picture. Through painting, I aim to remind viewers about the unstable, unfolding ways we see each other. We are whole-body viewers. Our hearts beat, lungs expand, and our eyes make continuous saccades, seeing not in single points of view, but in paths of attention.
For more information about the artist and images of his artwork, go to: paulrutz.com