Art Chowder March | April 2018, Issue 14 | Page 28

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n the Bruce/Floyd Gallery, named for
Chris Bruce and past WSU President
Elson Floyd, you will see Video from the
True Collection.
The True Collection is an unparalleled
private holding in the Northwest of
cutting-edge art assembled by Seattle-
based collectors, William and Ruth True.
Containing important works in video,
photography and other media by an
international roster of both established
and emerging artists, the Trues have
been steadfast in their patronage of
contemporary art, daringly collecting
fresh and emergent forms of art-
making. In a two-part presentation, the
museum will consecutively highlight six
room-sized video projections from six
international artists, all selected from
the True Collection. Part 1: Altered
Time and Shifting Perspectives will
include artists Dara Friedman, Wolfgang
Staehle, and Catherine Yaas. Part 2:
Entertainment and the Public Sphere
will include artists Stephen Dean, Daniel
Pflumm, and Takeshi Murata. From the
WSU Museum Exhibition Schedule.
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In the Borth Gallery, named for Cleve
and Judith Borth, you will see Jeffry
Mitchell: The Death of Buddha.
Jeffry Mitchell’s exuberant art is at
once innocent and affable, welcoming
to all, yet at play within his motifs are
provocative meditations on sexuality,
class, and spirituality. Suffused with a
desire to accept and embrace the flawed
aspects of ourselves and others, it could
be said that Mitchell’s overarching
subject is love itself. For over twenty-
five years the Seattle-based artist has
produced distinctive drawings, prints and
sculptures, weaving together references
that span folk, craft, and decorative
arts traditions. He is best known for his
work in ceramics, often transforming
lowbrow kitsch forms into recast studies
of universal human experience. Mitchell
will present a collection of new large-
scale ceramic sculptures to be debuted in
Pullman.
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Jeffry Mitchell was born in Seattle, in
1958, and currently lives and works in
the city. He received a BA in painting
from the University of Dallas in Irving,
Texas, then moved to Japan to teach
English. After an apprenticeship with
a production potter in Seto, Mitchell
received his MFA in printmaking at the
Tyler School of Art, Temple University,
in Philadelphia. Recent one-person
exhibitions of Mitchell’s work include:
Like a Valentine: The Art of Jeffry
Mitchell, 2012-2013, Henry Art Gallery;
Some Things and Their Shadows,
2009, Kittredge Gallery, University of
Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA; and Shiny
Happy Pretty (with Tina Hoggatt),
2008, Missoula Art Museum. In 2016,
he completed residencies at both the
Vermont Studio Center and MacDowell
Colony. From the WSU Museum
Exhibition Schedule.