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

02 I 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. 03 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. 28 ART CHOWDER MAGAZINE 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.