🌞 August at Blue Sky
Feeling the breeze underneath the Sun with August exhibitions at Blue Sky!
Exhibitions at Blue Sky in August
Yuyang Zhang’s stupid little life comes to Blue Sky
image © Yuyang Zhang
August 6 - 27
Member Preview Day - August 5
Artist Talk - August 25, 6 PM at Blue Sky
Chinese-born, Portland-based artist, Yuyang Zhang, shows a new collection of collages and a series of photographic diptychs which oscillate between found "formal constructions" and social commentary in a media-driven world in his exhibition entitled stupid little life. Yuyang Zhang is a multi-disciplinary artist living in Portland, Oregon. Through pop culture references and temporal iconography, his work investigates personal and cultural identities, and social and political issues.
Jeremiah Ariaz brings Louisiana Trail Riders to Blue Sky
image © Jeremiah Ariaz
August 6 - 27
Member Preview Day - August 5
Artist Talk - August 6, 2 PM at Blue Sky
Jeremiah Ariaz examines Creole history and horse culture in Louisiana Trail Riders. Since 2014, Ariaz has been photographing various southwest Louisiana clubs’ weekend trail rides—the Crescent City Cowboys, Desperados, Buffalo Soldiers, and The Stepping In Style Riding Club, among other groups. Ariaz was raised in Kansas and is now a Professor of Art at Louisiana State University. He received his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute and MFA from the State University of New York at Buffalo. His artworks explore the West as both a physical space and a terrain for the imagination.