2005 Bumbershoot Visual Art Exhibit
Re-contextualized Vistas: Concerning Place
Curated by Donna Stack

Re-contextualized Vistas: Concerning Place is a multi-media exhibition made up of eight Eastern/Central Washington artists who work in media ranging from photography and sculpture to video and installation. The impetus for this exhibition was a desire to present work from the Eastern portion of Washington State in effort to challenge and confront pre-conceived notions of art on the “East” side. There is an impact that the Cascade Mountain Range has on Washington as a physical and psychological barrier between the West/East portions of the State. These physical and psychological barriers propagate a very insular and myopic view of the “other side”.

These eight artists have been selected for varying reasons. However, the unifying factor with all of these artists is the way they innately deal with notions of place within their body of work, while working contemporaneously. Each artist has created work that deals with their individual notion of place. The result is a body of work that challenges preconceived notions of specific place within the Eastern/Central Washington landscape and re-presents it within a contemporary context.

Artists represented in Re-contextualized Vistas: Concerning Place include: Renee Adams, Kimiko Atkins, Howard Barlow, Justin Beckman, Natalie Schmidt Dotzauer, John Paul Peña, Donna Stack and Debbie Young.

Information about the other exhibitions at Bumbershoot is available at http://www.bumbershoot.com.

Re-contextualized Vistas: Concerning Place is located in the Shaw Room of the Northwest Courtrooms, Seattle Center. Viewing times are Tuesday, August 30, 2005 thru Monday, September 5, 2005 from 12-8 pm. Please join us for the Visual Arts Gala Opening, Bumbershoot Kickoff Party on Wednesday, August 31, 2005 from 6-9:30 pm. The Gala is free and open to the public.