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V I G N E T T E S • Nov/Dec/Jan 2011/12OregonaLLyn cantoRGEORGES ROUAULT: MISERERE ET GUERRE Halle Ford Museum of Art,Salem, Oct 1-Dec 23 The Miserere et Guerre exhibition brings together22 prints drawn from regional public collections by the FrenchFauvist, Georges Rouault (1871-1958). The straightforward compositions,heavy contours and dark tonality add emotional weight to thealready poignant imagery, which can be appreciated for both starkbeauty and breadth of human insight. Rouault produced 58 prints forthe complete series between 1914-1927, a period shaped by the horrificevents of World War I which largely informed the “Mercy andWar” subject matter.DAVID ECKARD: DEPLOYMENT The Art Gym at Marylhurst University,Marylhurst, Oct 3-Dec 11 This mid-career survey covers 20 years ofEckard’s multidisciplinary artwork. Some 40 works by the Portlandbasedartist show the scope of his practice through examples of newsculpture, painting, performance and video, as well as selections of pastartworks, objects, documentations, drawings, and physical remnantsfrom installations and performances. A portion of this survey is exhibitedin collaboration with The White Box at the University of Oregon’sSchool of Architecture and Allied Arts in Portland, with a focus on newertwo-dimensional pieces and imaginative video productions.TAKESHI SHIKAMA: SILENT RESPIRATION OF FORESTS Blue SkyGallery, Portland, Nov 3-27 After a lengthy career as a designer, TokyobornTakeshi Shikama began photographing the forest where he washand-building a mountain lodge from trees he felled on site. Seducedby the immanent beauty and radiant energy of the forest, Shikamapursued making prints of images captured deep in natural forestedsettings. This collection of photographic prints on hand-made paperreflects an invisible reality that exists behind the visible reality in quiet,eloquent scenes with diffused light that speaks of otherworldliness.BLAKELY DADSON: WERD SCHO WIDA Chambers@916, Portland, Nov3-Dec 23 “Things will get better again” is the translation for thisexhibit title, Werd Scho Wida, a Franconian colloquialism thatexpresses the spirit of his new large-scale works on paper. Cyclicalthemes of death and resurrection, hope and destruction are depictedin dream-like psychological vignettes influenced by Albrecht Dürer’swoodcuts Apocalypse with Pictures. The mixed-media pieces seemlike illustrations for a larger narrative, one in which we only catch aglimpse of the underlying storyline and allegorical intent.ROLL HARDY Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, Nov 3-26 Roll Hardy’scast-off environments, abandoned spaces and industrial scenes arecaptured with accurate details that invite one to think about the historyor events that preceded the moment he is depicting, as well asthe potential opportunities that could occur. The regionalist painterfinds beauty in the immediacy of his chosen scenes while ambiguoussettings, objects and structures present both mystery and possibility.Hardy infuses these places with a spirited interpretation that isstrengthened by his highly believable painting style.Georges RouaultDavid EckardTakeshi ShikamaBlakely DadsonRoll HardyPREVIEW 73