FIRST THURSDAY: SOLITUDE AND CONNECTION

“Gallery co-owner Iris Williamson echoed my initial impression of the sick-day doldrums. She told me that as she and her team installed the show, they began to see parallels between the scenes of quotidian interiors and angular, glowing interplays of light and dark to recent news stories of quarantined coronavirus patients, stuck at home or in hotels and cruise ships for weeks on end. The connection wasn’t intentional, she insisted, but once you see it, it becomes impossible to ignore.” – Martha Daghlin, Oregon Artswatch

Graphite and ink drawing by Erin Murray/Courtesy Holding Contemporary

Graphite and ink drawing by Erin Murray/Courtesy Holding Contemporary