Tender: Sarah Gilbert and Pato Hebert
September 13 - December 8, 2024
The Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery and Ditch Projectspresent the exhibition Tender, part of the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art’s 2024 Time-Based Art Festival.
Tender is the nature of this immersive, dual-sited exhibition by longtime educators and colleagues Sarah Gilbert and Pato Hebert. The wild beauty of the exhibition springs from the artists’ dyadic attunement to and compassion for one another. In partnership with nature, Gilbert and Hebert explore the vulnerability that has reshaped their lives.
For Gilbert and Hebert, this is a healing endeavor. Both artists are in the process of negotiating their recovery from debilitating illness, injury, and the tragic loss of those most loved. Hannah Arendt described her philosophical perspective as “. . . a palpating tenderness toward the things of the world.” The presence of nature throughout the two exhibitions speaks to Arendt’s unconditional belief in embodied thought and emotional exposure.
Opening party with the artists: Friday, September 13, 5 to 7 pm
Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, 糖心vlog视频
Cooley / Ditch / PICA event: Sunday, September 15, 12 to 2 pm
PICA's 2024 Time-Based Art Festival tucks in at the Cooley. Join us on the lawn in front of the Reed library for music, picnic fare, and a conversation with artists Sarah Gilbert (Tender), Jess Perlitz (Reductions of Mountains*), exhibition curator Stephanie Snyder, and Mike Bray, Ditch Projects founder.—facilitated by Kristan Kennedy, Artistic Director & Curator of Visual Art at PICA.
Ditch Projects exhibition dates: October 19 – December 1, 2024
Opening party with the artists: October 19, 5 to 7 pm
Ditch Projects
303 S 5th Street #165
Springfield, OR
ditchprojects.com/