Blue Sky Gallery
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Blue Sky Gallery is a non-profit exhibition space and archive for photography in Portland, Oregon
. In 1975 a group of photographers (including Christopher Rauschenberg, son of Robert Rauschenberg
) pooled their resources to start a small gallery. It grew to become one of the most important photography
exhibition
centers in the country.
A non-profit space dedicated to educating the public about photography, Blue Sky Gallery began by showing local artists and then slowly expanded to national and international artists including, Nan Goldin
etc. In July 2008 they exhibited the last completed works by Robert Rauschenberg
.
In 2007 Blue Sky raised 1.5 million dollars and moved into their new home on Portland's North Park Blocks in the building formerly Daisy Kingdom.
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
. In 1975 a group of photographers (including Christopher Rauschenberg, son of Robert Rauschenberg
Robert Rauschenberg
Robert Rauschenberg was an American artist who came to prominence in the 1950s transition from Abstract Expressionism to Pop Art. Rauschenberg is well-known for his "Combines" of the 1950s, in which non-traditional materials and objects were employed in innovative combinations...
) pooled their resources to start a small gallery. It grew to become one of the most important photography
Photography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
exhibition
Art exhibition
Art exhibitions are traditionally the space in which art objects meet an audience. The exhibit is universally understood to be for some temporary period unless, as is rarely true, it is stated to be a "permanent exhibition". In American English, they may be called "exhibit", "exposition" or...
centers in the country.
A non-profit space dedicated to educating the public about photography, Blue Sky Gallery began by showing local artists and then slowly expanded to national and international artists including, Nan Goldin
Nan Goldin
Nancy "Nan" Goldin is an American photographer.-Life and work:Goldin was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in the Boston, Massachusetts suburb of Lexington, to middle class Jewish parents whose ideas, moderately liberal and progressive, were put to the test when on April 12, 1965 their eldest...
etc. In July 2008 they exhibited the last completed works by Robert Rauschenberg
Robert Rauschenberg
Robert Rauschenberg was an American artist who came to prominence in the 1950s transition from Abstract Expressionism to Pop Art. Rauschenberg is well-known for his "Combines" of the 1950s, in which non-traditional materials and objects were employed in innovative combinations...
.
In 2007 Blue Sky raised 1.5 million dollars and moved into their new home on Portland's North Park Blocks in the building formerly Daisy Kingdom.
External links
- Blue Sky Gallery - official site