Brian P Coppola
“Non-Sequitur” (12/22/2010)
by Wiley Miller (1951-)
6.5 x 17.25 in., ink on paper
Coppola Collection
Whenever I see it, I am impressed by how Miller figured out how to format his drawings to be adaptable to the standard horizontal format simultaneously with the panel format, depending on how it is cropped.
And the scene is (typically) funny, too.
“Special to the Oregonian” (1992)
by Dave Sim (1956-) and Gerhard (1959-)
9 x 12 inches, ink and watercolor on paper
Coppola Collection
October 31, 1992
Publication: Oregonian, The (Portland, OR)
Author: KRISTI TURNQUIST – of the Oregonian Staff
Section: LIVING
Page: C01
COMICS TO TAKE SERIOUSLY
Dave Sim’s adult comic book hero Cerebus takes on social, political and religious issues It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s an aardvark!
As comic book heroes go, Cerebus is cut from unusual cloth. And that’s exactly the way his creator, Canadian artist and writer Dave Sim, wants to keep it.
Sim, a 36-year-old who is helping lead the growing trend toward adult-interest comics, will be in Portland on Saturday and Sunday to talk about his work and sign autographs.
As of this writing, and through the end of January 2019, there is a unique exhibit at the Renwick Gallery which, along with the Hirshhorn and American Indian Museums, is among my three favorites in the Smithsonian system.
The exhibit is called “No Spectators” and it is a collection of artworks contributed by people who have been part of “Burning Man” over the years. The largest gallery, at the top of the stairs on the second floor, has been turned over to “The Temple.”
“The Temple” is an installation that covers the entire gallery. As the name implies, it is modeled on a place of reflection, and cast in dimmed light. The artist, David Best, is known for constructing these temples out of recycled wood during “Burning Man,” at the end of which they are ritually burned.
He created “The Temple” for the Renwick, and there are a couple of stations in the center of the room on which are stacked small rectangles of wood along with plenty of pencils (and some pencil sharpeners). Visitors are encouraged to leave their messages throughout the open spaces in the installation.
