 Robert Solotaire (United States, b. 1930), | Press Kit: Urban Seen March 22–August 17, 2008 Cities nurture and provoke creative response. The density of visual experience provided by urban life has long been a stock in trade for painters, printmakers, and photographers. This exhibition explores artistic responses to the serendipities of city life in Portland and other metropolitan environments from the mid-19th century to the present day. Drawn predominantly from the permanent collection, Urban Seen will present more than 20 paintings, prints, and photographs that document, interpret, and idealize monuments, buildings, streetscapes, and neighborhoods' visions that capture the scale of life in the American city.
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