Permanent Art – PDX Art

Jacob Hashimoto’s Striking Permanent Suspended Sculptures Elevate PDX Culture

2nd September 2020

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Utilizing sculpture, painting, and installation, internationally renowned contemporary artist Jacob Hashimoto creates complex worlds from a range of modular components: bamboo-and-paper kites, model boats, even astroturf-covered blocks. His accretive, layered compositions reference video games, virtual environments, and cosmology, while also remaining deeply rooted in art-historical traditions notably, landscape-based abstraction, modernism, and handcraft. Jacob Hashimoto, Neutron…

PORTAURORA BY STICKY CO. CREATES A CELESTIAL EXPERIENCE IN CONCOURSE D

16th February 2019

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The PDX Art Program is thrilled to announce Portaurora, a new art installation comprised of interactive light and sound elements now on view post-security within Concourse D at Portland International Airport. Designed, produced, and installed by Sticky Co., a Portland and Amsterdam-based artist team, Portaurora transforms the PDX airport experience into something truly magical. After initially sharing their inventive…

Deb Stoner photographs added to the Port’s Permanent Art Collection

22nd November 2017

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The Port of Portland’s Permanent Art Collection greatly contributes to the pleasing ambiance of PDX. In two and three-dimensional form, the Port’s collection captures the collective memory and history of our region. Artists’ impressions and skilled craft convey the values and spirit of the Pacific Northwest to visitors and locals alike. The permanent art collection…

Louis Bunce Major Retrospective Opens at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art

25th January 2017

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Louis Bunce poses with his controversial mural for the Portland International Airport, 1958. OHS #bb003369 | The Oregon Historical Society In 1958, a committee from the Port of Portland asked the legendary Oregon Modernist artist Louis Bunce (1907-1983) to paint a mural for the new Portland International Airport. Bunce, a storied and celebrated Portland painter,…

A Bright Spot at the end of Concourse B

13th July 2016

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If you’ve ever made the trek to Concourse A, you’ve undoubtedly noticed the bright painting positioned at the end of Concourse B. That painting, Provincial Narrative by Jack Portland, was commissioned in 1991 by the Port of Portland. The 4′ x 26′ oil painting was originally sited on a wood paneled wall on Concourse D. Sensitive…

Put Your Hand Here…

18th May 2016

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Trees and Rain, Concourse C Have you ever noticed the bronze grips on the guardrails along Concourse C at gates C1 and C2? They’re an invitation from artist Pete Beeman to interact with his artwork. Go ahead. Grip a handhold! Watch the glass below change from opaque to clear! How does that happen? These two guardrails by Pete Beeman are made…

Artist Ann Munson helps mothers relax at PDX.

4th May 2016

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Mother’s Day is just around the corner! At PDX, we’re always thinking of ways to help our travelers – including traveling families. Realizing that often new mothers must travel without their babies, PDX recently introduced two lactation rooms that offer women a private and relaxing area to tend to their particular needs. The Port of Portland, owner and operator of…