sculpture – 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…

Impressive St. Johns Bridge by Portland LEGO Artist Erik Mattson at PDX

10th August 2020

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A very impressive LEGO scale replica of Portland’s St. Johns Bridge is currently on view through July 2021 post-security within the Concourse DE display case for the PDX Rotating Art Program. Constructed by local LEGO artist Erik Mattson, this masterpiece is made up of approximately 120,000 LEGO elements and is 4 feet tall x 2 feet wide…

Migration by Rachel Denny Vividly Animates PDX’s Concourse A

11th December 2018

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Artist Rachel Denny’s highly crafted installations and sculpture portray life-size explorations of the wild, seductive beauty found in the natural world and the imprint that human intervention has made on Earth’s flora and fauna. She produces colorful, animated work in a wide variety of media, including fiber, ceramic, and resin. Denny utilizes time-honed sculpture techniques…

Engaging Repurposed sculpture by James Florschutz now in Baggage Claim

14th March 2018

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James Florschutz, The World Between, 2005, Surveyor stakes, Ash, Walnut, and crayon, 75 x 51.5 x 13 inches Now on view pre-security in North Baggage Claim through the PDX Art Program is a handsome reclaimed and salvaged wood relief sculpture titled The World Between by Portland artist James Florschutz. Florschutz is a sculptor with a…

Intricate Book Excavations by James Allen in Concourse A

13th March 2018

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James Allen is a Portland Oregon based visual artist that produces wonderfully unique “Book Excavation” sculptures. Allen painstakingly transforms vintage books into sculptures brimming with carefully chosen words, phrases and images. Twenty-three of Allen’s exquisite Book Excavations are currently on view post-security in Concourse A through the PDX Art Program. This outstanding exhibition, appropriately titled…

Impressive Multnomah Falls LEGO sculpture by Erik Mattson now in Baggage Claim

26th February 2018

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An extremely intricate and impressive eight foot tall LEGO sculpture of Oregon’s iconic Multnomah Falls is now on view pre-security in PDX Baggage Claim (located next to Travel Oregon) through July of 2019. The sculpture was designed and built by Portland based LEGO artist Erik Mattson in 225 hours over the course of one year with…

Esque Studio 20 Year Retrospective Exhibition Launches in Concourse DE

9th March 2017

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Esque Studio is a result of a 20 year long collaboration between two highly skilled Portland, Oregon based glass artists. The Esque Studio 20 Year Retrospective Exhibition at PDX is a dazzling visual tribute to the innovative contemporary glass art and design crafted by the renowned dynamic duo of Esque Studio, Andi Kovel and Justin Parker….