The Clackamas print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1989-2019, November 12, 2008, Page 2, Image 2

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The
Clackamas Print
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2008
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Art£ Culti
Gallery invites viewers to touc
AU photos by Robert Crawford Ch
J. D. Perkin’s giant, striped head stands ready to greet viewers
enter the Alexander Gallery.
There’s
something
haunting about see-
W
ing a glassy red monster W
emerging from the mouth
of a human face. “Soft
S-
Spot” by Micki Skudlarczyk
inspires chills in the view­
er and makes them wonder if
there’s a monster in them too. The
current exhibit “Clay as Sculpture
runs from Oct. 13 until Nov. 19.
Arranged in a sym­
metrical semi-circle,
Skudlarczyk’s brightly
painted heads of people
and animals feature
guilded stripes and glar­
ing scarlet glaze.
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Roxanne Jackson’s anatomically creative sculptures are II
soft, touchable rabbit fur and a sign on the wall below pf
“Please Touch.” For those bold enough to brave Jackson’!
like work, there’s a sticky surprise Mnside.
Skudlarczyk’s “Hjl
stands guard in frc
wall where the re!
the artist’s workh
The resin cast texj
the scupture gives
semblance of hairj
skin.