Untitled 405
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Artwork Information
Artist:
James "Jim" Archer
Date:
2010
Media:
Abstract painting on acrylic paper
Size:
Location:
STEM Building (SBG), second floor hallway
About the Artist:
James "Jim" Archer (1942-2017) was an artist, teacher, gallerist, and advocate in the local Portland-Vancouver region. His works were primarily abstract collages or drawings.
Artwork Description:
Black and gray shapes created with brush stroke lines, a lot of paper showing through. This work is hung alongside Untitled 406, 407, and 408. This work is distinguished by two large black shapes, the bottom one slightly larger than the top.
Acquisition Information:
In 2016, James "Jim" Archer donated much of his private art collection, over 100 pieces to Clark College; selected works from the collection were shown in the gallery that bears his name, in an exhibit called “Archer @ Archer.”
Archer grew up in Vancouver and received his Associate of Arts degree from Clark College before going on to earn his Bachelor of Arts in graphic design from Portland State University and his Master of Fine Arts from Washington State University. Afterward he returned to Clark College to teach. In addition to serving as gallery director, Jim taught art and art history at Clark College for 23 years.
Archer originally became curator of Clark’s art gallery in 1982, when it was still located within the Clark College Bookstore and was called the Index Gallery. Successful in attracting well-known Northwest artists, the Index Gallery became known as one the region’s top alternative venues for contemporary artists. Archer announced his retirement in 1995. That same year, the gallery—which by then had been relocated to a larger space within Gaiser—was renamed in Archer’s honor. It moved to its current location in the lower level of the Penguin Union Building in 2005.
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