The Portland Art Museum is pleased to present an exhibition featuring the internationally renowned media artist Jennifer Steinkamp (American, born 1958). Steinkamp creates highly detailed, digital animations of motifs from the natural world. Projected at very large scale, her works activate the architectural spaces in which they are shown and play with the limits of perception by opening up an almost otherworldly sense of space.

 The exhibition provides a dynamic counterpoint to Quest for Beauty: The Architecture, Landscapes, and Collections of John Yeon (on view at the Museum through September 3). Yeon was a true Northwest original, deeply captivated and influenced by the beauty of the region. Steinkamp’s sensitivity to nature and time echoes his concerns, while she employs thoroughly contemporary tools for her expressions.

Jennifer Steinkamp (American, born 1958), Judy Crook 1, 2012, video installation, dimensions variable, Edition of 1; Courtesy the artist, ACME, Los Angeles, greengrassi, London and Lehmann Maupin, New York and Hong Kong

Jennifer Steinkamp (American, born 1958), Orbit 11, 2011, video installation, dimensions variable, Edition of 3; Courtesy the artist, ACME, Los Angeles, greengrassi, London and Lehmann Maupin, New York and Hong Kong

Jennifer Steinkamp

Portland Art Museum, Portland, USA
Jul 8 - Sep 17, 2017