Published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by the Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington, March-June 1995, also presented in modified form at Reed College, Portland, Oregon, August-October 1995. Presents an overview of the visual arts in the Northwest architecture, painting, sculpture, and crafts in the historical and economic context of postwar development, reflecting the decade's popular belief in progress along with its anxiety. Heavily illustrated in b&amp;w, with ten pages of color. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Jet Dreams: Art of the Fifties in the Northwest

Arts & Photography

Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery

Tacoma Art Museum

History & Criticism

Univ of Washington Pr

Ken Cory was an iconoclast, punster, collector, and extraordinary jewelrymaker and metalsmith. Participating in the California funk art scene of the 1960s, then teaching more than 20 years in Washington State, Cory (1943-1994) was one of the artistic forces who propelled the Pacific Northwest to the forefront of contemporary jewelry.
Ken Cory: Jewelry from a Modern Alchemist is a comprehensive overview of Cory's work, which is considered in the context of trends in contemporary art as well as developments in the field of metal-smithing and jewelry. The book, which includes a glossary of metalworking terms, is a substantial contribution to a field of art and craft with few resources to date.

The Jewelry of Ken Cory: Play Disguised

Mitchell, Ben

Worden, Nancy

Cory, Ken

Robbins,Tom

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Published in conjunction with a 2003 exhibition organized by the Tacoma Art Museum, this catalog offers two extensive essays by curators Conkelton and Landau, who draw on letters, interviews, and new analyses of the artists' works to investigate how these "mystic painters of the Northwest" influenced one another. The four painters were friends and colleagues for only a few years around the time of World War II, and their styles are entirely individual and distinctive; yet they are linked by their association with the Pacific Northwest and by underlying philosophical interests. A section of plates is followed by a timeline, exhibition checklist, and bibliography. Slightly oversize: 9.5x11.25

Northwest Mythologies: The Interactions of Mark Tobey, Morris Graves, Kenneth Callahan, and Guy Anderson

Conkelton, Sheryl

Landau, Laura

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