Gene Flores Show Opens in the Alexander Gallery

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:13:33 GMT

Artist Gene Flores’ show “Fragments” opened Wednesday, Jan. 13, in the Alexander Gallery at Clackamas Community College. The show features prints, paintings, drawings and collaborative work with art students from Clackamas and Portland Community College, where Flores teaches printmaking and drawing. Flores’ work is a seductive mix of the sacred and profane with a humorous emphasis on the absurdities of life. Images, text, collage elements and deeply personal experience are graphically layered in the work so as to challenge the viewer to dig deeper and confront life’s unspoken issues. Much of his work is influenced by the death of his father, who worked long hours in hazardous conditions to support the family. Art students will take part in a collaborative project that involves a collage of Flores’ work. The collage will be cut into pieces, and students will take a small piece of the work and create a larger work. Those new works will then be put into a puzzle and displayed in the gallery. Flores is an internationally exhibited artist with extensive experience as an instructor, curator and visual artist. A reception for Flores will take place on Thursday, Feb. 4, from noon to 1 p.m., followed by a talk by the artist. The show continues through Feb. 9. For more information, please call David Andersen, chair of the CCC Art Department, at 503-657-6958, ext. 2743.