In honor of Pacific Northwest College of Art’s centennial academic year Tribute Gallery present’s SE(XXY) PLASTIC featuring works by two PNCA alum, Adrienne L.B. Butzer and Seth A. Leamer.

SE(XXY) PLASTIC

THE SECRET LIVES OF CHILDHOOD IDOLS

No woman has kept up with the pace of fashion like Barbie. She is always perfectly dressed for any occasion: a night on the town, going to work, a first date or going to the beach. Each of her outfits are perfectly accessorized with shoes, purses, sunglasses and jewelry etc. Adrienne Butzer’s photographs are a tribute to the brilliant work of David Levinthal’s Polaroid portraits of Millicent Robert’s Barbies. Butzer captures the essential Barbie, as she was meant to look. Millions of young women have seen in Barbie the embodiment of there dreams and glamour. Butzer brings it back into the realm of reality.

Meanwhile… a long time ago in a Pennsylvania town far far away, a small boy obsessively collected action figures. While he slept they came to life (or so he fervently believed) and had many adventures deep into the night. Epic tales of lost droids and conquered dollhouses raged until the morning. But, like many things, his plastic idols were slowly forgotten. Now that the little boy is all grown up. Seth Leamer’s paintings imagine the life his childhood heroes are leading now.

Adrienne L.B. Butzer, graduate of PNCA in 2007 has a background in photography and printmaking. She is currently working on a breast cancer book entitled “Invasion of Landscapes”.

Seth A. Leamer graduated with a BFA in Painting from PNCA in 2007. He currently creates murals for Trader Joe’s stores in Oregon and Washington.

Please join us October 1st from 6pm-9pm @Tribute Gallery, 328 NW Broadway #117, Portland, Oregon 97209

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