PREVIEW ALL ARTISTS Painting David Alexander Sheri Bakes Lloyd Blakley Bratsa Bonifacho Bobbie Burgers Tom Burrows Darlene Cole Allison Collins Christopher Cousins Ben Darby Jamie Evrard Stephen Filla Ted Fullerton Lois Graham Peter Hoffer Eva Isaksen Louise Kikuchi T. L. Lange Manfred Lindenberger Dale Lindman Robert Marchessault James Martin Alden Mason Casey McGlynn Andre Petterson Mark Rediske Karen Simonson James Waterman Glass Clare Belfrage Dale Chihuly Editions by Dale Chihuly Elin Christopherson John de Wit Carmen Lozar Benjamin Moore Merrilee Moore William Morris Gerry Newcomb David Schwarz Mark Thiele Photography Cara Barer Toby Smith Sculpture Tony Angell Evan Blackwell Tom Burrows Ted Fullerton Cameron Anne Mason David Middlebrook Merrilee Moore Will Robinson George Rodriguez Paul Vexler Sandra Zeiset Richardson Northwest Masters and Contemporaries Guy Anderson Kenneth Callahan Richard Gilkey Morris Graves Mark Tobey George Tsutakawa Windsor Utley

Cara Barer       New Century 2006 archival inkjet on rag paper 32.5 x 24 in.   available at Pioneer Square     Shiitake 2007 archival inkjet on rag paper 24 x 24 in.   available at Pioneer Square     La Bruja 2007 archival inkjet on rag paper 16 x 24 in.   available at Pioneer Square     Angel Food 2007 archival inkjet on rag paper 24 x 24 in.   available at Pioneer Square     Found Reference 2004 archival inkjet on rag paper 24 x 24 in.   available at Pioneer Square     Fairy Tale 2006 archival inkjet on rag paper 24 x 24 in.   available at Pioneer Square     Carousel 2007 archival inkjet on rag paper 24 x 24 in.   available at Pioneer Square     Indigo 2007 archival inkjet on rag paper 24 x 24 in.   available at Pioneer Square     Carmen 2006 archival inkjet on rag paper 24 x 24 in.   available at Pioneer Square     Butterfly 2 2006 archival inkjet on rag paper 24 x 24 in.   available at Pioneer Square     Yb 2009 archival inkjet on rag paper 24 x 24 in.   $1800 available at Pioneer Square     Road to Robinhood Bay 2009 archival inkjet on rag paper 24 x 24 in.   $1800 available at Pioneer Square     return to top     Cara Barer visually documents the way in which society has come to retrieve information by changing a common reference book into a work of sculpture and photographing the outcome. In her experimentation with curling irons, clothes pins and water, Barer transforms volumes of irrelevant and outdated information into coiled, crumpled objects of beauty. “Sculpting segued to thoughts on obsolescence and the relevance of libraries in this century… The way we choose to research and find information is in an evolution. I hope to raise questions about these changes, the ephemeral and fragile nature in which we now obtain knowledge and the future of books” “Half a century ago, students researched at home with the family set of encyclopedias, or took a trip to the library to find needed information. Now, owning a computer, and connecting to the internet gives a student the ability to complete a research paper without ever going near a library. I have fully embraced that technology, and would not want to be without it, but, I also fear that it is rapidly leading us to rely less and less on the reference books common in the last two centuries.”