Mack McFarland

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Mack McFarland
NationalityAmerican
Education University of Bergen, Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design (KMD)
OccupationCurator
MovementTactical Media, Photography

Mack McFarland is a curator and artist living in Portland, Oregon. [1] He is the Director of Center for Contemporary Art & Culture at Pacific Northwest College of Art. [2]

As the curator for PNCA, McFarland has worked with several Tactical media artists, including The Yes Men, [3] Critical Art Ensemble, [4] Brian Holmes [5] and Eva & Franco Mattes. [6] McFarland's other projects with PNCA include solo exhibitions with Luc Tuymans, [7] Wangechi Mutu, [8] Joe Sacco, [9] Cauleen Smith, [10] Sandow Birk, [11] James Rosenquist, David Horvitz, [12] Sue Coe, [13] Thomas Zummer, [14] and many others. His work focuses on issues of class, representation, information environments, and phenomenological perception. [15]

In 2006 McFarland teamed with Dennis Nyback in the Portland Portland Institute for Contemporary Art Time Based Art project the Portland That Was. [16]

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  2. ↑ "About: Center for Contemporary Art & Culture". ccac.pnca.edu. PNCA. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
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  4. ↑ John Motley (April 12, 2013). "'Acceptable Losses': Exhibit exposes vet suicide epidemic". www.oregonlive.com. The Oregonian. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
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  7. ↑ Amy Bernstein (June 2, 2014). "Let Them Look: An Interview with Luc Tuymans". www.portlandart.net. PORT. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  8. ↑ Kook-Anderson, Grace (March 9, 2016). "Wangechi Mutu and the revolt of the female form". www.orartwatch.org. Oregon Arts Watch. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  9. ↑ Libby, Brian (January 24, 2008). "Art Review: Joe Sacco Retrospective at PNCA". www.oregonlive.com. The Oregonian. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  10. ↑ Green, Kate. "Cauleen Smith". www.artforum.com. New York, NY: Artforum International Magazine. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  11. ↑ Row, D.K. (November 5, 2009). "Interview: Sandow Birk on the Iraq War and beyond". www.oregonlive.com. Portland, Or: The Oregonian. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  12. ↑ "David Horvitz Talk". www.youtube.com (Video). PNCA. July 7, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  13. ↑ Jenene Nagy (February 25, 2007). "Sue Coe Lecture". www.portlandart.net. Portland Art.net. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  14. ↑ Lechner, Jenna (July 27, 2012). "Thomas Zummer at PNCA". www.dailyserving.com. Daily Serving. com. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
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  16. ↑ pica.org http://pica.org/event/mcfarland-nyback/ . Retrieved 2019-04-25.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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