Mack McFarland

American curator of contemporary art

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Mack McFarland

Nationality| American
Education| University of Bergen, Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design (KMD)
Occupation| Curator
Movement| Tactical 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]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Pacific Northwest College of Art - Faculty List". www.pnca.edu. PNCA. Archived from the original on July 19, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
2. ^ "About: Center for Contemporary Art & Culture". ccac.pnca.edu. PNCA. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
3. ^ (staff) (September 4, 2008). "The Yes Men: Keep it Slick". Portland Mercury. Portland Mercury. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
4. ^ John Motley (April 12, 2013). "'Acceptable Losses': Exhibit exposes vet suicide epidemic". www.oregonlive.com. The Oregonian. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
5. ^ Półtorak, Arkadiusz (2018). "You Never Step in the Same River Twice. Quixotic futures of tactical media. Interview with Brian Holmes by Arkadiusz Półtorak". Przegląd Kulturoznawczy. 2 (26): 199–208. doi:10.4467/20843860PK.18.011.9189.
6. ^ Giulia Rossi, Elena (January 7, 2015). "Eva & Franco Mattes: "Breaking Banality"". www.ArShake.com. ArShake. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
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.
15. ^ "KMD".
16. ^ "The Portland that Was". pica.org. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2019.