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Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ed Bereal never shies away from political issues, like biting commentary about race relations and the follies of nationalistic greed. Born in Los Angeles in 1937 as a war baby and having studied at Chouinard Art Institute, Bereal has created work that carries a breadth of visual range, from assemblage sculptures to expertly drafted illustrations and to performative works with Bodacious Buggerrilla, a political guerrilla theater group he cofounded in 1969. For Portland Art Museum\u2019s APEX exhibition, a small selection of objects and installations illustrate and ground us in more than 50 years of Bereal\u2019s practice, hurling viewers into the shambolic spectacle that feels all too close to our current events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lifelong educator, Bereal taught at University of California, Irvine\u2019s School of Fine Arts from 1969 to 1993. During that time, Bereal was also teaching in the black studies department at the University of California, Riverside, in the late 1960s. In 1993, Bereal joined the College of Fine and Performing Arts at Western Washington University until his retirement in 2007. Bereal maintains his studio on his farm in Bellingham, Washington, and was most recently celebrated with a retrospective at the Whatcom Museum organized by curator Amy Chaloupka, titled Wanted: Ed Bereal for Disturbing the Peace.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

APEX is an ongoing series of exhibitions of Northwest-based artists, curated by Grace Kook-Anderson, The Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Curator of Northwest Art. The APEX exhibition series is supported in part by The Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Endowments for Northwest Art and the Exhibition Series Sponsors.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the news<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Oregonian:\u00a0<\/em>\u201cReopened Portland Art Museum offers rare opportunity to see work of activist-artist Ed Bereal\u201d<\/a><\/strong>
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The Museum is conveniently located on the historic Park Blocks in the center of downtown Portland, which is easy to get around by public transit or on foot. The Portland Business Alliance has installed way-finding signs which direct you to the cultural district, where the Museum is located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parking<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There is generally plenty of street parking surrounding the Museum. These spaces range from 1 \u2013 4 hours and can be paid for using a credit card or the Parking Kitty app<\/a>. There are also surface parking lots, and parking garages within 1 \u2013 4 blocks of the Museum. The closest surface lot is located at SW Main St. between SW 10th Ave. and Park Ave, and there are dedicated accessible and van accessible spaces. This lot accepts credit card or the Reef app<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public transit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Getting to get to the Museum by public transportation is straightforward and economical. The bus and streetcar travel directly past the Museum, and the MAX light rail has a stop only four blocks away.\u00a0TriMet\u2019s Trip Planner<\/a>\u00a0gives you step-by-step travel directions from your location by bus, light rail, or streetcar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n