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Talk to the Artist
2022
mixed media
31 x 21 x 8 inches
Talk to the Artist (detail)
2022
mixed media
31 x 21 x 8 inches
Active Listener
2020
mixed media
25 x 15 x 15 inches
Preaching to the Choir
2019
mixed media
32 x 17 x 8 inches
Small Sins Forgiven
2020
mixed media
29 x 17 x 7 inches
Small Sins Forgiven (detail)
2020
mixed media
29 x 17 x 7 inches
Exorcist
2020
mixed media
30 x 17 x 10 inches
Time Machine
2020
mixed media
32 x 19 x 8 inches
Time Machine (detail)
2020
mixed media
32 x 19 x 8 inches
Go Ahead and End the World
2021
mixed media
33 x 9 x 8 inches
Go Ahead and End the World (detail)
2021
mixed media
33 x 9 x 8 inches
Hypnotist
2020
mixed media
33 x 13 x 10 inches
Hypnotist (detail)
2020
mixed media
33 x 13 x 10 inches
Liar
2021
mixed media
33 x 9 x 12 inches
Corporate Spokesperson
2020
mixed media
20 x 11 x 8 inches
If the Virus Could Talk
2021
mixed media
31 x 16 x 13 inches
#1
2021
mixed media
31 x 12 x 6 inches
#1 (detail)
2021
mixed media
31 x 12 x 6 inches
Fantasy Future
2022
mixed media
22 x 17 x 13 inches
Russo Lee Gallery is pleased to present Arcade by Bill Will. The work in this exhibition is inspired by the historical 20th-century penny arcade games. Using the same mechanical movements and miniature scenes, Will has replaced the original themes with contemporary issues in a hopefully humorous and disarming way.
Bill Will is a conceptual sculptor and installation artist. He received his BA in Fine Arts from Washington State University. Will has had over sixty-five solo exhibitions and installations, has completed more than thirty public art commissions, and has received numerous grants and awards including the Bonnie Bronson Fellowship Award. Will is a professor emeritus at Oregon College of Art and Craft in Portland, Oregon.
The Portland Art Museum recently acquired two pieces from our August exhibitions. A large diptych by Julian V.L. Gaines and an interactive multimedia wall sculpture by Bill Will.
