Dave R. Davison Wednesday, 22 July 2015 __________________ It was not that long ago that abstract art was the dominant trend in painting. Devotees of the so-called New York school taught the tenants of abstraction from positions in the art departments of the universities and a generation of painters was suckled on the milk of abstraction. The arc art of history was seen as the story of how artists came to free themselves from the tyranny of the outer subject and became liberated – able to immerse themselves in a world of pure paint. Painting was pared down to its most basic elements: color,...

Tacoma News Tribune :: July 22, 2015 BY ROSEMARY PONNEKANTI Staff writer _________________ It’s been hard keeping a dedicated private art gallery going in Tacoma over the last few years. Traditional galleries like Traver and Sandpiper have closed and hipster venues like Fulcrum have become sporadic, leaving the scene largely comprised of temporary Spaceworks sites, corporate-gallery-cum-frame shops and artist cooperatives, with a few businesses squeezing in art on the side. Enter B2 Fine Art Gallery, which opened five years ago and has managed to rotate a stable of around 45 national and international...