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Although not site-specific, the installation is in direct dialogue with the architecture and can be refined for different interior spaces. In fact, elements from this work were first realized at L.A. Louver in 2013 \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/html\/exhibition.cfm?tExhibition_id=998\">click here<\/a> to see a short film and images from that exhibition.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joel Shapiro at the Portland Art Museum will be on view through September 21, 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IMAGE:&nbsp;Joel Shapiro (American, born 1941),&nbsp;<strong>Portland, 2014<\/strong>. Wood, casein, and cord installation, dimensions variable. \u00a9 Joel Shapiro.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joel Shapiro transforms the Portland Art Museum\u00a0with an installation of his suspended work. Although not site-specific, the installation is in direct dialogue with the architecture and can be refined for different interior spaces. 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