{"id":659,"date":"2009-06-06T21:48:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-07T04:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp\/2009\/06\/seattles_platform_gallery_lose_1\/"},"modified":"2009-06-06T21:48:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-07T04:48:00","slug":"seattles_platform_gallery_lose_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/2009\/06\/seattles_platform_gallery_lose_1.html","title":{"rendered":"Seattle’s Platform Gallery loses an owner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Five years ago, when Platform Gallery<\/a> opened in Pioneer Square, it had four owners. Today, Stephen Lyons sent out an email to say he’s the only one left. Blake Haygood<\/a> has decided to pack it in to focus on his painting. <\/p>\n

Last
\ntime I checked, a couple of months earlier, Lyons said the gallery was
\nnot in debt. In five years, it has managed to break even, although it
\nnever turned a profit. That’s five years without salaries from the gallery, as the
\nowners do not take money out for themselves.<\/p>\n

The good news is,
\nLyons intends to continue. (If you are a collector who asks for
\ndiscounts, think about who you’re asking them from.)<\/p>\n

The
\ngallery’s contributions to Seattle are profound. It has raised the
\ntone, raised the ambition and made a point of connecting the local with the
\nglobal.<\/p>\n

The many exhibits I am eternally grateful to have seen include Kelly Mark’s Stupid Love<\/a><\/i>; Jesse Burke’s Dark States<\/i><\/a>; Jaq Chartier’s Blind Sight<\/i><\/a>; Scott Fife’s I Am What I Am<\/a><\/i> and True Grit<\/a><\/i>; Patte Loper’s Let Our Beauty Ease Your Grief<\/i><\/a> and A Peculiar Brightness of the Sky<\/i><\/a>; Adam Satushek’s In Between Days<\/i><\/a> and, of course, everything from Matt Sellars<\/a> and  William Powhida<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I hope this doesn’t read like an obit. But Lyons is heading into the summer (always slow) with an at-best break even proposition in a terrible economy. <\/p>\n

As for Haygood, contrary to the title of the painting below (I’m Not Really Sure It Matters<\/i> from 2006), his work does and is well worth his renewed engagement.<\/p>\n

(Click image to enlarge.)<\/p>\n

\"blakehaygoodblue.jpg\"<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

To Haygood and Lyons, who have always been the motivating forces behind the gallery, thank you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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