Tonight is First Thursday— and so, like gift-socks, I give you my picks.
- Kelly O— The Stranger
- One of Kelly O’s Drunk of the Week picks
Kelly O, photographer for our Seattle sister paper, The Stranger, is showing at Igloo Gallery alongside LA filmmaker Mark Escribano. Kelly O rose to fame by snapping pictures of drunk people, and she’s great at it (that link is little NSFW, due to a naked guy humping a snow bank). Her pics have been all over the place: Vice, Spin, Fader, and others. Mark Escribano’s documentary, The Super Nobel Brothers, follows three brothers through semi-prominence in the “hipster culture” of Milwaukee— two of the brothers make a living in the rare funk records trade, while the third scrapes by, attempting a career as an abstract painter. (Igloo Gallery is located at 625 NW Everett St, and the opening reception runs from 6-10 pm.)
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- Swaths of campy
Mark Woolley and Anka Gallery are co-presenting Supertrash 10, featuring movie posters from campy 70s and 80s flicks. The show was originally curated by Jacques Boyreau for The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh— and mural work from local artists will be added to original exhibition. Additionally, Supertrash coincides with the Beer and Movie film festival, which the press release describes as “a two-week [Feb. 10-26], four-venue, 50-film screening festival throughout the city.” Added bonus: Olaf Gambini (performance artist/nothingist caricature) will be off spreading the joy of VD (that’s Valentine’s Day) at Anka (located at 325 NW 6th Ave).
Signs of Change: Social Movement Cultures 1960s to Now, is going down at the Pacific Northwest College of Art’s Feldman Gallery + Project Space. According to the press release, the show, curated by Dara Greenwald and Josh MacPhee (of Just Seeds), features “hundreds of posters, photographs, moving images, audio clips, and ephemera that bring to life over 40 years of activism, political protest, and campaigns for social justice.” Not only does the exhibit document social movements within the United States, but also movements for “democracy in China; anti-apartheid in Africa; squatting in Europe; environmental activism and women’s rights internationally; and the global AIDS crisis,” amongst others. (The Feldman Gallery is located at 1241 NW Johnson St, and the opening reception starts at 6:30 pm.)