Karrin Ellertson

Clean Michael Oman-Reagan Nil Contemporary Art, 221-3182 Through Dec 31 Michael Oman-Reagan’s recent exhibit Clean introduces a new element to his usually minimalist tendencies. Surfacing from a thin, pale pool of gesso, white-out, and shellac, traced silhouettes emerge. Within the whitish ground, black marker constructs fragmented portraits. With a bulk of the exhibit, Oman-Reagan makes […]

Donut Shop II 116 NE Russell, 528-1919 Through Dec 17 Cris Moss has set up his second “Donut Shop” on the newly invigorated NE Russell Street. Upstairs from the Russell Street Theatre, Moss acquired space for the exhibit’s 17-day run. Participants include Moss himself, Jeremy Bittermann, Valerie Collins, Ted Gibson, Cathy McClure, and John Torreano. […]

Painting Revolution: Kandinsky, Malevich, and the Russian Avant Garde Portland Art Museum, 226-2811 Through Jan 7 In 1932, following Lenin’s death, Josef Stalin ordered museums and galleries to remove and destroy work of avant-garde artists, in an attempt to squelch any revolutionary tendencies. Luckily, a few clever collectors and museum staff members chose to ignore […]

Four Artists Elizabeth Leach Gallery, 224-0521 Through Dec 23 Four artists contribute to the current exhibit at Elizabeth Leach Gallery. Philosophy of Desire is a display of Drake Deknatel’s large, German Expressionistic canvases. Robert Hanson’s Mythology is a collection of graphite and charcoal figurative drawings. Pilgrims by Forrest Williams is a display of figurative oil […]

820 N Russell 493-9424 A new player with all the moves has been added to the Portland art roster. The Dos Mil Gallery opened its doors on North Russell Street on September 30th, directed by up-and-coming artists/entrepreneurs Joshua Cohen and Thomas D. Located near Widmer Brewing Co. and McMenamin’s White Eagle, the gallery provides a […]

Corporate sponsorship of the arts is not unheard of. For example, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art’s current exhibition, Counter Canvas showcases work “made possible,” by various endowments, including funding from Nike. However, in December ’99, photographer Nan Goldin, conceptual artist Damien Hirst, conceptual artist Christopher Chiappa, and advertising executives from R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., began […]

Skin! The Human Fabric Various Artists Blackfish Gallery, 420 NW 9th Ave, 224-2634 Through Oct 29 Curves. Mounds. Soft flesh. Ripples. Veins. Hard muscle. Viewing aspects of the human form can cause a frenzy of supreme sensuality and raw sexuality. It is from this precipice that Skin! The Human Fabric offers an indulgence of photographed […]

12th Avenue Project Nan B. Curtis and Martin Houston Twelfth Avenue in Southeast Portland is home to an unlikely art exhibit: 50 signs line the one-way street running along the historic neighborhood. The 12th Avenue Project, created by artists Nan B. Curtis and Martin Houston is part of “in situ Portland,” a program of the […]

Robert Yoder Froelick Adelhart Through Sept 30 Robert Yoder doesn’t simply peruse the aisles of an art supply store for materials. No–the Seattle artist goes shopping along the roadside, searching for discarded road signs. Yoder then fragments these gems into rectangle and square puzzle pieces, tiling them onto a plywood surfaces. In an immediate sense, […]