Brenden Clenaghen & David French Pulliam Deffenbaugh, 228-6665 Through Sept 30 Brenden Clenaghen pops into his blue-chip gallery debut with Sugar/Skin, an exhibition of Minimalist and Pop inspired paintings. Clenaghen creates a selection of works that invite the viewer to consider skin (roughness, pigment, titillation) and candy (color, flavor, desire), and the psychological tension that […]
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Brewery Blocks Redevelopment Site
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For the past several months, handfuls of onlookers have been privy to an unlikely, yet fascinating art experience. As demolition workers complete the allotted task of urban renewal, they have unknowingly become performance artists and sculptors. In a slowly evolving orchestration, piles of rebar and concrete are shuffled around in front of a towering smoke […]
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American State Bank
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2737 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd The NE neighborhood that I call home is full of little intrigues, including sidewalk BBQ gurus and Baptist churches that fill the streets with a holy Sunday ruckus. The unique characteristics of the community spill into some unusual suspects, including financial institutions. On the way to work I […]
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(w)hole
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Various Artists L&B Viewing Room, 241-4144 Through Sept 1 In the invitational exhibition at L&B Viewing Room entitled (w)hole, various mediums are utilized to translate the ultra-vague theme of hole (orifice, void, circular forms, etc). The result is a room full of disparate elements, most of which fall into mediocrity. However, there are a few […]
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Form In Motion by Lawrence Colburn
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Gallery 33, 1400 NW Everett, 219-9900 Through August 31 Lawrence Colburn’s exhibition Form in Motion attempts to describe the nuance of space between bodies. In this manner, the work is largely successful; With a loose hand, Colburn renders intriguing, abstract figures posed in intimate confrontations, evoking a sensual atmosphere. However, Colburn is crippled by two […]
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POD
POD Mark Woolley Gallery 120 NW Ninth Ave, Suite 210, 236-1331 Fri, July 28, 8pm, $5 The Mark Woolley Gallery indulges in an evening of Performance Art. Opening the event will be Lisa Newman of 2 Gyrls Productions, presenting Magdeline. Following Newman’s performance will be Pod, a production by The Human Sculpture group. Pod is […]
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Let’s Entertain
The Portland Art Museum1219 SW Park Ave, 226-2811 Opens July 7 How shocking, how scandalous: Art involving nudity. Let’s Move On. Let’s Entertain promises a spicy smorgasbord of multi-sensory fun. Fresh from the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Let’s Entertain is an international collection of over 80 artists offering reflections on our entertainment-savvy, consumerist society. […]
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Patrick Rock at Gallery Daycare
4031 SE Milwaukie, 239-6065. View by appointment or at closing reception, July 14, 6-10 pm. Two ring-neck doves, three powdered donuts, five bottles of beer…Sounds like a convoluted Christmas carol, but the objects are elements of Patrick Rock’s multi room, installation series, It is All About You. The size of the installation and its varying […]
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Catherine Chalmers & Fabio Sgroi
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at Blue Sky Gallery 1231 NW Hoyt St., 225-0210 Blue Sky Gallery features two photographers who use the camera in distinctly different fashions. In a vibrant use of color photography, Catherine Chalmers presents 20 large prints from a series entitled Food Chain. Chalmers attempts to capture the realities of this dog eat dog, er rather, […]
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John Holdeman
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Basil Hallward Gallery at Powell’s City of Books 1005 W. Burnside St., 228-4651 The intimacy of John Holdeman’s small oil paintings somehow coalesces with the grand retail environment they exist within: Powell’s City of Books. The herds of shoppers milling around are soon forgotten as one becomes immersed in Holdeman’s conjuring of childhood remembrances. Alternating […]
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The Key is what’s Missing
Tyler Hays at Mark Woolley Gallery Through July 1
Part of my art viewing routine is identical to many other art aficionados: 12 Thursdays a year, I partake in the ultimate tour-de-force of Portland’s gallery offerings. I find myself part of a sea of viewers, flowing rhythmically through the Pearl District streets, digesting artist after artist, piece by piece. After three solid hours of […]