Last night The Oregonian‘s Bruce Hammond reported that the Lawrence Gallery’s Portland location is closed for business. From The O: Gary and Signe Lawrence, owners of three Oregon art galleries, have closed their Pearl District location. Their Lawrence Gallery in Sheridan — their original store opened in 1977 — and the one at Salishan on […]
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Disjecta Grows Arms
There’s a New Biennial in Town: Portland2010
Introducing Disjecta’s multi-pronged new contemporary art biennial, Portland2010.
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Weekend Visual Art Picks
Appendix Project Space Tonight at 7 pm Appendix Project Space is holding its first fundraiser. Appendix, founded in July of 2008, is a home garage converted to an art gallery, located down an alley off NE Alberta, between 26th and 27th. You might remember my review of Ben Young’s Material Affair or Maggie Casey’s string-based, […]
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Tonight: First Thursday
Melody Owen’s “The New Universe: Night Train” Tonight is the First Thursday art walk, and there are some shows that are worth a look. Melody Owen’s collages (pictured above) will be presented in Letters from Switzerland at Elizabeth Leach Gallery (an adjunct location to Disjecta’s Portland2010 biennial). “Featuring bisected animals spilling flowers from their guts, […]
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Uncomfortable? There’s an App for That.
Getting Disquieted at PAM
The Portland Art Museum wants to make you uncomfortable in your brain area.
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An Eye’s Mouth
Hungry Eyeball Jason Graham’s “The Ghosts of What Should Have Been” About a year ago Greg Pitters noticed that his preferred genre of art— what could be lumped under “low-brow“— was thriving locally, though wasn’t getting much hometown press or promotion. In May of 2009, responding to the situation, he started Hungry Eyeball, a website […]
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Here’s Your Chance to Nominate Artists for The People’s Biennial
Tomorrow (February 6, at 4 pm) the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art will be hosting a meeting at the The Cleaners at Ace Hotel (403 SW 10th Ave) to gather community suggestions for artists to be considered for inclusion in The People’s Biennial, a recently announced addition to the 2010 Time-Based Art Festival programming. “For […]
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Tonight: First Thursday
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 […]
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Art! Party!
Focusing First Friday
First Friday might find a focal point in the new monthly Art Party.
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Disjecta Announces PORTLAND2010 Artists
Disjecta This afternoon Disjecta Interdisciplinary Art Center announced the featured artists in their upcoming biennial exhibition, PORTLAND2010. According to the press release, the biennial will kick off on March 13th, spanning multiple locations across the city “including Rocksbox, IFCC, Marylhurst Art Gym, Elizabeth Leach Gallery and Alpern Gallery.” PORTLAND2010 picks up where the Portland Art […]
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Tonight at Together Gallery
Yesterday I was over at Together Gallery (2916 NE Alberta St) and got a chance to peek around during the build-out for Arise People. The exhibit opens tonight from 6-11 pm, featuring the paintings of San Francisco’s Nick “Doodles” Mann. After I left, Greg Pitters from Hungry Eyeball rolled through and took some photos. Here’s […]