Bobbi Woods uses blocking and replication to subvert iconic imagery.
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Marco Zamora
Give & Take
Painter and designer Marco Zamora’s solo show Give & Take uses the bicycle as its subject matter, along with other wheeled objects like shopping carts, skateboards, and mopeds. “For the past two years I have been riding [a bike], says Zamora, “so I decided it was time to incorporate my daily habits [in my art].” […]
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The Art of Touring
Mecca Normal’s tour diary, Toronto to Atlanta during September of 2001: “September 17, 2001: This is not a good time to present new songs. Audiences want to talk. I understand, but it’s hard to perform in this situation. My songs overwhelm me—introspection weighed down by irrelevance. I would like to be useful. Maybe we are […]
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The Illicit Art of the Mural
Exploring Portland’s Prettiest Walls
A walking tour of Portland’s murals, beer break included.
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For a Limited Time Only
Store for a Month‘s Temporary Wares
Store for a Month‘s onsite installation peddles the work of
70-plus artists.
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Culture Meld
Compound Gallery’s Collaborative Strange Bedfellows Bears Strange Fruit
Compound showcases the results of 13 collaborations between artists
from Portland and Japan.
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Zoobomb Goes Gold
Zoobomb’s New Monument Is an Improbable Success
The city’s monument to its most infamous ne’er-do-wells is an
improbable success.
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Natalie Phillips Goes it Alone
Illustrator Natalie Phillips Opens a Solo Show at Breeze Block
“My mom is the only person who noticed that the baby is smoking fetuses out of a placenta pipe,” says Natalie Phillips of her busy illustration “Red Sky.” Using gouache and acrylic paint on Bristol board, Phillips takes the viewer back to an ’80s sci-fi comic book aesthetic. Drifting through a white-dots-on-black version of outer […]
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String Theory
Sneak Down the Alleyway to Appendix
Maggie Casey at Appendix’s homebrewed garage gallery.
