Art

The Space Between Sally Finch Gallery 114 1100 NW Glisan Through March 31 Most artist studios I have visited are enveloped in chaos; piles of images, towers of paint tubes, etc., lie scattered about. However, after viewing the recent work of Sally Finch, I imagine her art space to be of immaculate order- tidy stacks […]

Now Is The Time, The Time Is Now A mural created in 1989 by Isaaka Shamsud-din, Charlotte Lewis, Kathy Pennington, Paul Odighizuwa, and five assisting students. 4008 NE MLK Blvd Every neighborhood in Portland can boast of having at least a mural or two painted in its vicinity. Walls at parks, schools, and community centers […]

A Box of IcePostcards by Cynthia Connolly Available at Reading Frenzy, $16 Though she started her career documenting the D.C. punk scene in the early ’80s, in recent years, photographer Cynthia Connolly’s work has evolved to a more ephemeral aspect of the musician’s lifestyle: the American landscape seen while touring. More current photo exhibits and […]

Eric Stotik PDX Gallery 604 NW 12th, 222-0063 Through March 3 For fifteen years, local artist Eric Stotik has dazzled viewers with paintings rich in imagination and technical aptitude. His current offering at PDX gallery does not disappoint. The images are born from a range of influences, including surrealist symbolism and rendering accented by both […]

Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth Chris Ware (Pantheon Books) Now that graphic novels have acquired a little bit of critical repute, receiving discussion in the New York Times Review of Books and elsewhere, some like to play the game of “What is the greatest graphic novel of all time?” Many stump for Alan […]

The Paintings of Kate Shepherd Portland Institute of Contemporary Art 242-1419 Through Feb 11 Kate Shepherd’s current exhibit of paintings at the Portland Institute of Contemporary Art offers a retreat into the meditative. Steered away from visual clutter, the work is economic, even sparse. The thin paintings fade into gallery walls, with Shepherd’s hand quietly […]

Debra Beers Mark Woolley Gallery 120 NW 9th Ste 210, 224-9972 Through Jan 27 For two decades artist Debra Beers has found subjects in the urban reality surrounding her. In 1987 she displayed portraits of street youth at Acanthus gallery, marking the beginning of an artist/model relationship with homeless individuals. She utilizes the classical approach […]

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. […]