MB Presentation for “One Flaming Arrow,” co-curated by Demian Diné Yazhi’, Kaila Farrell-Smith, Carlee Smith, Thomas GreyEyes, R.I.S.E (Radical Indigenous Survivance & Empowerment). Last week, PICA announced the winners of their 2014 Precipice Fund grants, and they’re a varied, innovative group, with projects that run the gamut from alternative arts spaces to a free comics-heavy […]
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Minty Fresh: CAConrad’s Stardust, Sodomy, and Jokes About Ayn Rand
“ayn rand doesn’t / really annoy me / because she’s dead / it’s her fans who irritate me / a little like jesus,” writes CAConrad in his new chapbook, WRITING IN ALL CAPS IS THE BREATH MINT OF THE SOUL, out now from Portland’s own Bone Tax Press. I started Conrad’s book with trepidation, because […]
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Full Moon Gathering
This month’s holidays are fun and bloating and all, but my favorite holiday is New Year’s Day. It’s all to do with the state of mind I prefer: The feeling of a fresh start, with the intention of self-improvement. Atelier Cornelia‘s Caroline Marie Griffin is capturing that feeling with a Full Moon Gathering scheduled for […]
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Are You a Film Nerd? Go See Hiroshima Mon Amour Right Now!
Last week, I panned Jean-Luc Godard’s latest film, Goodbye to Language, because while I’m generally willing to watch plotless French films, this one was just a mess—in 3D! And a mess that, thanks to Godard’s fame, will invariably be read as artful. (When I read the glowing reviews of Godard’s latest, I’ll just imagine they’re […]
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New In: The Day’s News in Local Fashion, Retail, and Design
• There’s yet another fashion show to add to the city’s increasingly populous mix this winter: Fashion Meets Film is scheduled for January 24 at OMSI, and will feature Seth Aaron Henderson, Michelle Lesniak, Wendy Olendorf of Boulevard de Magenta, Stephanie Dong of Stephanie D Couture, Dubard, and Under U4Men. What does it have to […]
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This is Your Last Chance to See the (Maybe) Weirdest Art Show Around!
EVAN LALONDE A DOG ON A STICK W.P.P. by Patrick Rock All too often, perfectly good art is ruined by taking itself too seriously—well, okay, maybe not ruined, that’s a strong word, but still. Just as some people suffer from incurable allergies to poetry, I am allergic to pretentious artist statements*, artist bios longer than […]
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Art Jokes: Paraprosdokians and Rubber Chickens at the Art Gym
This is the first thing you see when you enter the show Paraprosdokians and Rubber Chickens at Marylhurst University’s Art Gym: Evan LaLonde W.P.P. by Patrick Rock A goofy oversized lawn ornament—a dog on a stick, taking a shit. It’s a piece by Patrick Rock, and I’m pretty sure seeing it marked the first time […]
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Win Tickets to Late Night Action at the Portland Art Museum
This week we have a very special episode of Late Night Action w/ Alex Falcone at the Portland Art Museum. Yes, for some strange reason the esteemed institution that is the Portland Art Museum made a huge mistake and allowed our comedy miscreants to run amok in their nice museum THIS THURSDAY at 8pm at […]
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PJ Harvey Wrote a Book of Poems You Can’t Read Until Next October
Polly Jean, you are so full of surprises—and not just music videos heavily featuring creepy Punch and Judy puppets! PJ Harvey has just announced that she’s written a book of poetry, The Hollow of the Hand, in collaboration with photographer/filmmaker Seamus Murphy. Pitchfork has the “scoop“: PJ Harvey has announced her first book: a 224-page […]
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Lookbook of the Day: Kat Seale’s “Assorted Shapes”
Jewelry can be challenging to photograph effectively on a model, especially while sidestepping the pitfalls of repetition and clutter. I’m digging Mikola Accuardi‘s take on Kat Seale‘s “Assorted Shapes,” which pairs the strong metal shapes of the pieces with nothing more than model Taylor Stillwell’s own hair and bare torso. See more of it over […]
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Ending Soon: Monochrome Works from Nikki McClure and Arielle Adkin
Megan Burbank Nikki McClure. If you live in Portland, you know what Nikki McClure’s papercuts look like: the heavy outlines, the limited color palette, the content that reads like propaganda for communal living, slow food, and the back-to-the-land movement (I mean this in a good way). So what might I be able to say to […]
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This Week in Art: Showgirls & Commercial Fishermen
A Touch Too Much NOMI MALONE Live! In person! This week, while I was busy complaining loudly and often about book awards and whether or not they actually mean anything, Courtney Ferguson previewed Showgirls the Musical—it’s tomorrow! one night only! the Hollywood! see you there! maybe we can come up with a drinking game!*—and it […]