PowerPointillism US Bank Meeting Room, Central Library, 801 SW 10th Wed Feb 5, Thurs Feb 6, 7 pm I am as excited for this event as I was to hear that WrestleMania 19 was going to be in Seattle this year, but sadly, 40,000 tickets sold out for that show while I was trying to […]
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THURSDAY, January 23 POP–Been wondering about that itchy pain? If it’s not crabs, it’s a desire for the sublime pop and smooth lyrics of Neil Hannon and the Divine Comedy. Very British, and very soothing. JS Dante’s, 1 SW 3rd, 226-6630, $10, 9 pm ALTERNATIVE RAP–If you’re really interested in what’s coming around the corner […]
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Arthur Leipzig, Willy Ronis Arthur Leipzig and Willy Ronis, two deep photographers exhibiting their work from the 1940s. You will be stunned at the fluidity and life captured in the works of these two fellows. They were seriously “on some next,” as it were. SK Josefsberg, 403 NW 11 Ave, 241-9112, Through Jan 11 Carousel […]
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David Eckard Tournament (lumens) Marylhurst Art Gym, 17600 Pacific Hwy, 699-6243 The oft-told bio sketch of Portland-based David Eckard is that he grew up gay on the farm in Iowa before attending the Art Institute of Chicago, and that his quasi-functional sculptures are equally influenced by farm machinery and accoutrements of sexual pleasure. While downplaying […]
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THURSDAY, January 16 MUSIC–After weeks of smoking bongs and watching reality shows, it’s finally time for some excitement again. With a line-up of screeching bands, from the violent drones of Growing, to the insanity of the Reeks and the Wrecks and Johnny X and the Groadies, to the lonely effects of Ghost of Falco, Nocturnal […]
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Arthur Leipzig, Willy Ronis Arthur Leipzig and Willy Ronis, two deeeep photographers exhibiting their work from the 1940s. You will be stunned at the fluidity and life captured in the works of these two fellows. They were seriously “on some next,” as it were. Blue Sky Photography Gallery, 1231 NW Hoyt St, 225-0210, Jan 16- […]
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Su-en Wong Savage Gallery, 416 NW 10th Oh damn, this is a sexy show… mmmm… look at all these hot naked Asian chicks rolling around on the tiger skin rug… mmm… pole dancing Wait, did I actually type all that out? What I meant to say is that Savage Gallery is hosting an exhibition of […]
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THURSDAY, January 9 RAPPING–Pep Love is one smart cookie. He doesn’t mess around with his beats too much. Oh, they’re phat, don’t you worry about that, but they’re simple, mere backdrops for Pep Love to overlay with lyrical mastery. Lines like “My exponential growth expands/ Extra potential both/ Detrimental and essential don’t/Brand it candid let […]
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David Eckard New sculptures and drawings from the Portland artist in Tournament (lumens) which, on paper, is something like a cross between Gladiator and a children’s science museum–curious machines for a bronze age Icarus. Marylhurst Art Gym, 17600 Pacific Hwy., 699-6243 Scapes Brian Heileson’s elemental environments. Pretty, dreamy things–landscapes, but not in the traditional way. […]
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Brad Adkins
Brad Adkins Basil Hallward Gallery, 1005 W Burnside I broke one of my own rules this week and talked with an artist to discuss his show before reviewing it. The artist was Brad Adkins, and I contacted him after first seeing Keep moving…there’s nothing to see here at Powell’s Basil Hallward Gallery. At a first […]
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Tim Bavington
Tim Bavington Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, 522 NW 12th I can already hear the lips smacking and purses opening, which means that Tim Bavington’s show at Pulliam Deffenbaugh must be approaching. This is the guy who makes West Coast art critics like Christopher Knight wet their pants and say things like, “These are paintings about the […]
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THURSDAY, January 2 NIGHT SKIING–Yeah, I know, you think that it would cost a lot for all those light bulbs! But it don’t! Not at Ski Bowl, the biggest night ski area west of the Mississippi. Why stop skiing when night falls? Lights. Lots and lots of lights! PB Ski Bowl, 272-3206, 50 miles east […]