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When I want a glass of 🍷 I’ll be at @nil.winebar 🩵 #andaboutseries
First Thursday at @elizabethleachgallery featuring work by @tarp_tarmac and @petergronquist 🎨✨ Did you make it out yesterday? If so where did you go?
‘Detritivore’ by Heléna Dupre Thompson
@lvdesignandgallery
🗓️May 2-June 1
⏳Tuesday-Saturday 11 am—5:30 pm
An Excerpt from the Artist’s Statement: In this ongoing study (Detritivore), artists have allowed me into their studios to explore and photograph the by-products and minutia of their artmaking process. The focus of this work is to bring to light the unintentional visual outcomes that manifest through the passion and energy of each artist’s practice. As artists, the tools we use, surfaces we work on, and scraps we produce take on a history, character, and visual allure of their own. They are incidental works of art that are the process itself. They are vital to the final result, yet are not part of the finished work.
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Nathaniel C. Praska, By the Skin of Our Teeth
🗓️On view: May 2 - May 31, 2024
✨Opening Reception: First Thursday, May 2, 2024, at 6- 9 pm
⏳Regular Gallery hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 6-8 pm (additional hours to be posted shortly)
📍Address: 735 SW 9th Ave #110 Portland, OR 97205
📱Virtual Viewing Room: https://tinyurl.com/MPAC-viewing
after / time in association with MinEastry of Postcollapse Art and Culture, presents a solo exhibition of works by Nathaniel C. Praska.
By the Skin of Our Teeth 🦷 presents scenes of difficulty, if not disaster, and the objects left behind as records of bare survival. Inspired by a popular American idiom and biblical reference, the title of the exhibition calls attention to both human frailty and fortitude. Formulating a critique of the power over life, the works on display confront the pervasiveness of a destructive politics that molds landscapes into realms where personhood is stripped away and existence is reduced to mere survival. Depicting a kind of living against the odds, Praska’s oeuvre represents the volatility of the present amidst dire circumstances, calling into question the meaning and security of home, nature, and nurture.
Through a series of large-scale oil canvases, Praska’s works appear disconcertingly calm. The objects in sight become records of life: a rundown red Bronco, an old gray muffler, a still excavator. The rough outlines of the hand-made oil sticks and the gritty texture of the repurposed canvases emphasize the uncanniness of the surroundings: off-the-grid forests, an isolated trailer, vacant faces. These spaces, both as homely sites and as hostile spaces to endure, confront viewers in an eye-to-eye meeting with the present. Why now? Why here?
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Arches (and apertures), Terry Toedtemeier
@pdxcontemporaryart
May 1-June 1, 2024
Toedtemeier was an accomplished photographer whose work was deeply informed by his study of the geology of the Northwest. For more than thirty years he studied the history of photography in the American West, with a particular focus on the photography of the Columbia River Gorge. Toedtemeier was a founder of Portland’s photography gallery Blue Sky Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts with Ann Hughes, Christopher Rauschenberg, Craig Hickman, and Robert DiFranc. A decade later he became the first curator of photography at the Portland Art Museum. Toedtemeier passed away in December 2008, while making a presentation of “Wild Beauty” a major exhibition of historic Columbia River Gorge photography he curated at the Portland Art Museum with an accompanying book published with John Laursen.
“Although he traveled to other basalt-rich regions, Terry Toedtemeier never found a place that rivaled his beloved home state of Oregon. From the fresh young lava beds of the Owyhee country to the water-and wind-eroded rocks that make our coastline so dramatic to the myriad columns and crags of the Columbia River Gorge: this was his terrain. In an introduction to Basalt Exposures, a catalogue accompanying a 1995 exhibition, Toedtemeier wrote, “Although basalt formations are common worldwide, the ones found in the Pacific Northwest are particularly varied and widespread. Resistant to erosion, basalt stands out in the landscape, forming rugged lava flows, craggy hillsides, rimrock, cliffs, and headlands. Because of the great variety and rich geologic history of the Northwest, these places are home to sea caves, lava tubes, peculiar stone arches, pillars, chasms, knobs, craters, and many other compelling forms.” The show is timed to coincide with an exhibition at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon. Terry Toedtemeier: Photographer looks at the full range of Toedtemeier’s work, from the 1970s to 2000s.” — Prudence Roberts
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Friday evening plans?! Santa Anita / First Friday Art Opening @zacharyschomburg at @makerspacesellwood
Santa Anita is a recent series of paintings initially sparked by the colors and shapes Schomburg found in an old closed-off section of the Santa Anita racetrack on a recent trip there with his father in the spring of 2023.
7 of the paintings are now featured at Makerspace Sellwood. The series consists of 28 paintings and are a dedicated thinking-through of a small simple idea found in artists like #JosefAlbers, #EtelAdnan and #AgnesMartin. They’re vaguely #nostalgic, a nod to #colors and #patterns unintentionally preserved in time, and something he could imagine on the wall in the background of a Jaques Tati film.
🎧🎶DJ Computer Blue will be on the mix at the opening. Masks appreciated.
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Two favorites @portlandartmuseum on view right now @benbuswell and #AkioTakamori in “Throughlines” ✨🎞️🌋🌋
Peter Gronquist, Light Record
@elizabethleachgallery
First Thursday Reception: May 2, 5:30 - 7:30pm
May 2 - June 1, 2024
In this new body of work Gronquist has created a series of elegant, gestural #abstractions that seamlessly combine the fundamental compositional protocols of both #painting and #photography, while simultaneously questioning the categorical imperatives that seem to arbitrarily define and separate the two mediums.
Intrigued by the possibility of capturing and freezing something as ineffable and fugitive as a flicker of light, Gronquist set out to harness the basic elements of the photographic process and situate them within the more expressive, haptic tendencies of painting. The result is a near-perfect fusion of painting’s signature autographic “stroke” and the more anonymous, almost mechanic registration associated with the bulk of photographic reproduction and its myriad effects.
Beginning the process in a custom #diydarkroom of his own design, Gronquist used light sensitive photo-paper and a long, narrow LED light-stick as his respective canvas and paint brush. Equal parts conductor’s baton and necromantic wand, Gronquist wields the LED light-stick so that it becomes an extension of his own hand/eye/wrist relay-system or even a prosthetic appendage in its own right. Hovering over the blank photo-paper, the light glides across its frictionless surface in a kind of rhythmic, ritualized benediction.
Although there is no camera, no negative, and no actual photography involved, once Gronquist subjects the photo-paper to his own chemical process, vaporous images begin to materialize and take shape. Instantly calling to mind unfurling manuscripts, swirling musical notations. Gronquist is able to finesse and pull our eyes into a deep illusionistic space without the aid of receding horizon lines or any of the dimensional tropes commonly associated with #classicalpainting
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Ryan Pierce, Improbable Springs
@elizabethleachgallery
First Thursday Reception: May 2, 5:30 - 7:30pm
May 2 - June 1, 2024
This is Ryan Pierce eighth show with the gallery. This exhibition, entitled Improbable Springs, is bursting with vibrant color and imaginative compositions as the artist repositions humanity’s role on earth. Pierce’s work stimulates the #imagination through the wide array of human objects which remain present while celebrating nature’s ability to carry on in spite of us.
Pierce has become known for his #climateconscious paintings depicting the near future where nature has begun to thrive again in the absence of humanity as we currently know it. The evidence of human beings are present only in the items left behind, now overrun and forgotten in tangles of vines or blooming flowers. Pierce’s work speaks to the resiliency of nature and these themes are carried on in his newest paintings.
Improbable Springs is primarily inspired by a six week hike Pierce went on in 2018, traveling from Phoenix, AZ to Silver City, NM. The natural springs scattered along the way were his primary source of water on his journey through the Southwest. The aesthetic of these secluded springs - sometimes marked by wayfinders such as fence posts, stacks of rocks or nothing at all - significantly influenced this new body of work. Water is depicted in many of the paintings, its significance undeniable. The imagery hints at the possibility of past flooding, lingering puddles, possible drought, spartan spigots amidst the wildflowers. There is something hopeful in a future where these springs still exist, that nature continues to persist in these significant ways despite the accelerating climate crisis.
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Big Fan, rock’n’roll drawings by Rose Lewis
Opening May 12, 2024 from 4-8 PM
2220 SE Park Entrance St., Milwaukie, OR
The show will run through May 19, with viewings available by appointment. To make an appointment, contact Josephine via email jplacosta@gmail.com.
Big Fan represents a collection of works on paper by Portland-based artist and musician Rose@Lewis, encapsulating her paired obsessions with popular music and spirituality. ✨🎶 The exhibition is curated and hosted by Josephine LaCosta. The opening reception will feature a ritual led by local astrologer Chloe Margherita.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a zine that serves as both a map and explication of the work and an artwork in and of itself.
The drawings, prints, paintings, and collages in this exhibition literalize the idolatry inherent in the relationship between performer and fan by juxtaposing the iconography of popular music with the symbols of New Age spirituality and European occultism. We talk about worshiping our heroes and we describe famous musicians as idols. This reverent attitude has persisted even into the comparatively glamourless present, wherein the industry seems hell bent on convincing us that stars are just like us, despite abundant evidence to the contrary. The exhibition’s setting is in keeping with the punk spirit behind the work: it is, literally, a house show!
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Soliloquy fine arts presents a new exhibition 🍃ENTERING INTO ELSEWHERE 🍃features mystic and ethereal compositions by a pair of Portland artists: Claudia Hollister
📍Soliloquy fine arts - 2232 SE Clinton Street (back of building),
🗓️May 3 - 23, 2024
#Gallery hours Friday and Saturday afternoons from 12-4 PM. Free to visit!
✨First Friday, May 3, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. to kick off the exhibition and celebrate our tribute to nature’s beauty.✨
🫸The exhibition closes with a gallery talk by Claudia on Thursday, May 23 at 7 PM🫷
Hollister, known for her distinctive encaustic paintings and cyanotypes, and introducing charcoal drawings by Ruth Meijer. By blurring the formal rules of perspective and scale in their work, both artists explore the perception of depth and the concept of ambiguity. Credits: image at left, Spring Echo 1, charcoal drawing by Ruth Meijer + image at right, Three Generations, encaustic painting by Claudia Hollister. More details at @soliloquyfinearts
Alison Dougherty Solo Exhibit, Haiku D'etat...An Illustrated State of Mind. Curated by @undergroundrobin
📍Ford Gallery PDX 2505 Se 11th Ave Portland, OR
🗓️May 3 — July 21 2024
⏳Hours: All days 10-6 or by appointment
This project explores the technique of call and response. Alison had asked people to submit original haikus about moments in time, experiences they had about love, loss, a beautiful sunset, the wing of a songbird. She paints in response to these Haikus by drawing inspiration from their words. Using specific colors, textures and movement found in each poem. Ultimately illustrating their state of mind. In the end the haikus will become the titles of the paintings. This collaboration of mark making, melody of words echoed by brushstrokes of paint will be on view at the Ford Gallery PDX.
This evening is also a benefit for P:ear nonprofit. an incredible organization that work with homeless youth in arts, education and mentorship.
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From the “& About series” @portlandjapanesegarden 🍃🪨🌲 is a Portland staple through and through and for a reason. This tranquil garden in the SW hills is a relaxing and beautiful space in solitude or with family and friends. I always feel recharged after a visit - the benefits of #forestbathing are real! Have you been recently? Or are you overdue for a visit? Let me know ✨
Yusuke Abe, Garden of the Gods @portlandjapanesegarden captured at the famous #HigashimokotoShibazakuraPark in #Hokkaido 🩷
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Arcadia to Sunset Erik Railton at Stumptown Coffee Roasters on Division from March 14—June 18.
Erik Railton is a painter based in Portland, Oregon, whose work is rooted in the exploration of symbols, lines, and color. Through his artistic practice, Railton investigates the complexities of abstract expression, utilizing a variety of techniques and mediums to create thought-provoking and visually stimulating pieces. Drawing inspiration from both his surroundings and personal experiences, he skillfully balances elements of chaos and order within his compositions. With an acute attention to detail and a keen understanding of color theory, Railton’s paintings invite viewers to interpret and engage with their own emotional and intellectual responses. Through his use of abstract painting, Railton invites audiences to contemplate the realm of the unknown and embrace its infinite possibilities.
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The #April 🌷 newsletter went out a little over two weeks ago! It’s filled with so many wonderful exhibitions and events happening this month. Along with #criticspicks, what closing soon, as well as thoughts on recently attended shows @pwnwpdx alembic residency cohort, @portlandopera the snowy day along with podcast and sound recommendations by editor @ashxpeterson.✨Are you #subscribed to our 🆓🗞️?! Share with us in the comments! Sign up anytime at www.artandaboutpdx.com/newsletter 🔗 to get the latest #artnews for #portland and the #pnw in your #inbox at the beginning of the month ✨
New job opportunity alert 🔔 at @omsi ⚗️🔭🧪
✨Senior Experience Developer - Bilingual Spanish
✨Full time regular position offering $67,926/year
✨Apply by May 12, 2024
This role will lead the collaborative processes to explore, research, iterate and refine engaging science and science related content for hands-on educational exhibits and experiences for #OMSI and for external clients.
You’ll with numerous internal and external partners to co-create generative, engaging, culturally-relevant content and experiences and to test, prototype and refine experiences and exhibits.
Applicants should have a portfolio that includes examples of exhibit development experience and/or contribution, a Bachelor’s degree with an emphasis on #research and writing skills, experience collaborating with people of diverse backgrounds and talents. Share with your friend who would be a good fit for this position!
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Alice Christine Walker Artist Talk & Closing Reception
“Gilding the Lily” Solo Exhibition at Blackfish Gallery, 938 NW 9th Ave Portland on Saturday April 27, 2024 from 2-5pm ✨
Alice Christine Walker presents Gilding the Lily, a multimedia exhibition with a focus in photographic arts. Her exhibition unpacks our collective hardship around unrealistic beauty standards and recontextualizes history to help us see how it keeps repeating itself. In many ways, this work is a rebuttal to kintsugi. It is a testament to a shared female experience: being told that we are damaged or broken and need to reconstruct ourselves. This work reclaims our experiences, amplifies our voice and declares “we do not need to be mended, we are perfect with our imperfections ungilded”.
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Rabbit Rabbit Radio: the song-spinning duo of Carla Kihlstedt and Matthias Bossi, who were among the founding members of landmark experimental rock band Sleepytime Gorilla Museum. @thirdanglenewmusic
The performance at New Expressive Works begins promptly at 7:30pm on April 25th and 26th and runs approximately 60 minutes without intermission. ASL interpretation will be provided on the April 26th performance 🎭
In Rabbit Rabbit Radio, Kihlstedt and Bossi’s raw, intimate songwriting draws on their collective love of heart-wrenching ballads and folk songs with echoes of their long careers in experimental and industrial music.
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Math Bass, Open Face Parentheses at @lumberroompdx
April 13th - July 13th, 2024
🌷Opening Saturday April 13th from 4-7pm featuring a performance by PURE O @pure.o
Full Body Parentheses, is a mid-career survey of Math Bass’s sculptural works, accompanied by the artist’s site-specific murals and a selection of small paintings. Best known for their #paintings, which iterate on a lexicon of symbols to create a unique language, Bass’s sculptures in Full Body Parentheses animate and complicate those more familiar, flattened forms, creating a resonant, playful world of iconic objects.
Bass has explored the intersection between #performance and #sculpture since they began making sculptures to appear as characters in videos at the beginning of their career. Seriality, the repetition of forms, and sculpture as character remain crucial themes in their practice. In this vein of performance, the exhibition begins in a double curtain room with a roving, pre-programmed spotlight. The light searching for the moment before the show begins is a classic performative moment. The stairway that leads up from that room to the main gallery has a tinted skylight that casts a light over the whole space, creating an ephemeral entryway to the show. From here, performance and sculpture find various points of connection among the forms, rendered in #metal, #wood, #ceramic, #canvas, and #housepaint.
The body of work in Full Body Parentheses started over a decade ago with a set of #costumes in performances that referenced houses being tented for termites in Los Angeles, and has evolved into a set of objects that are deceptively simple in their poetic ambiguity. The works evoke common objects, human bodies both absent and present, witty riffs on American design, and forms all together stranger than all of these.
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