Destroy Store has small bright paintings by Nicole Linde. Some look like undersea coral reefs caught in the diver's light and surrounded by blackness. At least that's what she showed at an Everett Lofts studio show. Be surprised. At Destroy www.destroystore.com 1712 E Burnside 7PM-11
In the 811 Block
No one would characterize the art of Grass Hut as lacking character. Thus so appropriate that inaugurating their new space with wider store frontage is the show "Balls Out". Yea enthusiasm! Grass Hut artists Esther pearl Watson, Mark Todd, Luke Ramsey, Martha Rich, Scrappers, Bwana Spoons, Andrew Brandou, Martin Ontiveros, Le Merde, Cupco, Wrecks, Carson Ellis, Brian Ralph, Jeff Soto, Roberta Alyward, Dawn Riddle, Shawn Wolfe, Chris Johanson, Kiyoshi Nakazawa, Rodney Alan Greenblat, David Wien, Maija Fiebig, APAK, Ryan Jacob Smith, Tim Biskup, James Jean, Lisa DeJohn, Reuben Rude, Will McCurtin, Evan Harris, Monica Canilao, Evah Fan, Deth P. Sun, Jesse Reno, Ron Reggie Jr., Kurt Halsey, Clutch, Ryan Bubnis, Chris Ryniak, Arbito, Oliver Hibert, Spencer Hibert, Dave the Chimp, John McCambridge, Colin Johnson, Jun Seo Hahm, Amanda Visell, Joshua Herbolsheimer, Mark Nagata, Farel, Scott Saw, Meredith Hamm, Skinner Davis, Cho-Chan, Jill Bliss, Souther Salazar, Gary Baseman, Kristin Cammermeyer, Mark Warren JacQues, Corey Lunn, Corey Smith and Maja Nakazawa represent! Sharp eyes will note that this is a greatest hits show and for everyone a chance to see the range of art Grass Hut is known for in just one visit. All the artists started with a panel supplied by Bwana and Scrappers but the results are highly varied. At Grass Hut www.grasshutcorp.com
Redux has collage by Sand Francisco artist Lisa Congdon. The shop specializes in art, jewelery and accessories remade from the waste stream. www.reduxpdx.com
All at 811 E Burnside
Newspace is known for straight photography, well curated, ranging to very current. This month they expand with a show based on photography, but incorporating "journal entries, letters, emails, drawings, poetry, found objects and personal keepsakes" in service of a life. That life is a 14 year slice of the photographer Bobby Abrahamson. He has entitled the effort Rabbit, paean to his totem animal, the rabbit, and the rabbit dynamic of running from its fears while at the same time seeking social connection. Maybe also an Updike reference. Part of the project was developed in residency at Caldera. At Newspace Photo www.newspacephoto.org 1632 SE 10th
Ann Ploeger has made beautiful portraits of Portlanders at home. Her specialty is an almost faded Kodachrome palate adding instant nostalgia to many of her subject's precious thrift finds; many of them are barefoot too. Her colors though are now shifting to bright hues, almost to the cross processing point. That may be with the controlled assistance of Pushdot who help photographers with color management from scan or electronic file to the final ink jet pigment print. Pushdot has relocated to a new space in the industrial SE, near Newspace and this is the maiden voyage for the gallery attached to their electronic photo printing service. Pushdot www.pushdotstudio.com 1021 SE Caruthers St
Artists Karl Burkheimer, David Corbett, Arcy Douglass, Jeff Jahn, Todd Johnson, Jesse Hayward, Sean Healy, Cris Moss, Jenene Nagy, Joe Thurston, Josh Smith, and Ryan Suther are grist for the show "Dudes Night Out". In the mind of curator Chris Moss, the show is an analogue for the process by which Portland artists exchange ideas and provide support for one another. Recommended. At Gallery Homeland www.galleryhomeland.org 2505 SE 11th x Division 6PM-9
