Elizabeth Leach Gallery opens the first third of the Shape of the Problem. Summer is a time for group shows. This is literally the mother of all group shows. Included are Henri Matisse, Helen Frankenthaler, Hans Hofmann, Sol Lewitt, Fred Sandback, Sarah Cain, Joseph Park, Stephen Hayes, Judy Cooke, Christopher Rauschenberg, Malia Jensen and many, many others. At Elizabeth Leach Gallery www.elizabethleach.com 417 NW 9th Map
PDX Contemporary shows modern prints from vintage negatives by Terry Toedtemeier. These landscape photographs were exposed at Mount Desert Island in Maine, Chaco Canyon and The Lightning Field in New Mexico, Taos and Tuba City Arizona and Winnemucca Nevada. At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 925 NW Flanders Map early close 8PM
Hellion has Digmeout illustrator HR-FM from Yokohama. Angel Davis takes over the window with its view of Roseland's storied rock bus temporary autonomous zone. Photographer Tatiana Wills and Roman Cho present ther new book Heroes & Villains, portraits of art world figures and illustrator Blaine Fontana, his book Amalgamate. At Hellion Gallery www.helliongallery.com 19 NW 5th Suite 208. Through the lobby of the arched brick entry, up the stairs and to the back. Very upper floor Japan-style. Map
In addition to the regular gallery openings, the Everett Station lofts have their annual opening of spaces and the deck upstairs. At the Everett Lofts 625 NW Everett. Bounded by NW Everett, Broadway, Flanders and 6th Map
Longtime Portland encaustic painter Elise Wagner has a ten year retrospective which has already shown on the East Coast. At Butters Gallery www.buttersgallery.com 520 NW Davis, 2nd Floor
High Five! is a 5 year group show of Ryan Bubnis, Bradley Delay, Meredith Dittmar, Jeremy Fish, Sam Flores, Bishop Lennon, Justin Lovato, Munk One, Amy Ruppel and Skinner. At Fifty 24PDX in Upperplayground.com 23 NW 5th
Jodi Darby shows photographs in a show titled Transit. At Valentines valentineslifeblood.blogspot.com 232 SW Ankeny
Rocksbox at Fourteen30's 937 presents a performance Stuck, by Jennifer Locke & Lucas Murgida. In addition to their art careers, these San Francisco artists have worked as a professional dominatrix, champion submission wrestler, artists’ model locksmith, cabinetmaker, busboy and yoga instructor between them. Performance 7PM-9. For much of the rest of the month, the gallery has Summer Movies, selected by artist friends, August 5 - 13. The artist curators and their dates are Brian Bress (Saturday, August 13th), Jeremy Deller (Friday, August 5th), Kim Gordon (Saturday, August 6th), Kristina Kite (Sunday, August 7th), Michele Maccarone (Monday, August 8th), Javier Peres (Tuesday, August 9th)
Nathan Howdeshell (Wednesday, August 10th), Ana Vejzovic Sharp (Thursday, August 11th), Bob Nickas (Friday, August 12th) and Brian Bress (Saturday, August 13th). Films at 8PM, bring blankets, friends, snacks, drinks. At Fourteen30 Gallery www.fourteen30.com 937 NW Glisan 6PM-10
The ad agency has a show in the lobby by a comic artist and tortured singer Daniel Johnston from Austin. Johnston is the subject of documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston. He performs on the 25th. Bold move by the ad agency. There is also a show by some staff at the Cleaners space in the Ace Hotel.
