(You) New Bad Things (Video) is a show featuring (video) from Chase Allgood, Chase Biado, Matthew Green, Ashby Lee Collinson and Jason Hirata. (video) (art) is nascent in Portland for some reason, maybe it's not painterly, printerly or crafterly enough, or it is too heady. Rock has a good eye for performance and I'm familiar with several of these artists' (good) work along those lines. So this will be a good show to see and a great setting upon opening to discuss (video). Rocksbox is a place for Portland's most contemporary artists to converse and experience art beyond the warm and fuzzy Portlandia genres. Always recommended. At Rocksbox Fine Art www.rocksboxfineart.com 6540 N Interstate Map 8PM-11 Free
Uncontrollable Urge!!! is a retrospective of artist contributors to Mike McGonigal's Yeti journal. They include Fred Tomaselli, Alexander Ross, David Moreno and Saul Chernick from New York; Chuck Nanney from Oakland, David Fair from Baltimore, Kevin Arrow from Miami Beach, James Trotter from Kansas City, from Paris, Hippolyte Hentgen, Geneviève Castrée from Canada, Kinke Kooi from the Netherlands. Portland represents with Jen Olesen, Eric Mast, Marly Beyer, Josh Kermiet, Lori Damiano, Chris Cilla and Shana Cleveland. Visionary artist Anne Marie Grgich, Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Lonnie Holley and the anonymous artist known as “Philadelphia Wireman” are in the show. Classic art vibes from Joe Brainard - New York School poet and painter, flmmaker Bruce Conner and mail artist Ray Johnson. Many are musician multi-artists too - that's the journal's theme. This show is perfect Summer fun band example of what this little museum can put out. At the Portland Museum of Modern Art inside Mississippi Records www.portlandmuseumofmodernart.com 5202 N Albina Map 8PM Free
