Karolin Klüppel has Mädchenland, Kingdom of Girls, documentation of young people in Assam, India. They are indigenous Khasi people photographed in their town of Mawlynnong. Thomas Roma has Plato's Dogs, photos of the shadows of dogs. Kim Ray and D. Scott Clark have an installation, Reliquary: The Stuff We Save. They are photographic prints of the interiors of an elder relative they share. It is in the Nine Gallery. At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 6PM-9 Free
Enfant terrible Jim Riswold has prints has How to Make Fun of Nazis, unfortunately topical. Riswold is a former ad man at W+K. He doesn't shy from provocation. Karen Esler has detailed figure drawings in situ. At Augen Gallery www.augengallery.com 716 NW Davis early close 8PM Free
Riswold also has a very large show themed on cancer, death, bad men and women, medical research. It has plenty of 2d and substantial sculptures. At W+K www.wk.com 224 NW 13th Map 5PM-9 Free
Mel Katz was in the thick of the NY art world of the 1950s. He has lived and taught in Portland for many years, bringing that experience. He has Options, abstract wall sculptures fabricated of aluminum. Betty Merken has Continuum pigment-saturated minimal sculpture and painting. Calvin Ross Carl has paintings I Am Here Until I Am Not, geometrics, icons and words. At Laura Russo Lee Gallery www.russoleegallery.com 805 NW 21st early close 5PM-8 early close Free
The weather will be perfect tonight for the RACC projection series which takes place in a parking lot at Park and Glisan. Pepper Pepper and friends will perform live. Their fun drag stylings will be captured live, sent through a kaleidoscopic MAX patch and projected on the large blank wall of the RACC building. Fun. We hope to see this around throughout the year. RACC First Thursday projection night. SW Park and SW Glisan. 7PM-9 Free
Raque Ford has con•fi•dence, abstract monoprints. It's at Williamson | Knight 916 NW Flanders early close. 6PM-8 Free
Upor continues General Song by Rodrigo Valenzuela. At UpFor Gallery www.upforgallery.com 929 NW Flanders early close 6PM-8 Free
Gallery 114 is a member coop, similar to Blackfish. It is a useful model, along with Tokyo's short rental gallery shows. They do video press releases which is interesting. But they are rarely on my sonar. This month they have guest Horatio Yung-Yan Law with Burnt Offerings, along with Mary Jo Mann with Un-Becoming, contrasting weeds and houseless humans in our urban environment. At Gallery 114 www.gallery114pdx.com 1100 NW Glisan 6PM-9 Free
The Jewish Museum has a permanent collection and traveling shows. They will be open until 8 on First Thursday in the previous Contemporary Craft Museum space.
Everett Lofts are recommended as always. It is always evolving and there are many strong spaces. It's easier for you to see them all than for me to write suggestions. Some close as early as 9PM. At the Everett Lofts 625 NW Everett. Bounded by NW Everett, Broadway, Flanders and 6th Map closing ranges from 9PM-10:30ish
PNCA is recommended to stop in. They have long time cycle shows and pop ups distributed throughout the building. PNCA www.pnca.edu 511 NW Broadway Map 6PM-9 Free
