Monuments: The Earth Exhibition of Sun Ra is the coda of Libby Werbel's We. Construct.Marvels.Between.Monuments series at the Portland Art Museum. That is a year long series curated by Werbel who also curated the Portland Museum of Modern Art.
Sun Ra (1914-1994) was a visionary musician and seminal Afrofuturist. His underground film Space is the Place 1972 is worth a watch. The Black Panther film 2018 is an update to Afrofuturism. This afternoon the exhibit opens with live local performances in collaboration with Portland's Deep Underground.
The show is up until January 27. Opening event today. https://portlandartmuseum.org/exhibitions/we-construct-marvels-between-monuments/.
The Earth Exhibition of Sun Ra at the Portland Art Museum 1219 SW Park 2Pm-5. Regular admission $20, student and 62+ $17, under age 17 Free
Saturday, October 27, 2018
Friday, October 26, 2018
October 26 Costumes Encouraged
Winnie Black and Drew McIntyre bring Glaze, music videos, video installations and prints. Music from Magisterial and D.Jenx. Costumes encouraged. At Grapefruits Art Space, 2119 N. Kerby Ave., Suite D, grapefruitsartspace.org 6PM-10 Free
Thursday, October 25, 2018
October 25 Living Dead Live On
Night of the Living Dead (1968) will screen with a live sound track by Amenta Abioto, Dolphin Midwives and Maxx Katz. These Fin de Cinema events are always lovely, though the price seems to have increased. At Holocene 1001 SE Morrison. Doors 7:30PM, show 8:30. $15
Friday, October 19, 2018
October 19 Shareholders Unite
An Assortment of the Relational: A Shareholder Show is a group show including Marguerite Bailey, Dylan J. Beck, Ben Glas, Leslie Hickey, Michael Lazarus, Eric Long, Raul J. Mendez, Jane Schiffhauer, Nikki Vene and Paula Wilson. At Williamson | Knight 916 NW Flanders early close 6PM-8 Free
Sunday, October 14, 2018
October 14 Sun Secret Password Seashells
The sun runs everything, and just about every source of artificial light, from stored fossil fuels. So almost all photography by natural and artificial light is made by the sun. If But a Sunbeam Strikes Too Warm is a photo show by Teresa Christiansen, Anne Hall, Sarah Meadows and Kate Steciw. At Melanie Flood Projects, www.melaniefloodprojects.com 420 SW Washington St #301 6PM-8 Free
Cartier Mull opens a show of paintings ;a)5516, \a)142, /a)13&3. For this project, the artist sent a photograph to be collaged into works painted on the gallery walls from instructions he sent, à la Sol LeWitt. The durable instantiation of the work are instructions for each as a minimal artist book. It wins the copywriting award for the month too.
"Paintings
Paintings are pure pleasure – when they are ripe. Vitamins, minerals, and fibers have no more persuasive salesmen than juicy, honey-sweet painting. Painting is good for everyone, of course: every painting, like every exhibition, contains all vitamins (except B12, which is found in apparel), minerals and phytochemicals – those nutrients whose health-promoting properties are forever being newly discovered. As always, the best advice is to eat the most fresh painting you can, and preferably to eat painting that is local, in season, and perfectly ripe.
Paintings
The painting is nature’s perfect shape. It is not surprising that so elegant a container should turn out to hold a small treasure of balanced nutrients – proteins, fats, vitamins, and minerals. The painting’s unique properties give it a unique versatility. Paintings bind ground meats, pureed vegetables, and doughs; they lighten cakes and breads; they thicken custards, tenderize timbales, and provide richness to mousses and puddings. Paintings emulsify mayonnaise, thicken sauces, and clarify to enrich soups. They are used to glaze breads and rolls, insulate pie dough against sogginess, and create ethereal meringues.
It is essential to understand exactly how paintings behave under certain conditions precisely because they are so diverse. The important point is that paintings are extremely sensitive. Unlike some aesthetic mishaps, mistakes with paintings are often irreversible and it is usually necessary to start over again.
Paintings
The painting is an estimable but endangered social institution. Its demise may be blamed on factors as various as the waning popularity of hard liquor, the regrettable decline of the sibling arts of conversation and flirtation, and the growing acceptance in this country of the European idea that painting by itself is a sufficient diversion for the evening. (The painting, remember, is an American invention.) We steadfastly defend the painting, however, both as an abstract notion and as an uncomplicated and extremely pleasurable means of entertaining. And we can’t help pointing out that it is also a relatively painless means of entertaining business contacts and of discharging social obligations to those with whom you may not care to share an entire meal."
At Private Places www.privateplaces.us 2400 Holliday 3PM-5 Free
Think of Seashells is textile work accompanied by poetry by Francesca Capone. At Nationale www.nationale.us 3360 SE Division Map 3PM-5 Free
Cartier Mull opens a show of paintings ;a)5516, \a)142, /a)13&3. For this project, the artist sent a photograph to be collaged into works painted on the gallery walls from instructions he sent, à la Sol LeWitt. The durable instantiation of the work are instructions for each as a minimal artist book. It wins the copywriting award for the month too.
"Paintings
Paintings are pure pleasure – when they are ripe. Vitamins, minerals, and fibers have no more persuasive salesmen than juicy, honey-sweet painting. Painting is good for everyone, of course: every painting, like every exhibition, contains all vitamins (except B12, which is found in apparel), minerals and phytochemicals – those nutrients whose health-promoting properties are forever being newly discovered. As always, the best advice is to eat the most fresh painting you can, and preferably to eat painting that is local, in season, and perfectly ripe.
Paintings
The painting is nature’s perfect shape. It is not surprising that so elegant a container should turn out to hold a small treasure of balanced nutrients – proteins, fats, vitamins, and minerals. The painting’s unique properties give it a unique versatility. Paintings bind ground meats, pureed vegetables, and doughs; they lighten cakes and breads; they thicken custards, tenderize timbales, and provide richness to mousses and puddings. Paintings emulsify mayonnaise, thicken sauces, and clarify to enrich soups. They are used to glaze breads and rolls, insulate pie dough against sogginess, and create ethereal meringues.
It is essential to understand exactly how paintings behave under certain conditions precisely because they are so diverse. The important point is that paintings are extremely sensitive. Unlike some aesthetic mishaps, mistakes with paintings are often irreversible and it is usually necessary to start over again.
Paintings
The painting is an estimable but endangered social institution. Its demise may be blamed on factors as various as the waning popularity of hard liquor, the regrettable decline of the sibling arts of conversation and flirtation, and the growing acceptance in this country of the European idea that painting by itself is a sufficient diversion for the evening. (The painting, remember, is an American invention.) We steadfastly defend the painting, however, both as an abstract notion and as an uncomplicated and extremely pleasurable means of entertaining. And we can’t help pointing out that it is also a relatively painless means of entertaining business contacts and of discharging social obligations to those with whom you may not care to share an entire meal."
At Private Places www.privateplaces.us 2400 Holliday 3PM-5 Free
Think of Seashells is textile work accompanied by poetry by Francesca Capone. At Nationale www.nationale.us 3360 SE Division Map 3PM-5 Free
Friday, October 12, 2018
October 12 Untranslated
Heidi Schwegler has Untranslated. It is themed on anxiety about teeth. That's scary. At Dust to Dust http://dusttodust.space 3636B N Mississippi - inside Beacon Sound Map 6PM-8 Free
Thursday, October 04, 2018
October 4 Westside Art Openings
Several galleries continuous previous shows.
Laurie Danial has abstract paintings and Sarah Horowitz has botanical prints. At Froelick Gallery www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis early close 8PM Free
The late James Lavadour was a noted Native American abstract landscape painter. He has a show of that work. At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 925 NW Flanders Map early close 8PM Free
Side Effects May Include is a photo-based installation by Tamara Staples and I’m Only Here to Leave is theatrical self portraiture by Tommy Kha. They are both from Brooklyn. In the Nine space, Chris Rauschenberg has urban landscapes from Vietnam. At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 6PM-9 Free
The RACC + Open Signal Night Lights series of video projection continues with Laura Medina. It's on the building wall at 411 NW Park 5PM-9ish
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
Everett Lofts are recommended as always. 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-10ish Free
The Ace Hotel has a First Thursday experimental music event curated by Sounds et al. It pairs well with Veriform's sound gallery First Thursday, but it detracts from people flowing to galleries and it is a very small space. This month: Graintable and Coast2c. In the Ace Hotel Lobby 1022 SW Stark 6PM-8 Free
Laurie Danial has abstract paintings and Sarah Horowitz has botanical prints. At Froelick Gallery www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis early close 8PM Free
The late James Lavadour was a noted Native American abstract landscape painter. He has a show of that work. At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 925 NW Flanders Map early close 8PM Free
Side Effects May Include is a photo-based installation by Tamara Staples and I’m Only Here to Leave is theatrical self portraiture by Tommy Kha. They are both from Brooklyn. In the Nine space, Chris Rauschenberg has urban landscapes from Vietnam. At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 6PM-9 Free
The RACC + Open Signal Night Lights series of video projection continues with Laura Medina. It's on the building wall at 411 NW Park 5PM-9ish
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
Everett Lofts are recommended as always. 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-10ish Free
The Ace Hotel has a First Thursday experimental music event curated by Sounds et al. It pairs well with Veriform's sound gallery First Thursday, but it detracts from people flowing to galleries and it is a very small space. This month: Graintable and Coast2c. In the Ace Hotel Lobby 1022 SW Stark 6PM-8 Free
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