Of course we need small works of arts and crafts by Shelley Turley, Alison Jean Cole, Chanel Conklin, Midori Hirose, Erica Eyres, Jackie Stewart, Stephanie Simek, Elmeater Morton, Julia Barbie, Jake Deering, Anne Greenwood, Martha Daghlian, Camila Oliveira Fairclough, Olga Soft, Jessica Hickey, Beck Alfaro, Noah Greene, Andy Heck Boyd, Petra Poffenberger, Lena Lutz, Ruby Webb and more.
They have them at Helen's Costume https://www.costumeintl.com/ 7706 SE Yamhill Street Opening today. 11AM-4PM Free
Neo baroque ceramicist Jeffry Mitchell opens Elefant Medium. It's at PDX Contemporary. They require an email RSVP to info at pdxcontemporaryart.com.
At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 1825 NW Vaughn Map 3PM-5 Free
On Kawara is a Japanese minimal conceptual artist who lived from 1932 to 2014, including New York in the 1960s. https://www.guggenheim.org/video/on-kawara-date-paintings is an example. Julie Perini https://julieperini.com/ is a local filmmaker minted at Cornell and SUNY Buffalo. She has a special focus on social justice; she got to see it not working up close in the tragic Critical Art Ensemble case. The Critical Art Ensemble came across the Northwest radar as part of the Henry Gene(sis) show https://www.americansforthearts.org/sites/default/files/henry_art_gallery_case_study.pdf curated by the excellent Robin Held who posted a few years at the Schnitzer Collection at Washington State University Pullman.
It all comes home with an event presented by Zena Zezza - Sandra Percival. She is an international curator who came to Portland to lead the Yale Union https://yaleunion.org/ pre-the building being gifted to the Native Arts & Cultures Foundation https://www.nativeartsandcultures.org/center-for-native-arts-and-cultures.
Perini will speak about On Kawara at the Zena Zezza collection today at 4, followed by a reenactment of Kawara's One Million Years (Future) performance at 5. Perini does daily videos as Kawara made daily paintings.
Probably the art event today with the most protein, Perini on On Kawara at Zena Zezza zenazezza.org, 1857 Hallock McMillan building. It is the red door on SW Oak by SW Naito Parkway. 1PM-6, talk 4, performance 5. Free
Ralph Pugay has new paintings, The Longest Journey, opening today.
They definitely wins the copywriting award of the day:
"From vampires pumping iron to ravers being airlifted to safety by helicopters, to a group of meditators battling each other at a meditation competition, Pugay paints his errant thoughts and draws his non-linear narratives to extreme ends. The title of the exhibition, The Longest Journey, is a metaphor for self-discovery and has been referenced in literature and in movies, as well as in a video game from the late 1990s where the protagonist maneuvers between realities. In this exhibition, Pugay considers the tropic quality of the phrase with its range of meaning and use—something that, for Pugay, is critical to understanding the interplay between the flow of information and human perception as he considers the effects of the external world and its technologies on our internal world, our daydreams, and our relationships.
Pugay’s painted propositions are the result of the artist’s careful study of the human condition—particularly religion, specifically Catholicism, and history; his curiosity with contemporary culture as filtered through TikTok and other social media; and his critical engagement with ideas of class, race, gender and queer culture. The resulting works are characterized by bright colors, playful compositions, and patterning. Our popular trends, viral news stories, consumer fads, and all other manner of social phenomena are poignantly examined with great clarity and humor, locating the moments of tension in the collective unconscious."
At Adams and Ollman Gallery, the second of four members of the New Art Dealers Alliance newartdealers.org/members, www.adamsandollman.com 418 NW 8th 1PM-4 Free
Josh Stover, Portland artist and sign painter of studio Variety opens After Hours. They are Portland nightscapes after closing. At Nucleus Portland http://www.nucleusportland.com 2916 NE Alberta 4PM-6 Free
Oregon Contemporary has musical performances along with their currently-running shows. Jamondria Harris brings project Meroitic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8NtfKba7Os and Christi Denton brings a 4 channel project. They will be emplaced with Marcus Fischer's What Was Lost and What Remains themed on mass shootings and the Nat Turner Project: Drinking Gourd Fellowship 2.
At Oregon Contemporary nee Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.oregoncontemporary.org 8371 N. Interstate Map 5PM-8, performance 6 Free
Jessi DiTillio has curated a group show, A Very Queer Thing. They are competing for the copywriting award you can read at https://www.wellwellprojects.com/a-very-queer-thing.
At Well Well Projects www.wellwellprojects.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate Map 5PM-8 Free
Carnation has a group show. At Carnation Contemporary www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate Map . 5PM-8 Free
Outer Voice is new arriver to the space, and have gathered a node of artists to watch. They have a performance and video in the Platform space nee Marie Watt's studio from 3PM-4. Their gallery space in Studio 4 will be open their regular hours with Show 01 by Claire Barrera, Roland Dahwen, Erin Boberg Doughton, Rubén García Marrufo, Sarah Rushford, Ash Stone, and Qi You.
At Outer Voice www.outervoicepdx.com/ in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate Map . Noon-5 Free
If after that, if you have the capability for more visal stimulation, Blue Moon has their annual customer show. Blue Moon is a mecca for vintage film photography. They sell film, old cameras, and they develop and print film. They also have typewriters. From their developing flow, they print images they like and display hundreds at this show.
It is spread across 45th Parallel Wines, Revolutions Bookshop, and Leisure Public House. 45th Parallel Wines 8527 N Lombard, Revolutions Bookshop
8713 N Lombard; and Leisure Public House. The show is 7PM-9, and 45th Parallel Wines goes to 11. Free
