Kusama: Infinity is a documentary on Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, age 89. It shows with Kusama’s Self Obliteration, 1967. Urged by George O'Keefe to come to the United States, she painted huge canvases and staged happenings from late 1950s through the 1960s in NY. She has crafted individualistic fashion, penned poetry and written novels. She was rediscovered in the 1990s and has recently toured room-size sculptures, taking her 2d dot patterns into 3space. See this movie. Repeats Sunday at 4:30PM. Nwfilm.org/films/kusama-infinity at the Portland Art Museum - NW Film Center Whitsell Auditorium 1219 SW Park 7PM $10
Renee Couture opens I Want to Lie Upon an Open Hillside. It is inspired by the dynamic between landscape and the fences upon it. Topical. The artist has a world travel background and resides in the Southern Oregon wilds. At Carnation Contemporary www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 6PM-9 Free
