see Bent. Chandra Bocci, Jesse Durost and Ryan Boyle have been hard at work the past few months developing site-specific mixed media installations in the old Liz Leach space. These three exemplify some of the finest emerging artists in Portland.

Chandra Bocci has rightfully earned a reputation as a driven and talented installation artist. She was last seen almost a year ago with Bubble Speak at the now-dead Haze Gallery. This time around she offers Wash, an abstract garden fabricated of "industrial and consumer castaways" that wanders over the gallery ceilings, walls and floors.

Jesse Durost builds on his recent solo exhibition, the Hum of God with Pop Mantra, a suspended collection of verbal fragments on vellum from internal and external dialogues. He elaborates on this visual chatter with an accompanying sounds collage of repetitive, ambient everyday sounds, a reminder of the ephemeral nature of pure silence.

Ryan Boyle stands as one of Portland's most talented, yet elusive young artists. He is rarely to be pinned for a formal gallery exhibition which perhaps makes his obessively detailed 3-D creations even more captivating. Exploring "imagined architectures and fantastical ecologies" in the Greenhouse Effect, he fabricates a minature post-industrial village with commercial cardboard as his primary building material.

Organized by Stephanie Snyder as part of the Taking Place event, Bent is a non-commercial labor of love. To miss this event would be to miss what Portland's emerging art scene is all about: dedication, integrity, innovation and community.

Opening Reception • Saturday, August 6 • 6 to 10p
Located at 207 SW Pine
Exhibition viewing hours • 1 to 6p •Tuesday through Sunday • Through August 21

just checked this out today and was really impressed. jesse durost's piece in particular was beautiful and moving. thanks for the heads up on this.

also, i'm really enjoying this blog. keep up the great work!