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Tuesday 06.30.09

« Links of perception | Main | The New Faces of the Portland Art Scene »

First Thursday Picks July 2009

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Michael Brophy, "Start"

Michael Brophy presents Silence, an exhibition of recent paintings at Laura Russo.

Opening reception • 5-8pm • July 2
Laura Russo Gallery • 805 NW 21st • 503.226.2754


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Amy Stein

Blue Sky is exhibiting Amy Stein's Domesticated, "a series of photographs based on real stories from local newspapers and oral histories of intentional and random interactions between humans and animals." The show "explores our paradoxical relationship with the 'wild.'"

Opening reception • 6-9pm • July 2
Blue Sky Gallery • 122 NW 8th • 503.225.0210


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Peter Kreider, "Tetralunal"

OCAC's Hoffman Gallery presents BENT, an exhibition curated by Jeanine Jablonski of Fourteen30. The show features works by Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Peter Kreider and Donald Morgan, who "connect in ways beyond their strength in contemporary craft. The enigmatic physicality of each artwork, their relationships to the human body, as well as the artist's use and response to everyday mundane objects, all became strong ties within the exhibition." The show runs through August 23.

Opening reception • 4-7pm • July 2
Oregon College of Art and Craft • 8245 SW Barnes Rd • 503.297.5544


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Fontanelle presents a collaborative installation of new sculpture, collage, and works on paper by Midori Hirose and Joshua Orion Kermiet. Hirose and Kermiet will create "a unique gallery environment based around formal ideas of repetition, intuitive pattern, and tactile shape making."

Opening reception • 6-9pm • July 2
Fontanelle Gallery • 205 SW Pine • 503.274.7668


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Wes Mills, "Mondrian's Forest"

Wes Mills is exhibiting Mondrian's Forest at PDX Contemporary. The drawing consist of 40 small, framed works featuring "simple organic forms floating in space and ethereal lines creating contemplative and sometimes tension filled drawings."

Opening reception • 5-8pm • July 2
PDX Contemporary • 925 NW Flanders • 503.222.0063

Posted by Megan Driscoll on June 30, 2009 at 9:02 | Comments (1)


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First Thursday at modest gallery:
'INTRODUCING FREEDOM' an interactive living installation by Paul Loverme. one day only.

625 NW Everett Street #103
Portland, OR 97209

Posted by: right side art [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 1, 2009 10:45 AM

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