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Posted in 1st Thurs Photos on Sep 5th, 2009
Over in the Everett Street lofts I really enjoyed the installation by Jason Ehlers “All stumps go to heaven” I see pieces of “All stumps go to Heaven” popping up all over town, very cool. Erik Palmer had very impressive work. The opening show had a scene that could have been filmed for movie, if [...]
Posted in 1st Thurs Photos on Jul 6th, 2009
At Blackfish Gallery (420 NW 9th Ave, Portland, OR), is a show of the recent art graduates of 2009. This show has works from 29 graduates, who represent the best of their classes from 15 Oregon colleges and universities. Below are three of my favorites. First I start out with the mandala-like photo of Christian [...]
Posted in 1st Thurs Photos on Apr 2nd, 2009
…sorry for being a month late in posting these images. No words for these March shows (just no time). Tonight are the openings for April! Mel Katz at Laura Russo Mel Katz at Laura Russo Roll Handy at Laura Russo Roll Handy at Laura Russo Ryan Pierce “dabrowa-station” at Elizabeth Leach Nicola Lopez at Elizabeth [...]
Posted in 1st Thurs Photos on Feb 6th, 2009
Interesting work at 1st Thursday in Portland this month. Not a lot of time to write them this month so I’ve just put a few snippets. Here is but a sample of the work around Portland Oregon this month: Started out at the great group show curated by Harrell Fletcher called “Current Songs from the [...]
Posted in 1st Thurs Photos on Jan 14th, 2009
Here are some images from the January First Thursday gallery openings in Portland. Elizabeth Leach Gallery (17 NW 9th, Portland OR) has a show of the work of the late Drake Deknatel. This exhibition is called “Berlin Portraits.” In The Oregonian, Brian Libby wrote: “One feels pulled by these paintings into a grimy but vivid [...]
Posted in 1st Thurs Photos, my art updates on Jan 7th, 2009
Brad Temkin is having a show at Blue Sky Gallery (122 NW 8th Ave, Portland OR) for the upcoming 1st Thursday (6-9pm on January 8). Brad is a wonderful photographer that I meet years ago at FotoFest in Houston. His work continues to amaze me. Brad Temkin and Tony Mendoza will present an artist talk [...]
Posted in 1st Thurs Photos on Dec 5th, 2008
I’m back in Portland for a bit, so I managed to check out the 1st Thursday openings. At the new gallery Chambers Gallery @ 916 (916 Flanders, Portland OR) is Allen Maertz’s Photography. Some good work with a particular view point. I also like this new space in a nice central location. More good photography [...]
Posted in 1st Thurs Photos on Oct 15th, 2008
I’m catching up on getting back from three weeks in NYC. This past Saturday, I managed to visit some of the shows that are up in Portland. Here is a quick survey. Jen DeNike’s Flag Girls video installation can be seen at Quality Pictures (916 NW Hoyt, Portland, OR). She has a new spin on [...]
Posted in 1st Thurs Photos on Sep 6th, 2008
We’ll start off this month with a bit of abstraction and then work our way into a variety of appropriations and repurposing. Also I’ve decided to post even more photos that aren’t in this main posting go to the very bottom and click read more to see those. On with it… Michael Knutson‘s paintings are [...]
Posted in 1st Thurs Photos, my art updates, Ponderings on Aug 16th, 2008
<update: I’ve also put a version of the table below at: www.bradcarlile.com/bio/context.html > Explorations of time and space are important to many artists. One of the early photographic pioneers of exploration is Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904). Those in Portland are fortunate to have the opportunity to see a nice collection of vintage Muybridge collotypes from Animal [...]