Laura Russo GalleryMargot Voorhies Thompson Exhibition

For the month of May, Laura Russo Gallery is presenting a body of work by Margot Voorhies Thompson. The exhibition will be on display until May 31st.

<Margot Voorhies Thompson
Words In Motion 4 2008
Mixed media on canvas, 24" x 24"
Courtesy Laura Russo Gallery, Portland




Margot Voorhies Thompson
Words In Motion 3, 2008
Mixed media on canvas, 24" x 24"
Courtesy Laura Russo Gallery, Portland




Margot Voorhies Thompson
Words In Motion 8, 2008
Mixed media on canvas, 24" x 24"
Courtesy Laura Russo Gallery, Portland

This exhibition of work by Margot Voorhies Thompson looks at the relationships between calligraphic forms and language. Similar to nature, language has the ability to reinvent itself and adapt over time, or run to extinction. Through adaptation, the meaning of our words change. Thompson takes language and explores these changes by reinterpreting its meaning through form. The words are undecipherable and her unique idiom expresses the lyrical form rather than the symbolism. She deconstructs the alphabet literally by breaking up the letters into abstract elements.

Her work is in collections including the Portland Art Museum, the Stanford University Hospital, and the Printmaking Workshop in New York. Margot Thompson has completed several collaborative book commissions with Kim Stafford, Pattian Rogers, and Wendell Berry for the University of Oregon’s Knight Library Press. Other recent commissions include pieces for Oregon University of Health and Sciences, Portland; Portland State University; Kaiser Permanente, Tualatin, OR; the Woodstock Branch Multnomah County Library; and Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, both in Portland.


Margot Voorhies Thompson
Inventing / Adapting, Paintings & Works on Paper
May 1 - May 31, 2008


Laura Russo Gallery
805 NW 21st Ave.
Portland OR 97209
503.226.2754


Hours: Tuesday - Friday 11:00 - 5:30 pm
Saturdays 11:00 - 5:00


For additional information contact the gallery
or visit their website Laura Russo Gallery


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Quality Pictures - Eric White Paintings

Quality Pictures is presenting an exhibition new paintings by Brooklyn-based artist Eric White. The exhibition continues through May 31, 2008.

The exhibtion presents seven paintings in three distinct styles that highlight the breadth of Eric's skill and confirm his place as one of the new contemporary masters.

Eric White
The Settle-Down or Barefootin, 2008
Oil on canvas, 36 x 36 in.
Copyright Eric White, courtesy of Quality Pictures




Eric White
Albina, 2008
Oil on canvas, 24 x 24 in.
Copyright Eric White, courtesy of Quality Pictures

Eric White lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. His work has been exhibited worldwide and will be seen next at the Laguna Art Museum in "In the Land of Retinal Delights". This is his first exhibtion at Quality Pictures.

Eric White
New Paintings
April 3rd - May 31st, 2008


Quality Pictures
916 NW Hoyt
Portland, OR 97209
503-227-5060


Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11 - 6pm


For additional information contact the gallery
or visit their website, Quality Pictures.


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Bullseye Gallery / Cobi Cockburn Glass

Bullseye Gallery is featuring a solo showing of Australian artist Cobi Cockburn’s graceful and naturally inspired glass works.
The exhibition, Hinterlands, will be on view through April 5th.

Cobi Cockburn
Bundle, 2007
kilnformed, blown, hot-formed and coldworked glass
8.5 x 31.25 x 5.875
Photo: G. Piper, Image courtesy of Bullseye Gallery




Cobi Cockburn
Collect, 2007
kilnformed, blown, hot-formed and coldworked glass
19.75 x 3.5 x 3.5 inches
Photo: G. Piper, Image courtesy of Bullseye Gallery




Cobi Cockburn
The View Beyond, 2008
fused, slumped and coldworked glass
26.125 x 49 x 1.125 inches
Photo: P. Leonard, Image courtesy of Bullseye Gallery

“These forms celebrate my long-term interest in the gathering of materiél and the making of hand-woven forms,” says Cockburn. “In producing this body of work, it was important for me to incorporate my interest in fibres, my love for the natural Australian landscape, and my commitment to creating works that document a personal journey.” The patterns she uses “were inspired by the harsh colours and soft movement of low-lying grasses found throughout Australia. Within these grassy plains were the remains of beautiful old trees, some standing and others lying down. Together their strength and presence inspired me to create works that reflected these strong lines and celebrated their existence.”

A graduate of the Australian National University (ANU), in Canberra, Australia, Cockburn chose glass as her medium because of a belief that it “holds the colours, movement and touch of the maker’s hand in an honest, stable and incredibly beautiful medium.” Her work has been exhibited in Australia, Europe and the US and is included in the collection of the Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA.


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Cobi Cockburn
Hinterlands
February 19 – April 5, 2008


Bullseye Gallery
300 NW 13th Avenue
Portland, OR 97209
503.227.0222


Gallery Hours: 10:00 - 5:00 pm
Tuesday through Saturday


For additional information contact the gallery or
visit their website Bullseye Gallery


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Augen Gallery / David Hockney Prints

This week the Augen Gallery will open a new exhibition featuring prints by David Hockney. The exhibition opening will be Thursday, March 6th, from 5:30-8:30 p.m.

David Hockney
Van Gogh Chair (White)
1998 Etching 37¼" x 34½" Edition/35
© David Hockney, courtesy Augen Gallery, Portland

David Hockney arrived in the United States a few years after the Beatles and has since become another of Great Britain’s best-known cultural exports. His early paintings of Southern California viewed American culture with a more objective eye than any of the native artists were able to externalize. He has continued to develop an artistic career characterized by more sensitive cultural antennae than most of his contemporaries. He was one of the oldest artists included in the most recent Whitney Biennial, which is decidedly an exhibition about and reserved for younger artists. Hockney has been one of the most active contemporary artists with respect to printmaking which has always been a vehicle for the artist to re-inform his paintings. Hockney’s printmaking experiments with home color copiers and collaged photo prints continue to be referenced by many of the younger artists working in Britain.


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David Hockney - Prints
March 6 - March 27, 2008
Opening: Thursday, March 6th, 5:30-8:30 p.m.


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Augen Gallery
817 S.W. 2nd
Portland, OR 97204
503.224.8182


Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10:30 - 5:30pm
Mondays by appointment


For additional information contact the gallery
or visit their website, Augen Gallery.


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Saturday Brunch at Quality Pictures

Quality Pictures is hosting an event that should not be missed.
On Saturday, March 1st, from 10:30 - 11:30 am, they will be presenting a free brunch. This is a wonderful opportunity to see their Brian Ulrich exhibition, learn about art and fill your stomach. ADMISSION IS FREE but SPACE IS LIMITED!
RSVP to info@qpca.com or call 503-227-5060.

Brian Ulrich
Untitled Thrift (Vhs), 2006
C Print, limited edition
20 x 26 in. Edition of 5 + 2AP
50 x 40 in. Edition of 3 + 2AP
© Brian Ulrich, courtesy of Quality Pictures, Portland



Brian Ulrich
Untitled Thrift (99 cents), 2007
C Print, limited edition
26 x 20 in. Edition of 5 + 2AP
40 x 30 in. Edition of 4 + 2AP
© Brian Ulrich, courtesy of Quality Pictures, Portland

Saturday will be your last chance to see Brian Ulrich's artwork.

The Portland Mercury writes:
Chicago-based photographer Brian Ulrich has seen his stock rise dramatically over the past several years for his smart and detached photographic examinations of American retail and consumer culture. Neither as caustic as Martin Parr's sassy snaps, nor as clinical as the neo-objective trendsters who currently dominate the gallery scene and market, Ulrich's large format scenes have an almost 19th-century sense of carefully observed realism.


THE MAN SHOW - 3 WAYS
Erik Schneider, CPA will be presenting a talk on his latest curatorial effort "The Man Show". He will be looking at the show from 3 angles: CONCEPT: Mr. Schneider will discuss the underlying ideas behind the works in the show as well as commenting on the curatorial process for the exhibit.TECHNIQUE: A discussion of the various photographic techniques at work in the exhibit will be explored as the show is an excellent survey of many of the practices being employed today.MARKET: Finally, the show will be explored from a market standpoint including discussion of what makes art investment quality and how art is priced.


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Brian Ulrich
Thrift
January 11 - March 1, 2008

The Man Show
February 7 - March 29, 2008


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Quality Pictures
916 NW Hoyt
Portland, OR 97209
503.227.5060

Hours: Tuesday -Saturday 11-6

For additional information contact the gallery or visit their website, Quality Pictures.


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Portland Art Galleries

If you're looking for fine art in Portland, Oregon, here are a few galleries to check out. The galleries represent a variety of artworks ranging from contemporary art to traditional Native American art. To learn more about the galleries and artists represented, click on the links below.

Portland Art Galleries

Downtown Art Gallery District
Attic Gallery (two locations)
Augen Gallery (two locations)
Broderick Gallery
Fireborne Creations in Glass
Gottlieb Gallery
Mark Woolley Gallery
The Real Mother Goose
Shaffer Fine Art Gallery


Pearl NW Art Gallery District
Attic Gallery (two locations)
Augen Gallery (two locations)
Beppu Wiarda Gallery
Blackfish Gallery
Blue Sky Gallery
Bullseye Gallery
Butters Gallery
Elizabeth Leach Gallery
Froelick Gallery
Gallery 114
Gallery 7126
Laura Russo Gallery
Lawrence Gallery
Margo Jacobsen Gallery
Museum of Contemporary Craft
PDX Contemporary Art
Print Arts Northwest
Pullian Deffenbaugh Gallery
Quality Pictures
Quintana Galleries
Rake Art Gallery
Waterstone Gallery


Central Eastside Art District
23 Sandy Gallery
Bamboo Grove Salon
Launch Pad Gallery
New American Art Union
Newspace Gallery
Pushdot Studio
Redux
Studio 2507
CEAD - First Friday Art Openings and Map

NE and Alberta Arts District
Brian Marki Fine Art
Embellishments
Guardino Gallery
Guestroom
HiiH Gallery
ONDA World Art
Six Days Art Co-op
Talisman Gallery


Other Portland Art Galleries
Bonnie Kahn's Wild West Gallery
Chambers Fine Art
Fifty 24PDX
Genuine Imitation
Sugar Gallery
Tilt Gallery and Project Space
Village Gallery
Working Artists Gallery


Private Dealers & Other Art Related Services
Art, etc...
Imba Gallery
Mongeon & Associates
Night Gallery
O'Gallerie
Stoots Fine Photography


If you know of galleries that should be added or removed from this list, please let me know by sending an email.
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