Slideshow: First Thursday
Four safe bets for First Thursday browsing, and a slide show of one of August’s wildest offerings.
Posted by: Anne Adams on Aug 04, 2011 at 12:00PM
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The exhilarating (and mildly terrifying) Taurus in Rick Bartow’s Bull Man Laughs seems to sport a human ribcage, teeth, and hands.
View Slideshow » Illustration:A prickled bear and a set of daintily varied hand silhouettes unite human with animal in Rick Bartow’s Bear Mother Dancing.
View Slideshow » Illustration:Again, man and beast are melded in Laughing Bear.
View Slideshow » Illustration:Slightly reminiscent of Chagal’s Floating Goat, a lone coyote seems to ride toward us on a cloud. Dog Approaching, the title warns.
View Slideshow » Illustration:This Kneeling Cat rises up like a desert specter, leaving a trail of fire in its wake.
Well, friends, it’s another sunny First Thursday, positively perfect for traipsing the art-walk. Here are a few exhibits we can’t wait to lay eyes on—and for those who absolutely can’t wait, a sneak peek at one of them.
Froelick Gallery Rick Bartow’s halcion hallucinations of man-beasts in Coyote’s Road would make fabulous dust jackets for Alan Ginsberg’s Howl. Bulls, bears, and coyotes emerge amid sweeps of color and wavering shapes. (See slide show, left.)
PDX Contemporary Paying tribute to beloved Portland photog Terry Toedtemeier, the gallery hosts Unfinished Business, a collection of his unique black-and-white landscape and architecture shots.
Laura Russo This month, Russo remembers Early Northwest Artists, including Louis Bunce, James Castle, Sally Haley, Charles Heaney, Frederick Heidel, Michele Russo, and Carl Morris.
Elizabeth Leach continues to explore The Shape of the Problem in a special 30th Anniversary exhibition.
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