Preview of the Visual Arts | April-May 2010

PORTLAND
★ 23 Sandy Gallery
623 NE 23rd Ave ✆503-927-4409
www.23Sandy.com
thurs-sat 12-6pm Apr 1-May 1 Mar
Goman, mixed media assemblage and
sculpture; Linda Welch, artist books;
May 6-29 Andrea Benson, encaustic
wax paintings; Roberta Lavadour,
artist books.
★ beppu wiarda gallery
319 NW 9th Ave ✆503-241-6460
www.beppugallery.com
tues-sat 11am-5pm or by appt. Apr
Stan Peterson, wood carvings.
★ Blackfish Gallery
420 NW 9th Ave ✆503-224-2634
www.blackfish.com
tues-sat 11am-5pm. Thru May 1 Rosemary
Powelson, “Heartland”, collage;
Theresa Redinger, “Anyone, Everyone,
No One”, installation of mixed media;
May 4-29 Greg Conyne, “Flora”, welded
steel; David Selleck, “Still Somewhat
Crazy”, oil on canvas and panel.
bullseye gallery
300 NW 13th Ave ✆503-227-0222
www.bullseyegallery.com
tues-sat 11am-5:30pm. Thru May 22
Joanne Teasdale, “Imprints”; May 14-
17 Collect 2010;Thru Jun 19 e-merge
2010, 6th juried kiln-glass exhibition.
★ Chambers@916
916 NW Flanders ✆503-227-9398
www.chambersgallery.com
tues-sat 11am-5:30pm. Thru Apr 24
Blakely Dadson, “All that glitters...”,
new paintings in acrylic, thread, and
glitter that explore contemporary culture’s
obsession with bling; May 6-Jun
19, Wid Chambers, new installation.
★ Elizabeth Leach Gallery
417 NW 9th Ave ✆503-224-0521
www.elizabethleach.com
tues-sat 10:30am-5:30pm. Apr 1-May
1 Julia Mangold, “New Work”, sculpture
and works on paper; Donald Judd,
“Selected Prints”; May 6-29 Barbara
Sternberger, “Musing”, oil paintings;
Claire Cowie, “Pilgrimage”, new sculptures
and drawings of whimsical and
fantastical creatures.
★ Froelick Gallery
714 NW Davis St ✆503-222-1142
www.FroelickGallery.com
tues-sat 10:30am-5:30pm. Thru May
1 Joe Feddersen, “Codex”; Terrell
James, “The Studio Window”; Victor
Maldonado, “Less”; May 4-30 Leiv
Fagereng, “Bittersweetsweet”; Sarah
Horowitz, “Archaelogies”; Alfred Harris,
“New Paintings”.
★ Laura Russo Gallery
805 NW 21st Ave ✆503-226-2754
www.laurarusso.com
tues-fri 11am-5:30pm sat 11am-5pm.
Apr 1-May 1 Tom Fawkes, “New Paintings”,
trompe l’oeil landscapes and interiors
inspired by Italian and Portugese
gardens and architecture; Judith Poxson
Fawkes, “Water and Wind: Recent
Tapestries”, tapestries of rich colour and
compelling design; May 6-29 Michihiro
Kosuge, “New Sculpture”, stone sculptures
that both complement and define
the spaces they inhabit; Margaret
Shirley, “Recent Work” explores
process through mark making combined
with an investigation of pattern
and texture using plant forms.
★ Museum of
Contemporary Craft
724 NW Davis St ✆(503)223-2654
www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org
tues-sat 11am-6pm and by appt. First
thurs 11am-8pm. Thru Jun 26 Gestures
of Resistance, work by contemporary
artists who focus on craft actions and
create works that use craft to agitate for
change, curated by Judith Leemann and
Shannon Stratton; Thru Aug 7 Land Art:
David Shaner, works drawn from the
artist’s estate and the Museum’s collection,
along with photographs and personal
notes taken by this artist known as
a ‘potter’s potter’.
★ Portland Art Museum
1219 SW Park Ave ✆503-226-2811
www.portlandartmuseum.org
tues, wed, sat 10am-5pm thurs, fri
10am-8pm sun 12-5pm. Admission:
members free, adults $12, seniors
(55+) and students (18+ with ID) $9
children (17 and younger) free. Thru
May 16 Cy Twombly, 82-year-old is
among the most important and influential
artists of his generation, showcasing
three recent works, two paintings
and a bronze sculpture; Disquieted, 22
contemporary artists explore our
social condition through works in all
media that invite engagement and discussion
of the elements of modern life
that leave so many feeling disquieted;
Thru May 30, “More Than a Pretty
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