Pop meets folk art (with Basquiat overtones) in the work of Portland’s prolific Chris Haberman. At its best, Haberman’s many-media (paint, glue, charcoal, ink pen, oil stick, lipstick) work on found everything (panels of discarded wood, trays, table tops) is a complex visual poem, meeting its subjects with a sometimes jaded, sometimes exuberant layered style invoking urban chaos, if a bright and not particularly apocalyptic sort. Vino Paradiso (417 NW 10th) opens a solo show of Haberman’s work with a reception for the artist this Wednesday night, December 5 from 7-10 PM.
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