It came to our attention recently at an estate sale, among the cut crystal candy dishes and cake plates, that we are not as outfitted for entertaining as we might be (although we do have one unused punchbowl). And after reading a book on the Russell Wrights from end-to-end, we’re feeling inspired to better hostessing through dishware. Our entertaining aunt, the one who kept frosted glasses for drinks in the freezer, always had a dish for mixed nuts on the coffee table. These little Cox dishes by Covo would fit that bill. They’re at the new dishware shop elsa+sam (4314 SE Hawthorne), along with other small, studio lines from far and farther, like the delicious Tonfis from Finland.
POSTED: August 7th, 2008 | AUTHOR: lisa | FILED UNDER: art | TAGS: art | No Comments »
Gertrud and Otto Natzler at Museum of Contemporary Craft
It’s easy. We won’t have to stray far tonight to hit the high points of Portland’s First Thursday, when, as you know, the galleries stay open late with their August shows. Three spots in the DeSoto Building top our list for the night/month.
First up, we haven’t yet seen the show that opened at the Museum of Contemporary Craft on August 2, so first stop will be The Ceramics of Gertrud and Otto Natzler. She created these incredible forms, he developed a couple thousand experimental glazes and together they made 25,000 pieces, elevating vessel to fine art, and introducing modern European ceramics to America along the way through their LA studio and the classes they taught there.
“Alpine,” Robert Yoder, photo via Froelick Gallery
We’re also looking forward to seeing Robert Yoder’s Action Painting! at Froelick Gallery. Delicious vinyl and graphite collages from this Seattle artist aren’t paintings at all are they, but contain plenty of abstract action with a sometimes fractured, explosive surface, sometimes with twisted, falling flatforms. The Portland Art Museum just acquired a great piece of his entitled “Bank.” Now it’s your turn.
“New York Dolls”, Anton Perich at Augen
And you’ve seen many/most of these iconic photos before, pics of Edie Sedgwick, Joey and Debbie in bed, the Velvet Underground, but you’ll go see the new exhibition at Augen (716 NW Davis) anyway. Bande à part (band of outsiders) is an internationally traveling exhibition of work by photographers like Billy Name, Roberta Bayley, and Bobby Grossman (many more) who captured the New York underground scene in the 70’s and 80’s.
POSTED: August 7th, 2008 | AUTHOR: lisa | FILED UNDER: art | TAGS: art, ceramics, collage, exhibition, first thursday, galleries, museum of contemporary craft | No Comments »