First Friday Openings: September 3
It was never about the audience
Mike Bray
Fourteen30 (1430 SE 3rd)
Fourteen30 presents new video, sculpture and photography by Mike Bray, a Eugene based artist who, “recontextualizes time, frame by frame, collapsing and expanding the spectacle through the idiom of cinema.” For this project Bray uses footage from the 1970 Rolling Stones documentary Gimme Shelter.
Terminal Examination
Liam Drain, Carmen Denison
Car Hole Gallery
114 SE 12th Ave
Drain and Denison address pedagogy in a critique of education’s visual and political structures. Denison “plays on the semiotics of education to create a non-linear lesson plan of theory, politics and authority—all the while, deconstructing the manner by which this information is commonly distributed and the audience for whom it is intended.”
The Newspace Center for Photography is opening The Curve: Choice Award Winners showcase this Friday. The photographs exhibited are winners of the 2010 CENTER (Santa Fe) choice awards. According to the website:
“Our selection is unified by a subtle elegance, a delicate humanity, and a sense of mystery, as well as a remarkable clarity of perspective and a high level of craft. As a whole, the images chosen speak to our primary interest in showcasing challenging contemporary fine-art and fine-art documentary work. We are pleased to offer our gallery as an exhibition venue for the winners and look forward to a gorgeous show at Newspace in September.”
– Laura Valenti and Chris Bennett, Director, Newspace Center for Photography
Artists included are:
Steven Beckly, Toronto, Canada
J Carrier, Brooklyn, NY
Joyce P. Lopez, Chicago, IL
Alinka Echeverria, Mexico City, Mexico
Martine Fougeron, The Bronx, NY
Gloria Baker Feinstein, Kansas City, MO
Aaron Huey, Seattle, WA
Andrea Land, Springfield, MO
Margaret LeJeune, Batesville, AK
Brad Moore, Laguna Beach, CA
Matt Slaby, Denver, CO
Jamey Stillings, Santa Fe, NM
Tabitha Soren, Berkeley, CA
Untitled Coffee Painting, Delphine Bedient, 2009. Coffee grounds on paper, 11×17 inches
Making Sense
Delphine Bedient
Golden Rule (811 E Burnside, Suite 122)