Pink Attitude at Compound

Pink Attitude opens this Thursday at Compound. Come check out a selection of art from this awesome book of female artists.

Chicago

I was in Chicago a couple weeks ago. I grew up in this area. Coming into the city was always an adventure when you group up in rural Indiana. I always think cities don't change. They have their standard and static historic landmarks and tourist attractions. The last two times I was in Chicago I never ventured downtown. I just stayed up on the North side with friends. On this trip my family wanted to meet for lunch downtown. We took the blue line into the city and I was shocked by all the changes. Millennium Park is what the area off of Michigan ave is called now. The Jay Pritzker pavillion is a building designed by Frank Gehry. It stands in stark contrast to the older buildings of the city. The crown fountain with these two video towers that spew water. The Cloud Gate (the bean) by Anish Kapoor. While I was in Chicago there was a contemporary Chinese sculpture garden with some super nice stuff. I know most people are aware of these things. The have been around for at least 5 years. In my mind I wrote off Chicago as any sort of innovator in city planning or public art. I was obviously wrong. The downtown looks awesome. I think the resulting lack of street repair in the north side neighborhoods was worth it.......... maybe not.

Strange Bedfellows opens this Thursday

"Strange Bedfellows" is a very special show this month. 13 artists from Japan and 13 artists from Portland paired up to create 13 spectacular works of art. The Japanese crew received their panels first. After they finished, the panels were sent to the Americans for completion.
The show features these amazing artists.....
Mhak x zach johnson
Cho chan x Mona Superhero
Shiori kawamoto x Geneva smith
Makiko sugawa x Christopher Ross
Oeil x J Shea
Naoshi x Martin Ontiveros
Kaz x Robert Pellicer
Tenga x Tom Webb
Sowl x eatcho
Jun inoue x Damon Soule
Nishi x Jen Lobo
Jon jon green x Jason Graham
Yohei Takahashi x Keegan Onefoot

www.compoundgallery.com

Hungry Eyeball

If you are looking for what is going on with art openings in Portland, look no further than www.hungryeyeball.com. Super comprehensive new site dedicated to all things Portland art.

Air Yeezy Queue.................

The line started at 9 a.m. for the Nike Air Yeezy shoe release. The shoe will be released tomorrow at noon. These guys are in for a cold night!

Camilla D'Errico Limited Edition Print Release

If you are in town for the Stumptown Comics Fest, stop on by and kick the weekend off in style. The print, t-shirt and tote bag look amazing.

Camilla d'Errico is a product of her split heritage, Italian and Canadian rolled into one: Italian fiestiness, Canadian politeness, and an early addiction to Saturday morning cartoons and comics. Her first love was and still is comics. Growing up she was more often doodling sexy damsels and dragons on her textbooks than reading them. In 1998, Camilla first attended her first San Diego Comic Con where upon the moment she walked through the doors she realised that a 9–5 day job would kill her and this was what she wanted to do.
After a few years in the comic industry Camilla expanded her style into a variety of other ventures: snowboard decals, magazine covers, toys, clothes and the pop art gallery scene. Thanks to her relentless energy, dedication, and sleep deprivation, she has followed her dream of working creatively for a living. She is part of what may be the first art movement in Western History where women are not second-class citizens, but have an edge in the mind of the public, especially when it comes to capturing the essence of the modern woman.
"Its about expressing what they feel and feeling what they express"
www.camilladerrico.com

Portland Hanami

I think this will be the last hanami this year. The blossoms looked great on the waterfront today. Beautiful warm weather, onigiri, friends and shochu.......... Good day.