Photo: Srule Brachman

First Friday and Open Studios: March 2nd, 2012 | 6-10pm
Join us First Friday, March 2nd as we celebrate the opening of two new shows, “Brachman and LaGrave at Milepost 5″, featuring the paintings of Srule Brachman and Karen LaGrave, and “Sorting Things Out,” a process-based installation by Wynde Dyer. Enjoy the art along with happy hour food and drinks, and music by the Studios House Band. The public is welcome to explore the halls of the building during Open Studios, when resident artist open their doors for a sneak peak into their art practice.

Denizen Gallery: “Brachman and LaGrave at Milepost 5″
New works by Srule Brachman and Karen LaGrave
Show runs: March 2nd-31st, 2012
Gallery hours: Weds-Sat, Noon-6pm, or by appointment

The show “Brachman and LaGrave at Milepost 5″ explores the abstract artwork of two community members: Srule Brachman and Karen LaGrave. Both work with vibrant palettes and individually explore the space between representation and abstract expressionism.

Photo: Wynde Dyer

Gallery 5: Sorting Things Out,
Process-based installation by Wynde Dyer
Show runs: March 2nd to April 28th, 2012
Gallery hours: Weds-Sat, Noon-6pm, or by appointment
Artist-in-session Fridays and Saturdays, noon-6pm
Artist Talk: Wednesday, April 18th, 7pm

Wynde Dyer’s process-based installation, “Sorting Things Out,” questions the utility—or futility—of pondering the past for answers to present problems and future directions. Working from an art-therapeutic perspective, Dyer will shred 1000’s of her childhood and adolescent photos into tiny 1-inch x 1/8-inch pieces strewn out across the gallery floors. Over the course of the two-month exhibit, she will sort the shredded pieces by color value and texture gradient, using the pieces to create new works evocative of the repressed memories conjured up during the experience. The time and tedium of this process acts, for Dyer, as a physical embodiment of psychodynamic processes. On Fridays and Saturdays from 12-6 p.m. public is invited to observe the work in progress via surveillance cameras outside the gallery, or to step inside and participate actively.

First Friday sponsored in part by 107.1 FM KZME Radio

Milepost 5, The Studios Building
850 NE 81st Ave
Portland, OR. 97213

Show Ends: 2012-03-02