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Big 100 Art Show Benefit

OPENS First Thursday, Fri + Sat 4pm – 2am
December 2, 3 and 4, 2010
Benefit for Oregon Food Bank (BRING CANS!!!)and Cascade AIDS Project
Two floors of art. 100 + artists, 1800 works of art, all art is $50/framed, cash/carry. Credit card OK.
21 + over
DJ’s (Ryan Organ/friends), Food, Beer/Wine/Spirits.
Presented by Chris Haberman and Jason Brown

The Goodfoot
2845 SE Stark
Portland, Oregon

ARTISTS:
Adam Ciresi
Adam Sheppard
Alan Bennett
Allen Schmertzinger
Amy Stoner
Andy Vanoverberghe
Angela Gay
Ania Palinska
Anna Magruder
April O’Connor
Ashley Costa
Barry Mack
Ben Galaday
Benjamin Stewart
Beth Myrick
Brent Wear
Brett Superstar
Brenda Dunn
Brent Wick
Brin Levinson
Casey Rae Wickum
Chelsea Fletcher
Chris Bibby
Chris Gaslin
Chris Haberman
Chuck Bloom
Cody Wirz
Dan Ness
David Gage
Dennis Dread
Derek Olsen
Dizzy Orion
Edward Juan
Ed Maitland Jones
Emek
Erin Nations
Erika Lee Sears
Eryka Dean Ryn
Flora Bowley
Fred Swan
Gabe Flores
Gary Hirsch
Gary Houston
Gary Wiseman
Grant Johnson
Greg Pitters
Guy Burwell
Harry Moritz
Heidi Elise Wirz
Heather MacKenzie
Hunter Armstrong
Icky A
Jason Brown
Jason Edward Davis
Jason Graham
Jeff Fontaine
Jeni Trinity Lee
Jenn Feeney
Jennifer Griffo
Jennifer Mercede
Jeremy Nichols
Jeremy Schultz
Jesse Reno
Joanne Licardo
Joel Barber
John Gajowski
John Hoar
Johnny Tragedy
Jolyn Fry
Jon Hill Jacquard
Joseph Arrow
Karah Bruce-Larkin
Kelly Williams
Kenny Spurlock
Kendra Binney
Kerosene Rose
Kevin Fitzgerald, KMF
Kevin Noonan
Kirk Charlton
Kit Kross
Kyle Gossman
Larry Christensen
Liana Norton
Lisa Laser
Leslie Ebert
Lea Keohane
Lorna Nakell
Luna Littleleaf
Malynda Shook
Mario Robert
Mark Randall
Marlena Simone Hatchel
Martha Wallulis
Mary Sapp
Matt Leavitt
Matt Schlosky
Maryann Puls
Megan Galante
Micah Krock
Michael Costello
Michelle Tuffias
Mike Fields
Misty Ray
Mona Superhero
Neil M Perry
Nicole Linde
Nicholas Orr
Patrick Daly
Peach Momoko
Richard Schemmerer
Rio Wrenn
Robin Carlisle
Ronni J Kobrin
Sabina Haque
Sam Arneson
Sarah Cruse
Sarah Kamsler
Scott Chase
Summer Hatfield
Tanya Herrera
Terence Healy
Teresa Garber
Theresa Andreas-O’Leary
Tim Combs
Todd Hinchman
Travis Wright
Tripper Dungan
Tuna Poanessa
Tyler Corbett
Yo Mutsu
Yourself
Zack Baltzly
Zack Blei
Zak Gere

EMEK @ Po’ Boy Art in Portland, OR.

Po’ Boy Art presents “Fool’s Gold Art – OR Recessionary Kindlin’ over 200 Rock posters, art prints, and handbills, past to present from artists EMEK.
Show open’s First Friday Aug 6th, 2010 from 5-11pm, the show will be up until Sept 1st, 2010.

emek poster

Emek has been referred to as “The Thinking Man’s Poster Artist”. Coming from a unique family of 5 artists, Emek has made his mark creating special limited edition silkscreen posters for live concerts around the world. Emek’ style thrives on attention to detail, coupled with layers of meaning in the artwork. His infusion of socio-political commentary into pop culture imagery has made his work instantly recognizable in the field. Emphasizing craftsmanship, his work is mostly hand-drawn in the tradition of the classic psychedelic posters from the 1960′s. Born in the 70′s Emek was also strongly influenced by the DIY punk flyers of the 80’s. ”I appreciate the creative freedom this medium allows me because the bands generally give me total freedom as long as I advertise the show info. I am allowed to dip into the recesses of my imagination and see what spills out onto the page. This allows me to be my own art director and I am able to experiment with different concepts and styles to keep things fresh. Today’s disposable culture paves the way for tomorrows collectible nostalgia…I’m just trying to make it interesting” Over the last 2 decades, Emek has created hundreds of posters for some of the top alternative bands and events, like Radiohead, Coachella, Queens of the Stone Age, Tool, System of a Down, Jane’s Addiction, The Flaming Lips, to name a few, as well as album covers from Neil Young and Pearl Jam to Henry Rollins and Erykah Badu. Emek’s work has been shown in galleries across the United States, Berlin, London, Tokyo, Belgium and Canada. He has been interviewed on CNN, featured in dozens of magazines and books, including covers of Juxtapoz magazine.

Check sun Aug 8 for full catalog of what’s left in the show
http://poboyart.com/

few from the show

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Po’ Boy Art Gallery and Framing
Artists For Artists
http://poboyart.com/
1421 SE Stark
Portland, OR.
Gallery/Shop hours: open tues-fri 12-5

“Not for Reproduction” – Codak, Eyeone, Gabe Decker, J. Shea and Racecar13

The Goodfoot will have an art opening on Last Thursday, July 29th, from 4-12pm. The show will be up until Aug 24th, 2010. The artists are Codak, Eyeone, Gabe Decker, J. Shea and Racecar13 and is titled ” Not for Reproduction”.

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poster

Codak/Adam Smith First touched earth in Oklahoma, received misinformation and mis-education in Oregon, followed family roots from the NW throughout the mid-west, currently back on the left-coast in Los Angeles. From a family background in design, Codak developed a fascination with ‘line’… its quality, ambiguity and emotion. Associated with early experiences doodling his favorite comic book characters, falling off his skateboard and riding the bus, he would find himself drawn to Graffiti and it’s artistic interaction with the urban landscape. His work is defined by an acute sense of how to exploit space & composition in an organic fashion while maintaining a constructed approach utilizing mixed media. His subtle use of color intermixed with line work has been described as resembling “muscle stretched across bone” and “Malevolent Ivy” creating harmonious contrasts between graphic design and street art. Though he is better known in the world of ‘Street Art’ his work spans across fields, as he pulls from his childhood exposure to architecture, modern art, and interior design contrasted against his training in graphic design. Recent client work includes: NOKIA, The Sanrio Corporation (Hello Kitty), MGA Entertainment, Pepsi Street Motion, Fat Possum Records and DUB Magazine, as well as exhibitions in locations as diverse as Los Angeles, Chicago, New York City, Washington DC, Montreal, London and Slovakia.Cans have been emptied, brushes abused, markers overfilled, pencils broken, buff paint spilled, computer screens burned out, hard drives fried…….Still in hot pursuit of progression.
codak

Eyeone is a visual artist and graphic designer based in Los Angeles.
He holds an MFA in Design | Media Arts from the University of
California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and is a member of the graffiti art
collective Seeking Heaven. Eyeone publishes the acclaimed Lost |
Graffiti in the City of Angels, a documentary journal dedicated to
Los Angeles visual culture.
He say’s about his work “I aim to present a vision of the city that is subjective and
paradoxically documentary in nature. Inhabiting this vast urban chaos
leads me to explore and find humanity amongst the wire, cement, and
smog.”
eyeone

Gabe Decker was born and raised in the SF bay area…..affected early on by the totems left by the bay area’s graffiti pioneers..POEM VOGUE KRUSH TWIST UB40 JA… just to name a few……the awareness of style through form and color was seeded …. ever since Gabe has been referencing these masters in his work and art. this collection represents an ongoing experiment with the development and evolution of style and the struggle between order and chaos.
Gabe Decker

J.shea was born and raised in Boston, MA….influenced at an early age by the art found in comic books….animation…and classic sci-fi film…..luckily the streets of his fair city were littered with punk rock posters and hand bills that covered telephone poles and record shop walls…..a constant reminder of the local music scene of the 80’s & early 90’s proved to be very inspirational as well……………after refining his skills at the art institute in the late 80’s…Shea’s creative career has spanned over 20 years….working in various forms as a poster artist….animator…..
sneaker designer…….puppet fabricator……muralist……and installation artist after living in many cities on the east and west coasts, ingesting an array of influences along the way………Shea has been focusing on his personal art…..the work is always handmade in mixed media….with a recycled twist…..combining influences of folk art, assemblage art , and all forms of street art……Shea exhibits his work in galleries and installation spaces across the country and just had his first international exhibition in Sydney, Australia…..he can be found working in his studio & riding his bike in the city of Portland, OR………….
J. Shea

Racecar13 / Tanner Goldbeck was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1970… He grew up on the east coast and moved around for several years. Baltimore, New Jersey… a couple spots in between. In 1992 Tanner graduated from The Maryland Institute College of Art. Later on, he attended the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art in 1996 and eventually moved to Santa Barbara in 1998. He is currently paying bills in downtown Los Angeles. Working freelance and dodging the landlord whenever possible. Tanner’s 1st job in California was with Powell Skateboards. he got to work with people he grew up inspired by. Deck art had always been a huge influence on the work that he does now. Tanner has been able to work in the commercial art biz with several companies that have allowed him some creative freedom to do the skulls and monsters he’s always been into. Most recently, Icon Motosports based in Portland, Oregon. Along the way, Tanner has been able to make paintings and mess with other media to keep the line art process up and running. The move out west has been a great catalyst to re up new works. Tanner has been able to stick his nose in group shows and meet most of the artists and gallery people that get things done these days. It is a never ending process that one day will lead to solo shows and total world domination… or at least a peaceful spot to rest his brain after all this chaos is over. Racecar 13 is the evolving project in the back of Tanner’s brain. In short summary, the art is always up for interpretation.
Influences cover and endless art gamut from many grat master painters to the people that hit the walls around Traction Ave. There is a de!nite interest in experimenting with iconic images and !nding new ways to reconstitute them. To twist the familiar and o#er up something possibly a little di#erent. The worst reaction an artist can ever get is no reaction.
Racecar13

Check Sunday Aug 1 for a full catalog of the show
http://thegoodfoot.com/gallery/
current show is there now

The goodfoot
2845 SE Stark
503-239-9292
Portland, OR 97214
http://thegoodfoot.com/gallery/
http://www.myspace.com/goodfootart
http://www.facebook.com/people/Goodfoot-Art/1472058101?ref=search
open daily 4-2:30

Chuck Bloom, David Stein, Keenan Havens & Michael Fields: art opening @ Goodfoot

Last Thurs, April 29th from 4-11pm. Up until May 25th, 2010

The artists this month are Chuck Bloom, David Stein, Keenan Havens & Michael Fields
The goodfoot: 2845 SE Stark Portland, OR 97214
open daily 4-2:30

Chuck Bloom say’s about his work “Before the painting is finished, the vision is already fading to memory. I can only hope that I’ve understood enough of the message to help me further along this tiresome trek. Most of the time these “visions” are not complete – just bits and pieces of things, like symbols. The paintings themselves are very organic in nature. They all stem from my established visual vocabulary, but evolve in ways that are not premeditated or even foreseeable. In this way, I work very closely to André Breton’s notion of automatism, which he believed must be present in works of art or writing in order for it to remain in the sphere of Surrealism. It is mandatory as a Surrealist that artwork explore a mental space outside the field of normal awareness, in a place where consciousness, unconsciousness and all things possible and impossible exist as one. At the nexus of my work is a concern and philosophy about the environment and man’s place in it. Global warming, overpopulation and the breakdown of basic human communication and the resulting “fractured humanity” we endure are at the forefront of my concerns; however, elements beyond my conscious knowing seep in. Many elements in my paintings are of the seemingly familiar or mundane, but evade a total accessibility and a clearly defined meaning. In this way I speak in a kind of “visual metaphor,” or perhaps what some have called “enigmatic poetry.” Doorways and windows are passages from the outside to the inside, from one place to another, that is their definition and I use them no differently. They can be bricked or boarded up, open to darkness, a stormy horizon, an idyllic interlude or even a source of water for things in one world from another. Depending on how they are depicted they can represent the hope of another unspoiled world or a reminder of what is left behind or avoided. They are opportunity or the lack of opportunity. Opening the windows of minds, tearing open the locked doors of our rationalism creates endless possibilities for the future of humanity. This manipulation of subject matter is natural and balanced. Ultimately, the psychological state of events is for you, the viewer, to extrapolate – the results of which you may find you least expected. My ultimate goal is to walk right into one of my canvases and never return, but the door opens and the door closes in a blink of the eye. The barriers are endless and the map I followed getting here is torn and unreadable. Perhaps I’ve pretended to know where I was all along just to feel more comfortable, but it doesn’t make it any less real”

David Stein was born in Chicago and grew up in the Midwest. He is a self-taught artist, and inspired by an overactive imagination. David’s childhood plays a strong role in some of the more recognizable qualities of his drawing and painting style, such as the reoccurrence of fantastical creatures, anthropomorphic animals and his attention to fine detail. He say’s about this body of work entitled “Can You Fake A Smile? or A Series of Friendly Interactions With Pazuzu” “This particular body of work follows a series of friendly interactions where the negative internal dialogue and thoughts of the characters are exposed. When I was younger I was told that there were chemicals in the water of our public pool. When activated by urine the chemicals would turn into a dark purple cloud and surround the culprit. It’s kind of like that. Only in this series I’ve replaced the dark purple cloud with snakes. To an untrained scout many snakes may appear to look similar, however, the results of their bite differ dramatically. Much like our words and thoughts. Even the seemingly harmless ones could strangle the weak.”

When Keenan Haven approaches a new drawing, he starts by planting a circle in the void of the picture plane. Using this circle, Keenan begins to add on drawings, slowly building the image. He works without an end product in mind. Instead, he is engaged in a constant interaction with the piece, trying to assess what the next step is. The image is finished when he deems it to be complete. When working on an image that is not preconceived, the artist is given absolute freedom. Yet Keenan finds himself following a set of standards and rules that he unconsciously impose upon himself, causing each image to hold a familiar quality to the last. Keenan interpret this familiarity as a clue into his own state of consciousness. Each and every choice he makes within his images comes to reflect a certain unconscious thought process that he engaged in at that moment, and the more frequent he makes the same choices, the more it suggests to be a significant part of his being. The images Keenan have created in the past and the images he has create in the present share a strong familiarity, yet slowly shift in such elements as subject matter, compositional preferences and image flow. These qualities of his images are reflective of his progression through time, and the simultaneously unchanging and fluctuating manner of his own consciousness.

Michael Fields is a self-taught artist based in Portland, Oregon. His work is the product of personal reflection.. “When I paint, I contemplate the world as I know it: situations and people of past, present and future come into focus and it is my reaction to these concepts that dictates what emerges onto the canvas.” Michael’s work is born not of planned composition, but inner dialog, often challenging the viewer to decipher messages both on the surface and buried deep within it’s structure.

Jay Ryan and Paul Hornschemeier Book Release and Signing at The Goodfoot

Jay Ryan and Paul Hornschemeier are coming for a book release / signing for their new books “Animals and Objects In and Out of Water” and “All and Sundry” on Friday Dec. 11th, 2009 starting at 6 (one night only)

Jason Brown

jbrown@thegoodfoot.com

The goodfoot

2845 SE Stark

503-239-9292

http://thegoodfoot.com/gallery/

http://www.myspace.com/goodfootart

open daily 5-2:30

ART OF MUSICAL MAINTENANCE VI, National Rock Poster Show at The Goodfoot

Rock Poster Show at The Goodfoot National Rock Poster Show, First Thursday, December 3 from 5pm – 2:30am, runs until Jan 26, 2009
The Goodfoot – 2845 SE Stark, Portland, OR 97214
There are over 50 artists, and around 300 posters. The Art of Musical Maintenance, in it’s 6th year, will be up until Jan 26th, 2009. They will be displaying the newest installment of music posters from artists throughout the country. The artists in this show are as diverse as the music. Likewise, the artist’s techniques vary as well (from hand drawn to computer generated design).

POSTER ARTISTS include:
Adam Turman
Alan Hynes
Ben Wilson
Brad Klausen
Brian Ewing
Brian Methe
Casey Burns
Craig Horky
Crosshair
Dan Stiles
David D’ Andrea
Drowning Creek
EMEK
Firehouse
Furturtle
Gary Houston
Gigart
Guy Burwell
Jason Brown
Jay Ryan
Jermaine Rodgers
Joanna Wecht
John Howard
John Vogl
Jon Smith
Julie Dery
Justin Hampton
Justin Helton
Lee Zeman
Leia Bell
Lil Tuffy
Lindsey Kuhn
Marq Spusta
Methane studios
Mig Kokinda
Mike King
Mike Martin
Nate Duval
Plastic Flame Press
Powerslide Design
Rob Jones
Robert “Marty” Boe
squad 19
Stainboy
Tara McPherson
Todd Slater
Tyler Stout
Uncle Charlie

Vinyl Killers 7, International Exhibit of Painted Records at The Goodfoot in Portland, OR.

Vinyl Killers 7 at The Goodfoot in Portland, OR Portland Art Show Opening: Last Thursday, October 29, 2009 from 5pm – 2am
Location: The Goodfoot – 2845 SE Stark, Portland, Oregon 97214

Description: Vinyl Killers 7, International Exhibit of Painted Records at The Goodfoot in Portland, OR.
Show will be up until Dec. 1st, 2009.
Over 75 artists
Artists include:
Aaron Brick, Adam Brock Ciresi, Adrienne Vita, AJ Ayala, Amalie Whorton, amoebicA, Anna Todaro, Ashley Costa, Beefstain, Beth Myrick, BOG, Candace J. Barr, Casey Rae Wickum, Charles Gass, Chris Brett, Chris Haberman, Colibri, Daniel Edlen, Dave Combs, Dave Ryan, Dell, Derek Scott, Emek, Erin Nations, Futureman, Gene Hannan, Gom, Heidi Elise Wirz, Hunter Armstrong, Jacquelyn Bond, Jake Tong, Jason Brown, Jason Wells, Jeremey Berkley, Joel Barber, John Maveval, Johnny Tragedy, Keith Rosson, Klutch, Kristine Schultz, Larry Christensen, Lars Petticord, Luna, Manav Kohli, Marc Swart, Mathew Curran, Matt Schlosky, Melissa Anders, Mr Say, Mr. Klevra, Nate Luna, Nate Micek, New Colony, Nic Vik, Omino71, Pahnl Paul, PEARCE77, Penpointred, RAMENDEATH, Richard Jule, Ronni J, Roscoe Hall II, SAGE, Scotch!, shyeone, Simon Milligan, SKAM, Sterling Mason, Steve Dorobiala, stncl.07, Super Ugly, Tara Gelien, Tom Keating, Tony Perez, Trevor Ward, Vo McBurney, Yourself

There will also be vinyl only selections from dj’s monkeytek, ryan organ and samizdat during the opening.