Kim Fisher, "Lunar Eclipse"

Fourteen30 presents Under a Vanishing Night: New Work from L.A., featuring Kim Fisher, Sayre Gomez, Richard Jackson, Brian Kennon, and Natascha Snellman. Deeply connected to the city of Los Angeles and its many venerable art institutions, the artists work from the palpable energy of LA's light-polluted "vanishing night."

Opening reception • 6-9pm • March 6
Fourteen30 Contemporary • 1430 SE 3rd • 503.236.1430




The next Couture exhibition is opening at NAAU this Saturday. Vanessa Renwick presents the installation House of Sound. The opening night features a 7:30pm performance of Tu Fu's I Pass the Night at General Headquarters by The Winter Solstice Puppet Collective and the Evolutionary Jass Band.

Opening reception • 6-9pm • March 7
New American Art Union • 922 SE Ankeny • 503.231.8294



Chris Jordon, " Light Bulbs," from the series "Running the Numbers"

The next APEX installation opens this weekend at PAM. Seattle-based artist Chris Jordon's Running the Numbers: An American Self-Portrait is a series of large format digital collages comprised of repeatedly patterned photographic images. Jordon chooses to visualize statistics that are easily overlooked: the number of kilowatt hours of electricity wasted in the United States every minute, represented by light bulbs, or the number of emergency room visits caused yearly by the misuse of pain killers, represented by Vicodin pills. By building images out of these numbers, Jordon encourages viewers to consider their role in how they add up.

Exhibition • March 7 - July 12, 2009
Portland Art Museum • 1219 SW Park • 503.226.2811



Marina Abramovic performing in Chiara Clemente's "Our City Dreams"

PICA presents the West Coast premiere of Chiara Clemente's Our City Dreams. The film is an "affecting love letter to New York" that connects the self-told narratives of five female artists: Swoon, Ghada Amer, Kiki Smith, Marina Abramovic, and Nancy Spero.

Premiere & reception • 7:30-8:55pm • March 6
Hollywood Theater • 4122 NE Sandy • 503.281.4215