Im looking forward to reconnecting with the Portland art scene after nearly a month in the very hot, humid and mosquito ridden midwest... it makes the heat in Portland today seem temperate. Here are my picks:


Wendy Red Star

Wendy Red Star's Tokens, Gold, & Glory is one of those very rare installation are exhibitions that HAP gallery seems to be doing quite often, this gets my attention. Red Star draws on; "ephemera, real or imagined narratives, and her traditional Crow background. Her multifaceted Deer Decoys entice the viewer with shiny, golden surfaces, not unlike the natural-looking decoys used to lure other deer."

Tokens, Gold, & Glory | July 19 - August 6 2016
First Thursday Opening: August 4 6-8PM
Hap Gallery
916 NE Flanders



Bruce Nauman is a legend... a kind of kinesthetic, body awareness driven conceptual artist who leverages the physical as a kind of carrot and stick for cognition. His goal, to make the viewer "take an investigative attitude." The Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation has a collection of 15 works, you should see this.

Language Body | July 18 - August 6th
First Thursday: August 4th till 8:00PM
PNCA
511 NW Broadway



Adam Simmons at PNCA

Adam Simmons might still be in art school but he's doing some of the most important historically sensitive work in the city. His latest exhibition Displaced Citizens at PNCA traces and catalogues the very prevalent homeless encampments throughout the city. Ignore what the PNCA calendar says, the exhibition is not over... just like the crisis.

Displaced Citizens | July 17 - August? (extended)
First Thursday: August 4th till 8:00PM
PNCA
511 NW Broadway