Vadim
Kevin
Jay Petersen
Mike
Mark
Rose
and me
Last night, the above listed went out on the town for Portland's First Thursday gallery walk. Meeting up at Powell's for Jay Fiorenza's 'Disappearing Landscapes' photography exhibit -- a collection of small beautiful, haunting black & white photos, each mounted on a 5-6" block of wood. It'll be up throughout the month, so if you missed it last night, be sure to stop by some time. And at $75/piece, they're very affordable for local art supporters.
From there, we headed out across the Pearl and into Old Town, stopping by a high-end gallery with some incredibly ridiculous pieces, but also some lovely dry point prints by Dali -- but those were far more expensive than $75/piece. After that, we wandered in and out some small modern/"contemporary" galleries showcasing more collectives, rather than individual artists. Some of it was interesting, but most of it was little more than the caliber of a teenager doodling in his notebook during math class; the highlight of such being the photo collage in which the Photobucket.com watermark was visible in nearly every photo.
After gallery-hopping for a bit, Mike, Mark, and Rose headed off towards NW 21st for a friend's exhibit, and Vadim, Kevin, Jay Petersen and I went out for some Hot Lips pizza. Then it was back to bus for me, and the MAX for the others.
Most of the art was silly and ridiculous (not because my eye for art is untrainted [which it kinda is], but because it truly was silly and ridiculous), and most of the crowd was exactly the kind of people you would expect to show up for such a thing. But, regardless, it was a fun night. Hopefully we can do it again sometime. Or all meet up for Last Thursday some time.
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