2008.10.09 Thursday
ANIMAL HERO RESCUE
This is a super short notice (it started today!), but I have a show at Black Wagon in Portland. The opening is this evening from 6-9pm for those in and around Portland. The show will be up until November 12th, so you have over a month to see it still.
I titled the show "Animal Hero Rescue", but there isn't really a deep meaning behind it. It's just that these animal figures I'd been making started to look more like heroes to me. When I first started making these animals, they were just abstract animals or like spirits, but maybe it's the way I paint them with patterns of color that they start to look like the hero figures I'd been making before. I added the "Rescue" part to pay tribute to this show called "Tomica Hero Rescue Force". (be careful! the site will automatically play the theme song) Well, maybe not a proper tribute since I'd never watched the show. "Hero Rescue" just sounded kind of cool. Though when I think about it, I don't think these animals would be rescuing us humans. They would probably be rescuing the earth, so those of us who are contributing to its destruction may be the enemy of these animal heroes. That's just some after thought though and you will not see these words ("Animal Hero Recue") anywhere in the show. Black Wagon is not a gallery per-se, but a store that has really cool stuff for children. If mass manufactured toys over at Toys R Us do't do it for you, this is the store for you. So, this show may be more of a backdrop than a full-on art show. Anyway, the store is really nice and the street that it's on, Mississippi Avenue is a pretty cool little street, so if you get the chance, you should come check it out.
ANIMAL HERO RESCUE
BY MUMBLEBOY
10/9 - 11/12
opening 10/9 6-9PM
BLACK WAGON
3964 n mississippi ave
portland, or 97227
www.blackwagon.com