Fresh Plywood Art on the Wall!

 

We are pleased to present a new pair of plywood artists, whose work will be on the south wall until the end of August.

Spaced by John Tolles
Mixed Media and Spray Paint on Plywood

John is a Portland based artist currently attending Lewis and Clark College and majoring in Studio Art. His work has a wide breadth of focus from photography to installation. His first influences were the graffiti and street art of the 1970's onward. Spaced focuses on contemporary issues of identity and consumerism in a world dominated by visual deception. Contact artist for purchasing inquiries.
johntolles.com

Setl by Max Zapf-Geller, also known as Setal

Max Zapf-Geller is a young artist from NE Portland, who is soon leaving for college in Wisconsin. He creates graffiti styled artwork in his free time and is available for hire on any text/ graffiti related artwork during his breaks from school. Check out more of his work here.  Contact him about purchasing this piece here.

"Artofficialinsemination" by William Rihel & Sanna-Lisa Gesang-Gottowt

Mysterious orange submarine-like shapes, rotating mirror balls, and egg dioramas are taking over the space for the month!  It's magical.  Look for it from now until August 24th.

Installation by William Rihel & Sanna-Lisa Gesang-Gottowt.

Delectable Island, here now!

We had a lovely little celebratory gathering at Emerson Space Case on Last Thursday (June 24th) to unveil an installation, entitled Delectable Island, created by Stephanie Brachmann (that's me!).  The work is inspired by the creatures and imagery of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan stories, which I encourage you to read immediately, if you haven't already.

This installation will be on display until the end of July.

Ilan made a beautiful Lite Brite sign for the occasion, and we made a cake shaped like a crocodile!

Here are photos of the finished piece...

     detail of the tree trunk (including wolf!)

    This giant tree trunk (papier mache with fabric/paper attached as bark) is the entrance to the underground dwelling of Peter Pan and his entourage of children.  The light inside flickers like firelight.

Here's the nest of the Neverbird, which Peter Pan turns into a boat when he is being rescued by the bird.

And here is the Neverbird herself.  Peter thinks she is a piece of paper drifting on the water when he sees her from afar, but alas she is paddling over to come to his aid.

Here's the silly crocodile who wanders around the island hungering after the Captain.  She makes a tick-tock sound everywhere she goes.

This crocodile also has a whole world of men playing at war upon her back.

I had to adjust some lighting during the opening celebration....

Croc cake!