RACC Press Releases
March 21, 2008
Plus Minus, a temporary installation at the Portland Building
April 7-May 2, 2008
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| Damien Gilley, Study for Plus Minus |
The Regional Arts & Culture Council presents the installation, Plus Minus, by Portland artist Damien Gilley in the Portland Building Installation Space, April 7-May 2, 2008. The Portland Building, located at 1120 SW 5th Avenue, is open to the public from 7am - 6pm, Monday through Friday. This is the first of a series of three student installations over the next four months.
Gilley has been developing ideas of the phenomenology of perception in the environment and deconstructs the visual environment by reducing it to shapes, line and color. For this installation, Gilley will use black string and ink to create an abstract perspective drawing made of multiple viewpoints that overlap and interact with each other, ultimately creating a compelling force of perspective that focuses the viewer’s gaze. The drawing will be based on about fifteen source photographs of the sidewalks surrounding the Portland Building. Some linear elements will extend into the space, allowing the viewer to fully experience the installation by actually walking into the drawing. The final drawing will echo the immediate surrounding of the Portland Building, including shapes and objects familiar building users.
Background
Damien Gilley is currently an MFA candidate at Portland State University. He received his BFA in New Media from the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. His work was included in New American Talent 22 an annual exhibit originating from Arthouse in Austin, Texas. In 2006, he received a Best of Show Award for the Las Vegas County Art Competition and Best New Media for an exhibition at the Las Vegas Museum of Art. In Portland, he has exhibited his work at Igloo, Portland State University’s MK Gallery, Worksound, and White Elephant.
Upcoming installations: Jessie Smith, May 16-June 6 (Portland State University BFA student); Susan Schnell, June 16-July 11 (Marylhurst University BFA student); Cara Tomlinson, Sean Regan, Rachel Hibbard, July 28 – August 22; Paul Rebsom, September 1 – 26; Dan Senn, October 6 – 31; Gabe Shaughnessy, November 10 – December 5; all the art that fits (employee art exhibit), December 10 – January 9, 2009; Carolyn Matsumoto, January 19 – February 13; Robert McConaughy, February 23 – March 20. For more information, contact RACC at 503.823.5111.
A website that features images, proposals and statements of all installations featured in the space since 1994 can be found at www.racc.org/installationspace.
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