Imperfecta

Sneak preview!

Join us on June 4 for the opening of "A Manageable Paradox" featuring local artist Erin R. Grant.

Erin is interested in the visceral materiality of the body and the uneasy boundaries that we (humans) maintain with the natural world. Through her practice and by leveraging diverse mediums, she conceptually explores the crossing, the blurring and the elimination of such artificially constructed boundaries.

In this collected body of work, Erin has captured moments of liminality: bodies eviscerated and unfurled to flora and fauna, the fragility of exposed flesh to feral specimens, and the fervent dread of the self's collapse into nothingness.

The title of this exhibit reflects the artist's aim to create a moment of beautiful equilibrium from chaotic disintegration. Through drawings, paintings, and sculpture Erin R. Grant strives to capture a moment of aesthetic stability in the continuous entropy that permeates our corporeal existence. In addition to conjuring beauty from decay, she has also imbued her work with a sensitive humor drawn from revulsion. By balancing temporal levity against inexorable obliteration, the art in this exhibit depicts a manageable paradox.

The show debuts on June 4, with an Opening Reception from 5 to 8pm.

Gallery Opening Hours: Wednesday to Saturday, 11am to 5pm – EXCEPT first Wednesdays (closed) and first Thursdays (open 5-8pm only).

The gallery is located at 809 NW Flanders st, Portland OR.

Sara Swink's work is so distinctive and special that I would be able to recognize it anywhere!

I mean, look at this beauty! Who gets to sit on the red chair 🪑??? What will the surrounding creatures whisper to you?

"This little island" (Sara Swink)
Ceramic, 10 x 10 x 7 inches

This beauty is part of this month's group show, from.ic.some, and is available at the gallery or via our online catalog 💕