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Redux brings you the fabulous fine art of
Jesse Utt
OPENING RECEPTION:
FIRST FRIDAY, August 1st 2008
from 6-9:30 pm
811 east Burnside #110
(just across the street from The Jupiter Hotel and The Doug Fir)
Jesse Utt
OPENING RECEPTION:
FIRST FRIDAY, August 1st 2008
from 6-9:30 pm
811 east Burnside #110
(just across the street from The Jupiter Hotel and The Doug Fir)
Painter and jewelry designer extraordinaire, Jesse Utt is a recent transplant from NYC to Portlandia. He is a renown and prolific creator fine art as well as reknowned jewelry designer, from handpainted canvas wrist-cuffs to earrings sporting his graphic comic-book aesthetic, to creative assemblage jewelry incorporating chain, feathers, gemstones, vintage components and found oddities. This urban-inspired accessory line, also known as Zachary Pryor, is also carried at REDUX.
While moving apartments from Manhattan to Queens, artist Jesse Utt put his foot through one of his most prized paintings, a painting depicting his version of Queen Esther from the Bible and Ganymedes from Greek mythology. Not wanting to lose the most important part of this painting, he fashioned it into a canvas wrist cuff with some jewel snaps purchased at the Jewish fabric store and he became Jesse Utt, accessory designer. On the subway and on the streets of New York everyone would ask where he got this cuff, where could they get one. And so, Zachary Pryor, urban inspired accessories was born. Zachary, from the name his mother had wanted him to name him so badly and Pryor, from the maiden name of his most loved relative, with whom he felt a strong soul connection, his grandmother, Queva.
Jesse has created several unusual styles of accessories for the fashion forward, catering to the truly original, edgier few who happily don his funky cuffs, asymetrical neckace creations or a pair of feather earrings.
Zachary Pryor accessories have been featured in Maxim magazine on Nicky Hilton, Time Out New York Fall 2004, InStyle Spring 2005, on Showtimes "The L Word," on the daytime dramas "One Life to Live" and "All My Children," worn by Avril Lavigne during the 2004 MTV movie awards, John Tartaglia (Tony Award nominated actor in Avenue Q), Mary-Kate Olsen and Shirley Manson.
His first line, for which he has received and is still receiving consumer and media attention, is based upon his comic-inspired sketch-work. The line of fully painted enamel-like earrings, canvas cuffs, belts and buckles and dog tag chains feature images of everything from flora and fauna to screaming comic book super villains to images of the city-dwellers and hipsters that exist within his mind and on the streets of the many cities he has resided in. These pieces are completely unique and each one is a one-of-a-kind. What makes them even better is that they look equally great on both men and women.
Up next month:
Animal portraiture by local illustrator:
Ryan Berkley
FIRST FRIDAY OPENING RECEPTION: Sept 5th
6-9:30pm
This stately tiger has seen a battle or two in his time. He is well decorated, his ranking is General, and, believe it or not, he's a pretty nice guy. He is quite a good luck charm if you bring him along to your board game party.
This stately cardinal is dressed to the nines. I recently saw my first cardinal on a road trip in Nashville and it was very exciting. He was just hanging out outside a bank on a Sunday. That one wasn't dressed as nicely as this gent, however. Still, maybe they are related somehow.
This buck has a bit of a dual personality. He gets all his clothing imported from Italy yet he loves listening to Bob Dylan . At first glance you might think he is a little egotistical but he's actually one of the nicest deer I've ever met. He'd love to pour you a glass of brandy.
Or beer.
Betty the squirrel is still occasionally recognized on the street from her days as a folk musician. Many years ago she played guitar and tambourine for a fairly successful folk trio. She is still playing music but now her main audience are her five grandchildren. She loves writing a new song for each one on their birthday.
Ryan Berkley creates comic book inspired art, prints, and whatever other fun things come to mind. His medium of choice is markers and colored pencils.
He lives in Portland with his wife Lucy and their ceramic roadrunner Winston.
Or beer.
Betty the squirrel is still occasionally recognized on the street from her days as a folk musician. Many years ago she played guitar and tambourine for a fairly successful folk trio. She is still playing music but now her main audience are her five grandchildren. She loves writing a new song for each one on their birthday.
Ryan Berkley creates comic book inspired art, prints, and whatever other fun things come to mind. His medium of choice is markers and colored pencils.
He lives in Portland with his wife Lucy and their ceramic roadrunner Winston.
Schedule 2008:
January- Pepe Moscoso -resin encased painting and photo-montage on salvaged house siding
February- Art Ghost - Collaborative paintings, often incorporating found thrift-store paintings by Seattle duo
March- Lisa Congdon- art+craft from SF artist utilizing founded paper, fabrics, wood and things altered by paint, ink and silkscreen
April- Dr Medz- sweet surrealist paintings on salvaged objects and wood like skateboard decks
May- Kristin-Marie- mixed media, found objects, old yellowed text, assembled on salvaged wood
June-Kate Durkin- tasty soft goods, sweet graphic prints and re-stitched canvas paintings from this talented SF artist
July- Tim Karpinski- luciously layered painting and delicate illustration on paper, canvas and found objects.
August- Jesse Utt- detailed mixed media portraiture of man meets beast
September Ryan Berkley- intricately illustrated portraits of the more illustrious members of animal kingdom, each filled with personality.
October- Norman Chambers- fabulous complex illustrations in ink & gouache
November- Julia Gardner layered found objects and illustration encased in shadowboxed resin
December- TBA
January 2008- Mary Tapogna- simply stunning small works from local mosaics maven
February 2008-
Previous 2007 Schedule
January- Kendra Binney -Resin paintings on wood
February- Rebecca Haack - "A Quiet Lark" encaustic encased paintings incorporating organics and sewing patterns on wood
March- Kelly Williams Ray - Silkcreened ties and wall pieces
April- Rachel Blumberg - Found organics & objects in shadow boxes
May- Faryn Davis - Jewelry & Small works, resin encased organics over wood featuring hand-painted layers upon layers of delicate beauty
June- Struct- painted and stenciled vinyl records
July- Joseph Valentino - topographically illustrated polaroids
August- P. Williams- Graphical paintings on salvaged wood and canvas
September- Tim Combs- routed /painted stencils on recycled fence wood
October - Jason Dietz- multi-media photographs and paintings
Melissa Kolbusz [wired]- TRUNK SHOW!!
Jewelry recycled from industrial parts
November- Jason Greene- paint, wood, strings and found materials
December- Rebecca Haack- encaustics layered over painted collage and photographs
PREVIOUSLY FEATURED ARTISTS:
July: 08: Timothy Karpinski- Gorgeous meticulously rendered illustrations on paper cutouts. often sewn together with precision stitches, these delicate works are under glass and beautifully framed.
June 08: Kate Durkin- Years of experimentation led her to discover that she could successfully manipulate a piece's composition while integrating a wide range of subjects by cutting up the canvas, creating groups of little pieces, and stitching them back together. This discovery liberated her from traditional notions of the painting process, both allowing her to be more deliberate with her composition choices and forcing her to relinquish control.
May 08: Kristin-Marie- Collections of fascinating objects have been painstakingly rendered and reassembled in Kristin's work. She reinterprets tiny objects withing new settings in 3-dimensional ways.
April 08: Dr Medz.
Bradley Royce collaborates with the characteristics inherent in salvaged wood to dictate the image or creature that emerges. Working in stark graphic lines of black and white, he brings out the creature or person trapped within.
March 08: Lisa Congdon
Ordinary objects, old photographs and papers, along with pieces of nature form beautiful keepsakes that allow viewers to imagine how they are connected and to create their own narratives.
February 08: Art Ghost
Cleverly manipulated thrift store paintings and colorful portraiture of beauties and beasts by Seattle duo Eric and Liz, otherwise known as: Art Ghost
January 08: Pepe Moscoso
creates collages of carefully arranged human figures, almost caricatures of themselves, placed within the realism of a photographic setting. Resonating with startling purpose, there is a surreal nature to these pieces which smartly express his unique way of seeing the world.
December 07 Rebecca Haack
foggy landscapes of photography, acrylic paints and mixed media drenched in encaustic wax create gorgeous moody pictorals of typical NW scenery.
November 07: Jason Greene
In his most recent series, he paints small, found objects using the objects instead of brushes. The “objects that paint themselves” are included in each composition and provide a brief history of process and symmetry between paint and the painted.
October 07: Jason Dietz multi-media photographs and paintings
sliced rolled sandwiched photographs and printed media are layered meticulously in dizzying patterns of color and industriousness.
Melissa Kolbusz [wired ] Trunk show! Fabulous Jewelry recycled from electronics parts, transistors, magnet wire and industrial rubber
September 07: Tim Combs
Through his most recent work in portraiture, local artist Tim Combs examines parallels between the way he sees our society as excessively consuming and discarding products with similar disregard for the past. His work puts special emphasis on the compelling nature of memory and our fragile bonds to family, friends and community.
August 07: P. Williams
P. Williams current series of work is an exploration of the relationship between humans and nature. The work looks at the plastic divide between humans and the world at large, as well as the tragedy and disasters that come from ignoring the seemingly benign.
July 07: Joseph Valentino
Utilizing a multiple exposure trick to construct double and triple layered ghostlike images, Joe then modifies them with topographical illustrations and letter transfers, pushing the possibilities of what can be done with Polaroid film. The result combines his meditative line designs with geometric repetition and allusions to favorite themes like nature, people, film television stills, and urban decay.
June 07: Struct Portland, OR
A member of the “Vinyl Killers” troupe, this talented local artist’s undeniably unique interpretation of repurposed record art utilizes his unique stenciling techniques.
May 07: Faryn Davis Seattle, WA
This tradition as a “collector of small, powerful things” has transitioned in many ways into her jewelry, installations and mixed media art. Her work incorporates a wide array of found organic elements such as wood, clay, resin, light, paint, wax and texts into illuminated, shrine-like forms.
April 07: Rachel Blumberg Portland, OR
These 'shadow' boxes are repurposed drawers, filled with found miniatures, delicate artifacts, vintage dolls, hanging painted birds, dried flowers, pages of books and other carefully selected ephemera.
March 07:
Using historical imagery, primarily from advertising campaigns of the 50’s, Kelly Williams Ray's pieces often take a satirical, tongue-in-cheek approach to current issues. Using the graphic nature of the silk-screen process to fuse bright pictures onto colorful vintage men’s neckties, Kelly produces stunning (and wearable) pieces of political and social commentary.
February 07: Rebecca Haacke
Rebecca makes use of a fragrant, unrefined beeswax, an infinitely malleable medium which encases the image with a sensuous and emotional tonality. Her use of encaustics diffuses the light upon each story like miniature revelations, giving each piece an aged, yet timeless, child-like fantasy. These small works are her daydreams.
January 07: Kendra Binney
REDUX is proud to present the hauntingly beautiful work of Kendra Binney, a very talented painter creating small works on wood with multi textural embeddings of organic materials, illustrated paper and paint. Through scenes of dripping landscapes and insecure, vulnerable characters, she illustrates a world draped in memories, remorse, and fragile realities.
November 06: Rachel Austin
Rachel Austin loves creating little pieces of art - the smaller and cuter the better. Common themes of innocence, loneliness, travel and flight show up many times in her paintings. She utilizes reclaimed pallet wood and old maps as her canvas.
October 06: Liz Cohn
Liz Cohn works in oil, acrylic, mixed media, and collage to create abstract and whimsical works of art on paper and canvas. These works often contain newsprint and lettering, vintage photography, paint, attachments of metal wire and nails. Constantly pushing the boundaries of assemblage with her brilliant use of color, texture, words and images, Liz conveys the multidimensionality of life and all it’s curious representations.
September 06: Jenna Robertson
Jenna Robertson- creates sewing machine-stitched collages using luxurious recycled wool. The textures and colors of angora, lambswool and cashmere and the simultaneous movement and pinned-down stillness of the thread have inspired this series of birds and butterflies.
August 06: Lucia Johnson
Lucia Johnson begins by building her works out of recycled found materials. Ingredients vary from acrylic sheeting, ancient windows, acrylic paint, wood panels or MDF. Most completed works are a combination of multiple painted layers on glass or clear acrylic sheets stacked up inside a box frame to create a multi-dimensional effect. The layering moves as the viewer does, resulting in a most hallucinatory experience.
July 06: Mary Tapogna
Mary Tapogna- From functional art and crosses, vases, pendant lamps and iconographic portraiture, this prolific artist has mastered the art of mosaic with an incredible sense of color, detail and technical skill.
June 06: Brett Superstar
Brett Superstar – Gouache paintings on vintage file folders. Starting with the original brown of the faded folders, Brett pulls shapes by shading and highlighting in order to bring his portraiture studies to life.
May 06: Gregory Hanson
Using almost exclusively recycled materials exhumed from attics and basements and old photos from decades past, drawers and boxes are brought back to life in the colorful and whimsical assemblages of Gregory Hanson.
April 06: Theo Fanning
San Francisco artist Theo Fanning and his typewriter jewelry. This wicked neck-piece attracted many window-shoppers.
March 06: REDUX Grand Opening brings you four fabulous metal sculptors and lamp artists:
Jason Radies is a Portland artist and metalworker, mainly working in mild steel and recycled car parts.
Coby is a local metal sculptor using primarily found objects in his work, including machine parts, tools, gears and the like.
Matt Sipes is a Portland lamp artist reinventing a variety of consumer cast-offs into functional lamps. His specialty is the reinvention of the common kitchen appliance, for a fresh, unique interpretation on lighting.
Brody Boeger is a Portland artist who collects old lamp parts from the seventies and reassembles them with a completely chic kitchy-retro cool. He connects recycled globes of green, amber and white in stacked towers of glowing glass and brass. He also appropriates objects like vacuum cleaners and other vintage appliances into lamps.