Eyeful Gallery is proud to present “Evidence”, a show examining the art form of glass artists. Opening reception Thursday September 2nd, come for great art and drinks.

The Eyeful Gallery is proud to present a solo show of work by Portland based artist Alec Neal. Alec’s work display’s a raw visual energy rarely seen outside of our dreams. Vivid colors and ornate patterns intricately weave together visual texture and depth. Subtle anthropomorphic figures, and alien architecture start to emerge during prolonged viewing, drawing the participant into the space.

So please come on down to Eyeful Gallery for this first Thursday Artwalk in lovely Portland, Oregon. Just bring an umbrella I heard it might rain.

To see photos just move cursor along the space above.

Eyeful Gallery is proud to present in the month of October a very special show of special bicycle mods, customizations, and refurbishing. In order to see what all this means come on down to Everett Station Lofts for First Thursday Artwalk if you are in the Portland, OR area for the first week of August.

See you then.

Eyeful Gallery is proud to present in the Month of June, Josh Sands with a solo show of new work entitled, “Hyperbole.” Speaking briefly with the artist he had this to say about the show.

“Humor and whimsy entirely overwhelmed my process when creating these works. What is here on display is a series of 3 dimensional sculptures that act like 2 dimensional collage. Combined with my natural tendencies of embellishment, and experimentation with borosilicate glass as a sculptural medium.”

A series of cut and paste paper collage was also hung on the walls seen in conjunction with the 3 dimensional objects. These works complimented the sculpture by adding further dimensions of fantasy and absurdity to the viewer.

To conact Josh Sands email us at eyefulgallery@gmail.com or at jglensands@yahoo.com

The Eyeful Gallery is happy as always to be a part of the Everett Station Lofts. Especially when so much interesting art is on display every first Thursday at least. Just for fun it’s time to start posting photos of all sorts of art from first Thursday, including Eyeful, etc. Let’s celebrate art.

If any artists object to having their works on display here please email us at eyefulgallery@gmail.com and we will remove your work. All apologies to the artists for not including their names, also please email us and we will rightfully include them. Thank you to the Seachange, Pop Coochie, Virtuoso, and Doppler galleries. To see photos just run cursor along the blank space on the bottom, pictures will emerge.

Josh Sands “Hyperbole” May-July 2010: New Work

Eyeful Gallery is proud to present Josh Sands, “Hyperbole.” New works in glass and collage to tickle the senses and salve the savage soul.

Artist: Brian Padilla
Year: 2009
Medium: Glass

WORK | PROGRESS
An art show, temporary bookshop & events series to benefit the Dill Pickle Club.
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December 3 – January 3
Eyeful Gallery | NW 6th & Everett
Wed – Sun 12PM – 6PM

Eyeful Gallery is proud to present, Work Progress: A Benefit For The Dill Pickle Club. This is a special showing of art, books, and other media. The show is featuring special events all month long. Check the schedule out and attend!

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Icky A | Brad Adkins | Moe Bowstern | Carye Bye | Bill Daniel | Dyslexxis | Harrell Fletcher | Sarah Gottesdiener | Sam Gould | Anna Gray | MK Guth | Tad Hirsch | Ariana Jacob | Kendra Larson | Ian Lynam | Eric Mast | Justin Scrappers Morrison | Michael Parich | Ryan Wilson Paulsen | Brittany Powell | Khris Soden | Bwana Spoons | Matthew Stadler | Nim Wunnan | Pete Yahnke

EVENT SERIES
All Events to take place and/ or depart from The Eyeful Gallery

WORK | PROGRESS Opening
Thursday, December 3 | 6PM
FREE | No RSVP Necessary!
Join us for the opening of the exhibition during the First Thursday art walk, with beer donated by Ninkasi and live music by Cape Perpetua and Niekrasz/ Jenkins Duet (of Why I Must Be Careful).

Red Tour of Portland
Sunday, December 13 | 1PM
$10 General / $9 Picklers
(Sign-up coming soon)
Michael Munk (author of The Portland Red Guide: Sites & Stories of Our Radical Past) leads a two-hour walk highlighting the city’s tradition of progressive activism, class struggle and race politics — a history often overlooked by Portlanders today.

New Economy Comedy Night
Friday, December 18 | 8PM
$6 General / $5 Picklers
(No RSVP / pay at door)
Jokes? In this economy?!? Distract yourself from your dwindling bank account with a dose of comedy featuring stand-up, videos and speeches all dealing with the new economy. We promise, we are not debt collectors. Programmed by Notorious M.I.K.

Dinner & Show Closing
Sunday, January 3 | 6PM
$20 General / $18 Picklers
(Sign-up coming soon)
An intimate evening, with dinner prepared by Mrs. Lucy Rockwell and presentations by people who have helped the Dill Pickle, including: Vontundra, Eberhardt Press and Matthew Stadler.

September 2009 first Thursday was a fun and successful night at Eyeful Gallery. On display were pieces by Josh Sands, Freeman Corbin, and Flynn Helper based around the idea of ready-made or easily altered.

The main attraction of the evening was a large collage created in collaboration between Flynn and Josh, “Cape Town.” It all started with a large black and white print of a photograph of Amsterdam. Then the piece morphed into its own, under the tutelage of the two artists. The end product was delightfully trashy, exciting, and appealing. Bursting with color, and celebrities as if Amsterdam were invaded by Hollywood. Even though Cape Town appears in the lower left. The artists claim that the process was entirely intuitive and interpretation is left to the viewer.

Other pieces included in the show were two collages, three glass assemblages, and three t-shirts moonlighting as paintings made by Josh.

The t-shirt pieces presented a unique approach to painting or drawing. Based around the ready-made idea pioneered by Marcel Duchamp, and others. These pieces were meant to reflect the intrinsic artistic nature of the textiles themselves. All the while maintaining a co-existence with its being; by altering their appearance little. Furthermore a conclusion may point to the artistic nature of all humans and the world around them. If something as simple and common as a t-shirt can be art, then we are surely surrounded by art everywhere. Hinting at the fact that we are all artists.

Finally the last piece in the show was another collaboration between Josh and Freeman. It was another collage, recalling the experience of flying and the view from up above. Large patches of blue leave the impression of a flowing river, brown patches look like farmland. Often times it is true the devil is in the details, so upon further inspection details emerge. Several of Earth’s natural and man-made wonders co-mingle in the small space.

It is not clear exactly what art is, but what is clear is that experimentation and constant re-evaluation of that question is necessary to artists. On display were fine examples of blurred lines between the parameters of art.

Check it out: When The National Geographic was recently in town, one of their first stops was The Eyeful Gallery! I believe that’s a blurry shot of artist Josh Sands struttin’ through on First Thursday? Check out their entire photostream from Portland here.