𝘚𝘖𝘐𝘓 𝘐𝘕-𝘊𝘈𝘙𝘕𝘈𝘛𝘐𝘖𝘕

CARNATION CONTEMPORARY

8371 N Interstate Ave, Portland, OR
@carnationcontemporary

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Carnation Contemporary presents 𝘐𝘯-𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, an interstate cross-pollination with Seattle’s artist-run gallery, SOIL. The exhibition conjures variations on memories from the mythological near-romance between the two cities. Portland was said to have fallen in love with Seattle, the goddess of Tokul of the Duwamish who then failed to return this love, eclipsed by her technocratic hyper-capitalist mindset. In retaliation, Portland sent for Seattle’s eyes to be plucked out and thrown to the ground. From this site of roiled SOIL, 24 carnation flowers grew to tell their own contemporary stories of love, loss, family, strength, tenacity and fragility.

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ARTISTS: Iole Alessandrini, Nola Avienne, Sophia Lorraine Anderson, Tania Colette B., Colleen Louise Barry, Sofya Belinskaya, Colleen RJC Bratton, Erin Elyse Burns, Lee Davignon, Cameron Day O’Connell, Parisa Ghaderi, James Hartunian, Ben Hirschkoff, Jia Jia, Claire Johnson, Philippe Hyojung Kim, Margie Livingston, the monarq, Quinton Merada, quinn mcnichol, forrest perrine, Warren Pope, Tim Roda, Tara Tamaribuchi, Genevieve Tremblay and Jose de La Parra.