Felt Up: Queer Erotic Tomfoolery with Brent Pruitt

alleyhector — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:01:38 +0000

Brent Pruitt in front of one of his tamer works of art. Be prepared for more genitalia in the upcoming show

I love contemporary art. I love it even more when it is unafraid to poke fun at itself. Any medium worth studying is also worth mocking. In the spirit of self-love and expression while still not taking yourself too seriously is local artist Brent Pruitt‘s First Friday opening Felt Up: Queer Erotic Tomfoolery at Studio 2507 (2507 SE Clinton Street). Appearing for the month of Februrary the show opens this Friday with a reception from 6 to 9pm during the southeast’s hipper First Thursday equivalent.

This irreverent show in felt may be child-like in its playfulness, but it is anything but innocent. The pieces use the school-age craft material to create pictures of gleefully erupting penises and bright and cheerful vulva in the de Flower series.

Pruitt studied film and communications at Antioch College with a concentration in sociology and queer studies. He calls his art an exercise in self-exploration and visual extension of his creative writing often incorporating topics of body image, social justice, gender/queer issues, mortality, existentialism and the environment.

I call it it fun.

First Thursday with Rai Villanueva

alleyhector — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:57:42 +0000

Rai Villanueva in action

Local aerosol artist Rai Villanueva has has numerous shows profiled here before but the up-and-comer made have found her biggest show yet when she presents her work at the Diesel store this Thursday. The First Thursday opening at the stylish clothier features an open bar and the turntable work of DJ L-Train.

So before little Rai Rai makes it really big we wanted to make sure we got some video of the wunderkind from way back when. Villanueva, along with Fat Fancy, are the subjects of this month’s upcoming video podcast Queer Agenda. So here’s a glance at episode #2, which should appear by this Friday.

QPDX Podcast Two Preview from wolf and owl productions on Vimeo.

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