Jason Brown & Chris Haberman @ Goodfoot

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. . . so might be a bit early to post, but hey what ya gunna do. I've worked with a lot of you in the "art of musical maintenance" series and "vinyl killers" and I guess all the other show's i put together at the Goodfoot . . . . I've dusted off my brushes and have been impersinating an artist again, thought i would book myself a show. Haven't painted much since my daughter was born almost 4 years ago . . . it's been a lot of fun to paint again. . . . I've done a lot of collaberative work with Chris Haberman for this show. . . .




The Goodfoot will have an art opening last Thurs, May 28th. The show will be up until June 22nd. The show will be collaborated art project by Jason Brown and Chris Haberman

Complete with dense urban landscapes filled with clusters of city folk to musicians tucked under industrial bridges*within massive underground cities of lore,**City of Night is a multi-dimensional art show, featuring paintings and a 3D installation, exploring*the true essence of all forms of "night" life and the duality of the human condition.** Based off pop culture and real-life experience, this varied concept show is a whirlwind of visual, textual and collaborated works from two of Portland's most prolific and colorful artists.

Since people are the real focus of this show, shrouded sometimes in darkness, the cast of subjects of all these collaborated and individual works spans the gamut of characterization:* urban warriors, rock stars, bar maids, actors, sex workers, superheroes, sea serpents, warlocks, bikers, fighters, werewolves, street hustlers, pirates, paupers, poets and killers.* No character of the night is left out.*

Spanning 30 feet of wall space, this woodcut hand-painted city is a lighted construct of the urban experience, complete with three-dimensional buildings, bridges, sky lights, houses, bar scenes and thousands of people.**It is both a celebration of the idea of the City and a comment on the density and activity that happens with the sun goes down and the night becomes alive.*

For the past 8 years Jason Brown has been the resident artists of the downstairs and curator of the Goodfoot in the upstairs. He has been painting (with a bit of a break) for 20 years, and been showing around Portland for the last 12 years.

"Painting is my vessel of communication. Art becomes a social and personal dialectic for me aimed at resolving inner and public conflict while simultaneously celebrating humanity. Through irony, humor, bold and subtle imagery I convey my vision on to others. I place my characters in settings where the rooftops of society have been cut off, and their idiosyncrasies become their vulnerabilities. By utilizing perspective I place my characters into a realm that seems comfortable and inviting, but contains certain disjointed qualities. My characters explode out of their setting while remaining stoic, as though they are unaffected by their environment. (A petty thief that steals the tip of a waitress left on the bar by a previous patron - the meat market patrons with their robust, sex crazed egos manipulating the masses with their decedent carnage). Some have suggested that my work has a masculine perspective, but I certainly do not represent or embody the masculine viewpoint. Ultimately, I paint individuals transfixed by their struggle, at times framing the daily lives of “Martyred Saints”, “Super humans” that have routines and transgressions just as anyone else. (The musician who forgets he is mortal for a brief second and the lightning bolt of god touches his forehead, knighting this saint a forbearer of humanity - the husband who goes into a strip bar for directions, and is coincidentally spotted by his wife.) I am intrigued by the situational moments that could be explained, but the individual finds himself trapped by the circumstances. Through observation and perspective I make an earnest attempt at painting the honesty of humanity."

Chris Haberman is a working writer, painter and musician native to the Portland area. He has shown artwork around town for the last 5 years. Aside from painting, he has published poetry, journalism and fiction; being awarded the Tom Doulis Fiction award, the Wilma Morrison award for excellence in journalism and is a member to the Academy of American Poets.

“All of my artwork is created on found (post-consumer materials) objects, given or found on the streets and alleyways of Portland, OR, a discarded cabinet door, a table top or the occasional battered street sign quickly becomes the backdrop for a integrated puzzle of human figures. The multitude of images pushed together with words, objects and figures reflects the complexity of our modern life. The images created are ‘folk-art’ in nature, a spontaneous layering of bright color and art material (paint, glue, charcoal, ink pen, oil stik, lipstick, etc. ) reflecting people, politics, the region, pop-culture, media, music, film and literature.”

You can view and purchase art from the entire show after Sun, May 30th
GOODFOOT.
Current show is there now.

The goodfoot
2845 SE Stark
503-239-9292
GOODFOOT
MySpace.com - Goodfoot Art - 32 - Male - PORTLAND, Oregon - www.myspace.com/goodfootart
open daily 5-2:30

upcoming art openings @ Goodfoot
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June 25 Mario Robert & Matt Scholsky

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couple other collabes Chris and i have been workin on.

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little in progress shot of the cityscape thingy puttin together for the show, they'll be hundreds of cut out buildings, attatched to the city, along with the bar being more developed with people, stools blah, blah, couple bridges, etc. . It'll be about 6ft x 30ft





opens next thurs

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one of the city sections with a couple of the cut out buildings

opens this thurs

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just about got the city hung. It's about 6 ft x 35 ft



opens thurs

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opens tonight

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Show was a lot of fun, should have stuff online Sun with better pic and what's left for sell.
GOODFOOT

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websites updated. You can view and purchase everything from the current show, that's still available.
http://thegoodfoot.com/gallery/
If you haven't been on for a while, we've changed a few things around, still evolving

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Here's a little video Heather Hawkins made of us hanging the show and through the opening night.


show's up for another week
still some stuff left.
The Goodfoot Page not found

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show comes down after the weekend.
http://thegoodfoot.com/gallery/