"The holidays and the weather aren't the only thing that comes to mind this month. December marks the end of the year which reminds me that all things must come to an end. While endings are typically seen in a negative light, temporality is not always bad. Impermanence births new beginnings, ideas, creations, and life. This month, I want to focus on the temporality in our lives, the beauty that comes from it, and how artists navigate an inevitable reality."
"Blackfish Gallery addresses the temporality of mortality with Mae Al-Jiboori's expressive paintings and features two holiday art sales that offer the opportunity to give back to community members in need. Well Well Projects proves hardships are temporary with Claire Frances Spaulding's soft sculptures. Paragon Arts Gallery is on theme with their exhibition all about death and transition titled, Thanatopsis: A Meditation on Death, Grief, and Transition."
"One of Portland Art Museum's new exhibition spaces is transformed into a soft, aquatically simulated environment in Pipilotti Rist's 4th Floor to Mildness. Rist creates installations for visitors to connect in unconventional ways with the aim of better understanding of one another, our interrelationships, our own bodies, and nature. Two organically shaped screens hang from the ceiling and play an underwater film accompanied by a musical score by experimental musician, Soap&Skin/Anja Plaschg."
Cold weather and early sunsets prompt holiday art shopping and seasonal reflection. December frames endings as a source of renewal, creativity, and new beginnings. Local galleries present work that engages temporality and mortality, including expressive paintings that examine mortality, soft sculptures that gesture to resilience, and an exhibition focused on death and transition. A museum installation simulates an aquatic environment to foster unconventional connections and bodily awareness, pairing underwater film projections with an experimental musical score. Holiday art sales are paired with opportunities to support community members in need through charitable giving.
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