CLASS DOWNTOWN Nov 2 @ 1st Thursday art walk!

First Thursday - Pearl District

6:45   Blue Sky Gallery and Nine Gallery (inside Blue Sky) 122 NW 8th Ave
7:00   Augen Gallery -  716 NW Davis
7:10   Froelick Gallery – 714 NW Davis
7:20   Williamson Knight - 916 NW Flanders
7:30   PDX Contemporary - 925 NW Flanders Street
7:40   Upfor Gallery - 929 NW Flanders Street
7:50   Elizabeth Leach - 417 NW 9th Ave
8:00   Blackfish Gallery - 420 NW 9th Ave

After 50 Years, Panter Publishes an Underground Paper

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After 50 Years, Panter Publishes an Underground Paper
// Print Magazine

Better late than never. Gary Panter, the prince of punk publications and the king of the Ratty Line, told me he's always wanted to produce a hippie newspaper. Now, in 2017, 50 years after the Summer of Love, he made it happen. Fog Window is a psychedelic volcano of pictures, words, color and love.

The newsprint paper is available during Panter's exhibition at Marlborough Contemporary Gallery through Nov. 11.

Panter says this is a dream (or an acid trip) come true, and was made to be an insert in the next Devin Gary & Ross LP. "Char Esme, a former student, designed and did all the collages from my material," he says. "Norman Hathaway and I advised her about hippie papers and I loaned her my Oracles, and so on."

 

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PRINT's 2017 New Visual Artists Are Here!

Get the latest issue of PRINT to discover our annual list of 15 of the best creatives today under 30. Plus …

• A look at the rebranding of an old industry made anew: marijuana
• A Manifesto from Scott Boylston on the dire need for sustainability in design
• Paul Sahre's memoir/monograph Two-Dimensional Man
• Debbie Millman's Design Matters: In PRINT, featuring Jonathan Selikoff
• And much more!

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Colorful Embroidered Portraits Use Thread to Mimic the Spontaneity of Pen

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Colorful Embroidered Portraits Use Thread to Mimic the Spontaneity of Pen
// Brown Paper Bag

Embroidery artist Bugambilo, aka Sol Kesseler, first stole my heart years ago with her negative space stitching of cats and florals. (Perfect!) Since then, she's continued embroidery by focusing on portraits of people. Each piece features detailed imagery combining fine lines and bold textures. Her subjects are rendered in black thread that's complete with cross hatching and stippling techniques; they have the distinct feeling of being drawn with pen. Just beyond their hair and faces, she uses decorative stitching as well as beads to frame them in abstract collisions of color and pattern.

Sol chronicles her work on Instagram.

Combining finely-stitched faces with colorful abstract patterns, Sol Kessler creates embroidery portraits that are hard to forget.

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Joseph Mugnaini (1912 - 1992)

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Joseph Mugnaini (1912 - 1992)
// MONSTER BRAINS

Joseph Mugnaini - Cover illustration from "The Halloween Tree" by Ray Bradbury,  1972

Mr. Moundshroud, illustration from "The Halloween Tree" by Ray Bradbury, 1972

Mr. Moundshroud, interior art for ''The Halloween Tree" 1972

Mr. Moundshroud, version 2, interior art for ''The Halloween Tree" 1972

Illustration from "The Halloween Tree" by Ray Bradbury, 1972

Witch illustration from "The Halloween Tree" by Ray Bradbury, 1972

House illustration from "The Halloween Tree" by Ray Bradbury, 1972

The Halloween Kite, illustration from "The Halloween Tree" by Ray Bradbury, 1972

The Halloween Kite, 1981

"The October Country" by Ray Bradbury, 1955

"The October Country" by Ray Bradbury, 1955

Modern Gothic, 1952

Modern Gothic, 1952, print

Carnival, original painting, 1952

Carnival, 1955

The Leviathan, from the portfolio "Ten Views of the Moon", authored by Ray Bradbury, 1981

The Hound, from the portfolio "Ten Views of the Moon", authored by Ray Bradbury, 1981

A Martian Town, from the portfolio "Ten Views of the Moon", authored by Ray Bradbury, 1981

The Dragon, from the portfolio "Ten Views of the Moon", authored by Ray Bradbury, 1981

A Tower on Mars,  from the portfolio Ten Views of the Moon, authored by Ray Bradbury, 1981

The Tower, designed for the "Ylla" chapter of the 1974 edition of The Martian Chronicles

"The World of Ray Bradbury" Stage Show Poster Art

Illustration from "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

Illustration from "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

Polyphemus, illustration for Thomas Bulfinch's, ''The Age of Fable or Stories of Gods and Heroes'' 1958

Minotaur, illustration for Thomas Bulfinch's, ''The Age of Fable or Stories of Gods and Heroes'' 1958

Pan, illustration for Thomas Bulfinch's, ''The Age of Fable or Stories of Gods and Heroes'' 1958

Beowulf, illustration for Thomas Bulfinch's, ''The Age of Fable or Stories of Gods and Heroes'' 1958

Apollo and the Dragon, illustration for Thomas Bulfinch's, ''The Age of Fable or Stories of Gods and Heroes'' 1958

Medusa, illustration for Thomas Bulfinch's, ''The Age of Fable or Stories of Gods and Heroes'' 1958

Baroque With Red Mama, 1971

Baroque, 1968

The Praying Mantis Vehicle. 1970

Illustration from "War of the Worlds" by H. G. Wells,  1964

Illustration from "War of the Worlds" by H.G Wells, 1964

Illustration from "The Time Machine" by H.G Wells,  1964

Illustration from "The Time Machine" by H.G Wells,  1964

The Metaphor, 1968

The Hero, 1968

The Market, 1955

Confrontation, 1953

The Tower, 1956

The Wall

"Joseph Anthony Mugnaini, born in Italy, though he moved to Los Angeles with his parents when he was still an infant. Although respected for accomplishments in other areas, Mugnaini is best known for his long association with Ray Bradbury, who regarded him as both a friend and the best interpreter of his work. As a result, he did the covers and interior art for several first editions of Bradbury's works, as well as related projects like illustrations for a 1962 cartoon adaptation of Bradbury's story "Icarus Montgolfier Wright" (May 1956 F&SF) and the cover for the May 1963 "Ray Bradbury" issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction – a painting of Bradbury flanked by iconic images from his stories that was later reused as the cover for Jerry Weist's Ray Bradbury: An Illustrated Life (2002).

Mugnaini's first Bradbury painting is probably his most famous – an image of a grieving man, dressed in newsprint and surrounded by flames, that graced the cover of the first edition of Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 (coll 1953) and has reappeared on several later editions, most recently a 2012 trade paperback edition. Other memorable efforts for Bradbury books include his painting of an old woman walking with a lizard past a series of tall houses for The October Country (coll 1956), playful renderings of containers of medicine for A Medicine for Melancholy (coll 1959), and an elaborately decorated number "22" on a barren field with dead trees for the omnibus Twice 22 (omni 1966). For many, Mugnaini's trademark style – an elongated human figure against a minimal or symbolic background – is indelibly linked with Bradbury's fiction, explaining why his covers and interior art are still being used for recent editions of his works. Still, it should also be remembered that Mugnaini did provide evocative covers for a few books by other genre writers, including Robert Crane's Hero's Walk (1954), Theodore Sturgeon's A Touch of Strange (coll 1958), and Louis Charbonneau's No Place on Earth (1958). In his later years, Mugnaini focused more on writing instructional art books, although he did publish a compilation of his artwork in 1982, featuring a foreword by his greatest admirer, Ray Bradbury. [GW]" - quote source

Most artworks found in auction listings from the estate of Ray Bradbury at NatedSanders.com

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