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Strange Cities - Installation Views

Our current show here at Ampersand features work by Portland photographer, John Ryan Brubaker. Titled Strange Cities, the photographs document his travels through Vietnam in spring, 2010. Less about a specific geography or type of people, the photographs instead record the tangled chaos, the wounded patterns, & the congested horizon, street & railway lines that comprise any strange city a traveler gets lost in. We have also published a book by the same title to coincide with the exhibition. You can purchase a copy in our online store here.

We'll be open late on Last Thursday this week.

OPENING PARTY SATURDAY JULY 16

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Recent interiew with Douglas Stockdale

Douglas Stockdale recently stopped in & interviewed me for his blog, The Photobook, where he discusses & reviews a wide variety of photographic books. You can read the interview here. In brief, we discuss how Ampersand got started, the relationship between books & our gallery shows & the recent publication of our first book.

. . Limited Edition Show Catalog Now Available . .

Ampersand is pleased to announce the first in what we hope to be a long list of books published by the gallery. Our Time is published on the occasion of an exhibition of watercolor paintings by by Dan Gluibizzi & features 47 details from the larger works featured here in the gallery. The book also includes an essay by R. Jay Magill, Jr. that offers insight & context to the prurient figures found in Dan's work. R. Jay Magill, Jr. is the author of Chic Ironic Bitterness & his second book, Sincerity, is forthcoming from W.W. Norton in spring 2012.

Our Time
Dan Gluibizzi
6 x 8 in., 93 pages, perfect bound
47 color illustrations
Printed & bound in Portland, OR

Edition of 100
10 signed with an original watercolor on 6 x 8 inch paper.

Purchase the book here.

.... Last Thursday at Ampersand: Dan Gluibizzi ....

It's Last Thursday Tonight & we all know the skies are dull, the rain is falling & it's cold, but that's all the more reason to come check out the new show at Ampersand. Dan Gluibizzi's watercolors are vibrant, lively & whimsical. Above are a few shots of the install in the gallery. We've also published a special edition book for the show, limited to 100 copies that were printed & bound here in Portland. It's the first in what we hope to be a long list of titles published by Ampersand. Stop in & get one before the sell out!

Eggleston's Stranded in Canton tonight at Clinton Street Theater - Presented by Cinema Project

Portland's Cinema Project is screening William Eggleston's Stranded in Canton tonight & tomorrow (May 3 & 4 at 7:30PM) at the Clinton Street Theater. Ampersand will be there selling Eggleston's books, including Stranded in Canton, which features film stills & a DVD version of the film. We'll also have copies of the latest Eggleston book published by Twin Palms, For Now, which was edited by Michael Almereyda, maker of the film, Eggleston in the Real World.

10% of all sales will be given to Cinema Project to support their continued screenings of avant-garde cinema here in Portland.

New Shows Available to Purchase Online Shortly.

We'll have the new shows photographed & available to purchase online later this week. In the meantime, enjoy the above views of the installation or go here & here for more information & images.

Dan Gluibizzi in June. Can't Wait!!!

I was over at Dan's studio the other day
previewing work for his upcoming show
in June.

Opening Shots - 04.28.2011

Thanks to everyone who came out last night for the opening.
Thanks, too, to Ninkasi Brewing Co. for providing the beer.
If you didn't have a chance to make it, the current shows will
be up through the end of may.