Our regular commentary on wingnut mania, desert atrocities, Scottsdale smut and political malfeasance—delivered with a liberal dose of Schadenfreude, will continue shortly. Below, some art spot hints.



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Start the tour early today at the end-of-residency and opening party for artist/filmmaker Brent Green and his new installation Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then at ASU Art Museum 4 – 6pm.


Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then is inspired by the true story of an idiosyncratic house in Louisville, owned by hardware store clerk Leonard Wood. When his wife Mary was diagnosed with cancer, Leonard started building the house room by room, with the tragic hope that his labor would save his wife. Even after Mary’s death, Wood continued to build the house. Over the next 20 years, he strove to bring something as tangible and powerful as his love for Mary into the world.

The installation features Green’s version of Wood’s house, transplanted and reconstructed from the artist’s studio in rural Pennsylvania. The house, along with sculptural elements and structures, is installed in one of the ASU Art Museum’s galleries with video and sound pieces shown inside and around the house to create an immersive environment


This just in—Green will offer a performance to the crowd. Friday, September 3, 4-6pm @ ASU Art Museum. Free for all to attend, the event will feature food, beverage and more…

For more information on Brent Green’s work go to www.nervousfilms.com or visit asuartmuseum.asu.edu.



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Converging Trajectories: Crossing Borders, Building Bridges at Modified Arts:


…is an invitational group exhibition of works by 42 artists, mostly from Brazil and Arizona with others from Buenos Aires, Charlotte, Chicago, Mexico City, New York, and San Francisco…Of the 42 artists in the exhibition, 21 are currently based in Brazil making this the largest exhibit of contemporary art from Brazil ever shown in Phoenix and the Southwestern United States.

The exhibition is organized by local arts maven and dealer Ted G.Decker. Read the curator’s story at Hearsight.com.

Modified Arts is at 407 East Roosevelt, PHX. Visit modified.org for more info.


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Artist talk at 7pm by Rachel Woodburn at Tilt Gallery, PHX’s only fine art photography salon, located at 919 W. Fillmore just off Grand Ave:


“Beyond Measure,” by Rachel Woodburn,? consists of three dimensional sculptural pieces with a selection of supporting photographs. In the past year her current body of work has taken form through found or discarded objects. Recently, in Art in America Edward Gomez wrote, “Used objects contain historical energy. You can’t always see that energy but you can feel it.” Rachel is trying to find where the history of the objects and her expression intermingle.

Julian Cox, photography curator at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, said her work combines “beauty and psychological content in delicate balance.”


The exhibition will be on view from September 3 – 27.

More info at tiltgallery.com.


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Wrap up the evening at The Firehouse Gallery with First Friday Night Live, a stage show featuring:

…fifteen of Phoenix’s best performers, ranging from musicians to drag queen karaoke stars, were selected. These performers will be pumping life into sketches created by a team of bloggers, slam poets, comedians and performance artists.

For the next seven months, FFNL will be showcasing cage free Phoenix talent every first Friday of the month at the The Firehouse Gallery. Unlike loose-running open-mic events, this locally-produced performance-art shindig will be a choreographed event, complete with scripts, cues, and all of that good stuff.

Through humor, FFNL will soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. Intentionally, FFNL begins where First Friday Artwalk leaves off, offering a late night experience that will rival other metropolitan cities.


The Firehouse Gallery is at 1015 N. 1st Street, just north of Roo Row in downtown PHX. Tickets are $7 at the gate or call 1-402-615-2854. For more info go to www.strivedreams.com.