Urban Honking

Friday, February 18

7:00pm Boomshakalaka @ Land

Portland designer Clifton Burt is pleased to present Boomshakalaka: A Show Celebrating the Portland Trailblazers, an exhibition at Land Gallery that showcases new work from some of Portland’s most influencial designers, illustrators, photographers, and makers. The exhibition offers thirty perspectives of the Blazers that range from the reflective to the ridonkulous.
“There are some exciting ideas being produced for this show,” says show-organizer Clifton Burt, “like spirit animals for each of the players, work based on their tattoos, and portraits of both new and old school Blazers. Participants are working in a variety of materials: wood, fabric, sound, video, cardboard, paper, and more. It’s going to be quite a spectacle.”
The show’s title, Boomshakalaka, is a term used by basketball announcers as an emphatic punctuation to a slam-dunk — the “boom” being the dunk, and the “shakalaka” being the rattling of the backboard.

Opening Night: Friday, February 18th, 2011 at 7pm.
An opening reception will be held on Friday, February 18th at 7:00pm. Many of the artists will be in attendance.
The exhibition runs February 18th, 2011 through March 13th, 2011.
A portion of the show’s proceeds will be donated to flood victims in Australia.

About
Land Gallery, located in the historic Mississippi Neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, features new, original work from a variety of upcoming and established independent artists.

Land
3925 N Mississippi Ave
Portland, OR 97227