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SATURDAY 11.07.26
DRIFT SLIP LAPSE, by Russell Borne and Drew Laughery | Carnation Contemporary
The pace and compression of time is relentless like getting whiplash while watching the sun rise. In Borne’s recent work, he uses sound, color, texture and motion to reflect on the experience of time. While some works attempt freezing time by using gesture and color to elicit a bodily response, others make a playful attempt at capturing the doldrums of minutes passing us by, an invitation to meditate on seizing the mercurial moment.
From flower to pollen to fruit to seed fitting perfectly into the migration of birds and lifecycles of insects, or the feelings of being embodied with the physical sensations of having to pee, hunger or breath, Laughery’s work is an of the exploration of the anatomical systems that sustain us within their cycles. His drawings use the aesthetics of our organs’ unique folds, puckers and sacs to imagine new biologies, different systems.
ARTISTS
Russell Borne received his BFA from Oregon State University in 2007 and his MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2014. Russell’s artwork creates a dialog invented through the interaction of objects to tell a story. He explores micro and macro cultural identity to pause and flip preconceptions of what you are looking at. Borne has spent the majority of his career in design and art direction for various international companies. Most recently, Borne leads North America Brand Design for Adidas. Borne lives and works in Portland, Oregon.
Drew Laughery is an artist and musician working across many media, though he does tend to return again and again to drawing as a generative place to explore ideas. He was born and raised in rural Oregon. He loves paper and working with its unique qualities. He is a founding member of the rock band Blitzen Trapper, and toured the world performing on the keyboards. He left in 2011 to pursue his visual art career, earning RACC grants and exhibiting around the Portland area. He is excited to show for the first time at Carnation Contemporary as a new member.
5 PM – 8 PM @ 8371 N Interstate Ave., Portland, OR