A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE CITIES BURNING BELOW - THE SECOND COLONY

A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE CITIES BURNING BELOW – THE SECOND COLONY

Brennan Conaway

@ DOPPLER PDX

625 NW Everett Street #109

Everett Station Lofts

Portland, Oregon 97209

June 3-12, 2010 and by appointment
Opening Reception: June 3rd 5:30-9:00pm
Gallery Hours: Saturdays (June 5th & 12th) 1-4pm

Doppler PDX presents Brennan Conaway’s show: A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE CITIES BURNING BELOW – THE SECOND COLONY. Conaway continues his installation-based investigations of post-apocalyptic survival colonies and his exploration of unusual site habitation which he began last year with IN JOYFUL ANTICIPATION OF CATASTROPHIC RUIN – THE FIRST COLONY, a village built in the PDX Contemporary Art’s Window Space.

In THE SECOND COLONY, Conaway creates an architectural sculpture of a free-floating airship. He references the mid-1800s practice of the first aeronauts who used balloons to fly and leave the world behind (if only momentarily). These early aerial investigators fueled the public’s imagination with fantastic ideas about the possibilities of balloon-flight (visions of flying hotels, soaring ships, and villages aloft).

Conaway’s THE SECOND COLONY represents the grand hopes of what could be built in the sky – a communal house which he imagines floating above cities that are burning out. It's an alternative to the feverish consumption of things burning through out our society and a place where we can regain our sense of wonder.

BIOGRAPHY:

Brennan Conaway is an artist based in Portland, OR. He has a BFA from Oregon College of Art and Craft and a BA from San Francisco State University.

Conaway has exhibited at PDX Gallery, Disjecta, ON Gallery, Milepost5, Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland Building, Walters Cultural Arts Center, and Hoffman Gallery. Reviews of his work have appeared in Artweek, The Oregonian, and Portland Monthly. Conaway is also a founding member, curator and designer of the Nowhere Gallery - a nomadic art gallery that has been featured in the Willamette Week and the Oregonian. He can be contacted at http://brennanconaway.com/.

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