Art lover's Guilty Pleasure

There are several things we should do more often and don't. 

Do you have a guilty pleasure?

Is it a huge bowl of ice cream at 11:30 at night? 

Is it enjoying the warmth of your pillow for 5 more minutes in bed after the alarm?

One of my guilty pleasures in this town of  163 art galleries is going to Ed Pollock's gallery on Forrest ave "A Fine Thing" 

Ed is one of the more interesting people in Portland,  an antiquarian by desire  he has a passion for old books and swanky art with history.   The current exhibition is right is his sweet spot it's simply called the "Poster Show"   

Ben Shaw's  A=B thus C  1946

  This special exhibition runs through the end of November and features limited edition posters from the French Film industry, French War council, Harper's Bazar, Art openings and a poster titled "Wanted for Genocide" it is a powerful print image in one color, purple ink on brown paper.  It is more than a poster it is a  document of the twilight days of the reign of one of the most extraordinary self proclaimed emperors of the twentieth century. Marking a reign which experienced over a hundred thousand people dying of starvation! You can feel the tension and the power of this tragedy that foretold decades of war and instability. 

Swanky cool art & history all under one roof.  I always enjoy the adventure, learn a bit about art  (and myself)  and leave there feeling better than I did before I  entered.  What more can you ask of art? 

Off the Main drag but easy to find, from Congress street turn down Forest Ave about 2 block down on right is A Fine Thing  at 29 forest Ave, if you see Sanctuary Tatoo you've gone to far.     

Why go to the Poster Show at Ed Pollock's A Fine Thing Gallery? 

Go because your good mind needs good art! 

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