Portable Monkey Puppet Theatre
by Blainor McGough
Monkey
Business
group show
Feb. 4 - March , 2005
Monkey Business is a group show featuring a dozen Portland artists creating works about monkeys, apes, chimps etc. In the first few weeks of November I had monkeys on the brain. I had dreams on two consecutive nights that featured gorillas and a chimpanzee. I had just seen the all-chimpanzee cast of Cinderella. Then, while discussing possible future art shows with my friend Suzannah ( married to The Brick Monkey) she suggested a monkey theme show. It all fell into perspective. Perfect for February, that cabin fever month when you really need to acknowledge your inner primate. Monkey Business is a hodge-podge of Portland artists who have risen to the occasion and created (some had previous monkey art) a visual art primate suitable for the occasion.
Deliverance, monkey style
by Lawrence Dank
Participating
Artists:
Reed
Altemus
Matt Anderson
Michael Connor
Patrick Corrigan
Lawrence Dank
Ivy Demos
Chris Dingwell
Nancy Kureth
Blainor McGough
Lydia Pastie
Kyle Purinton
Alexandra Sax
Frank Turek
Chico & Za Za Valentine