Yesterday I got an e-mail from Scott (i don’t normally refer to people you probably don’t know by first name like that actually it’s a major blog peeve of mine but my brain feels like mush so there it is) asking me to forward a press release to my press peeps. I open it up and it’s got pictures in it and one of them is this

which is wierd because when I was down in San Francisco for Emily’s wedding a little while ago I stayed with Kristen’s friend Dru and that very same picture was hanging in the bathroom. I thought she took it, but I guess not. I don’t know what this means. What I do know is that the world feels like a closed loop sometimes. Things I see/say/hear reappear in strange places. It’s exciting and scary.

Anyway the photo is by this guy Gavin Stevens and there will be an art show at Holocene with more of them. Looks to be a very cool thing. This whole “art at holocene” thing is rad.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
HOLOCENE ARTS FIRST FRIDAY
July 1, 2005

Holocene, in conjunction with Central Eastside Arts District (CEAD) and First Friday, will exhibit New York artist Gavin Stevens.

Gavin Stevens is a 25 year-old photographer living in Queens, New York. He received his BFA from the California College of the Arts in Oakland, CA and is currently the photo editor of Mass Appeal magazine. Gavin’s work has been exhibited at San Francisco’s Factory Gallery, Oakland’s Ego Trip Gallery, North Gallery and Swallow Tail Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI’s Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, and is often featured in Mass Appeal.

Prior to Gavin’s move to New York City he was the manager of San Francisco’s notorious gold front retail outlet, “Mr. Bling.” Over his three-year period of employment he took hundreds of promotional portraits of the store’s clientele. Word spread and front bearers throughout the Bay Area began to approach him to be included in Mr. Bling’s marketing campaign.

“Custom Fit,” 12 color prints, is a series of images of Mr. Bling’s clientele and environment. Unlike the general mass media depiction of gold front wearing people as criminals, Gavin has documented his subjects honestly, intimately, and ultimately, as individuals. Some he represents humorously, others stoically, but all, respectively. Other images integrated within the exhibit depict and pronounce Mr. Bling’s as a modern day, popular cultural center within the San Francisco Bay Area. Holocene is excited to bring “Custom Fit” to Portland and the Pacific Northwest for the first time ever July 1, 2005.

An opening reception will be held from 6 to 9pm on July 1st, 2005. Music will be provided by Portland / Florida’s favorite party dj, DJ Sew What.