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Supernovas by the Gallon <\/em>by Kirk Read
6″x6″; analog collage on wood; 2025. Courtesy of the artist. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

COLLAGE ON VIEW<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You Should Have Gotten Here Sooner<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

at Replicant Bar and Bottle Shop in Portland, Oregon, USA
30 May-25 June 2025<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Collage artist and writer Kirk Read offers thirty recent analog collages which explore the twin heads of urban nostalgia: perpetual disintegration and resuscitation. The central series uses telephone pole scraps and won a Bronze award from Contemporary Collage Magazine<\/em>. Read gathered paper during and after the pandemic–harvesting four-inch layers of telephone pole posters, removing all of the staples and sorting the pieces into color groups. The posters had survived the Portland rain and occasional fires set to remove them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Department of Commerce<\/em> by Kirk Read
10″x14″; analog collage on paper; 2024. Courtesy of the artist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The work is a meditation on moving to Portland during the pandemic from San Francisco, where he worked as a street and shelter nurse. Read is the author of the memoir How I Learned to Snap<\/em> and co-heads the Pacific Northwest Collage Collective.

(text adapted from material provided by the artist)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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INFORMATION<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Replicant Beer & Wine PDX<\/strong>
7033 NE Glisan Street
Portland, Oregon 97213
(503) 954-2470

Hours:
Tuesday-Thursday and Sunday, 4-10PM
Friday-Saturday, 4-11PM<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MAP<\/a> | WEBSITE<\/a> | FACEBOOK<\/a> | INSTAGRAM<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

COLLAGE ON VIEW You Should Have Gotten Here Sooner at Replicant Bar and Bottle Shop in Portland, Oregon, USA30 May-25 June 2025 Collage artist and writer Kirk Read offers thirty recent analog collages which explore the twin heads of urban…<\/p>\n

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