NW GALLERIES

3D CENTER OF ART & PHOTOGRAPHY

Macro Stereo Fotographia.
Dr. Imre Zsolnai-Nagy is a Hungarian urologist and sometime pioneer in stereographic photography. His latest project, currently up at the 3-D Center, is an examination of the natural world in extreme close-up. 1928 NW Lovejoy St., 227-6667. Opens First Thursday, June 4. Closes Aug. 2. Map

OGLE GALLERY

Scott Mazariegos.
You’re the artist in Casual Construction—well, at least one of them. Scott Mazariegos invites you the view to move around his interactive palettes on Ogle’s hardwood floors, changing the composition during the show’s two-month run. The contrast between wood colors—natural blond versus neon-painted—and the visual interplay between horizontally and vertically oriented slats makes this show a pleasure to behold…and to mold.  310 NW Broadway., 227-4333. Closes August 1. Map

SW GALLERIES

OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY

The Amazing World of Claymation.
Will Vinton, the animator who not only coined the term "Claymation" but is credited with inventing the art form, will exhibit his personal collection, including his work on the California Raisins and Eddie Murphy's short-lived TV show The PJs.  This show includes everything from scripts to character designs to voice recordings. 1200 SW Park Ave., 306-5270. Closes September 13. Map

PORTLAND ART MUSEUM

My brother had an M.C. Escher poster in his room in high school. Didn’t yours? Didn’t you? I went to the preview for PAM’s Virtual Worlds: M.C. Escher and Paradox with an editor for a magazine I write for. He’s a printmaker, and he couldn’t stop marveling at the intricacy of Escher’s woodcuts. Meanwhile, I couldn’t stop yawning. Yes, the 135 prints and drawings that make up the show are studies in gee-whiz technical mastery and visual puns (birds turning into crop fields, monkeys turning into human beings, etc.), but to my eye, Escher is proto-psychedelia without the groovy psychedelic colors: whoa-dude shroom-head phantasmagoria without the chromatic punch of Pop-era fractals and illusionism. If you’re already an Escher lover, you should check out this show; if you’re not, Virtual Worlds isn’t going to convert you. 1219 SW Park Ave., 226-0973. Show runs June 6-Sept. 3. Map

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SE GALLERIES

WORKSOUND

City Body Dust highlights the way in which art transforms raw materials into something more than the sum of their parts.  With work spanning the gamut of art media, this four-person exhibition aims to capture the moment when creativity sparks into magic. 820 SE Alder St., myspace.com/worksoundpdx. Show runs June 5-July 1. Map