Maria T.D. Inocencio fills the boxy Nine Gallery with diminutive, podlike piles of secondhand clothes mounted on wooden pedestals. Viewers walk among these castoffs like giants in a mushroom-dotted forest somewhere between Middle Earth and Goodwill. The trash-to-treasure trope has been thoroughly explored in contemporary art, and Inocencio’s wannabe-whimsical installation does nothing to justify yet another exploration. The clothes may be secondhand, but the concept is fourth-rate. Through March 31.
Where: Nine Gallery
Phone: 503-227-7114
Address: 122 NW 8th Ave.
Where: Nine Gallery
Phone: 503-227-7114
Address: 122 NW 8th Ave.

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