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LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Cock Gallery (625 NW Everett St., No. 106, Portland, OR)
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Munich-born artist and writer Richard Schemmerer takes on the American Dream in <i>Dream, Inc.</i>, an exhibition of paintings, sculpture, and mixed-media work.  In addition to a suite of abstract paintings, Schemmerer offers a series depicting enigmatic faces, which confront the viewer with a kind of unsettling mirror.  The exhibition's most compelling work is a sculpture entitled <i>Wings of Desire</i>, made from wrought iron, a metal spring, driftwood and red feathers.  With intimations of the Icarus legend, the piece seems to portray a nation that has risen from its folksy, pioneer past (symbolized by the gnarled wood) and industrial might (the metalwork), only to flame out in a wash of decadence (the red wings):  a cheap feather boa where a bald eagle once soared.  <i>Closes Feb. 2.</i><p>&nbsp;</p>
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Dream, Inc.: Awakening from the American Dream
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