Evan Reed’s “Strasse Spirale” of acrylic resin and wood at Project 4 Gallery. (Image courtesy Project 4)

From Jana Petersen

Irvine Contemporary: To commemorate the time Irvine has spent on 14th street and the artists that have been featured within its walls, Irvine will be opening an exhibit appropriately titled “Tribute” this Saturday. (Irvine won’t be moving until August 30.)

The artists who will be featured in this first round of “Tribute” (the second round comes July 23) are Edward del Rosario, Teo Gonzalez, Kahn & Selesnick, Shawne Major, James Marshall, Robert Mellor, Phil Nesmoth and Marla Rutherford. There will be an opening reception this Saturday, June 11, at 6 pm with the artists, so be sure to stop by.

Project 4 will also be opening an exhibit this weekend titled, “Evan Reed: Traveling past PROUN.” PROUN (pronounced pr-oo-n) means “project for the affirmation of the ‘new’ ” — and as such, ”his work is informed by architectonic structures and driven by his penchant for the fantastical and visionary.” (Project 4)

“The viewer encounters familiar representational forms in an unfamiliar presentation while experiencing Reed’s art. He plays with their sense of space, perspective, place, and time. Without strong references to the past or future the viewer is forced to exist purely in the present with the art.” (Project 4). The opening reception is this Friday, June 10, at 6:30 pm.

Find out what’s showing at 12 galleries in the Logan-Shaw-U Street area below the fold.