art, its discourses and histories
711 SE Grand Avenue, Second Floor
Portland, Oregon 97214
Saturdays 12-5 and by appointment

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Ido Radon, Director
Katherine Aungier, Facilitator 
Oskar Radon, Creative Director

Advisory Council
Eleanor Ford
Sarv Iraji
Margaret Kross
Tim McCall
Lydia Rosenberg
Julia Trojanowski
Laurie White


“We are never done reading Aesthetic Theory.”







Soon




 Exhibition
 Christian Alborz Oldham
Having no talent is not enough
August 23 - November 15, 2025
Opening reception August 23, 5-7pm
Closing party with the artist November 15, 5-7pm

Press release PDF

Past



People of the Uncaring World—GL
2025
Lamp, found lenses, wire
12 x 6 x 7 in.

Lamp Store
2023
custom plastic straw, glass jar, water, spotlight, cardboard box, latex paint, glue
22 x 20 x 12 in.

Guys, Do we need as much money as we have?-GL
2023 
Lamp, artificial lettuce
11 x 12 x 12 in.

THE LIGHT IN THE WINDOW NO PLACE FOR AN ARGUMENT...it can't be simply a place for an argument: (Some Senses of the Commonplace, Robert Creeley at New College of California, February 21, 1991: an edited transcription)
2025
miniature furniture, lamp parts, glass, wax, aluminum tomato can.
14 x 6 x 6 in.
Made in collaboration with Davant Dodson-Rosenberg.

I thought you were somebody (La Bamba, 1987)
2023
Polymer clay lamp parts, ceramic vase, paint, powdered pigment
17 x 11 ½ x 11 in.

All to myself is what you are!— GL
2023
lamp, packing tape, found objects
17 ½ x 16 x 14 ½ in.

List of suspects-DR
2023
archives box, lamp parts, wood
12 ½ x 16 x 13 in.

Complete Subject Lamp #4
2023
decorative light, paper pulp, latex paint
From an edition of 6 unique lamps.
Approx. 8 x 5 x 3 in.
Complete Subject Lamp #6  
2023
decorative light, paper pulp, latex paint
From an edition of 6 unique lamps.
Approx. 8 x 5 x 3 in.

CarefulHomonymsIndexCosmicKnowingOfReluctantYearning.
2023
Fabric, wire, metal, lamp parts, gouache paint.
65 x 22 x 17 in.

Let's get together when the reign ends-GL
2023
Lamp parts, wire, aluminum can, wood, cardboard, paint, beads
66 x 16 x 8 in.

Light from beyond.
2023
Paper, wood, lamp parts, chain, paint, printed pdf of “Light from beyond”, Patience Worth (1923). 
66 ½ x 30 x 19 in.
“Let me light the lamp before the holy image, my dear.”–FD  
2023
Wood, plaster, lamp parts, wire, graphite, denim pant leg, paint
121 x 27 x 45 in. (variable)

“Let me light the lamp before the holy image, my dear.”–FD  (detail)
2023
Wood, plaster, lamp parts, wire, graphite, denim pant leg, paint
121 x 27 x 45 in. (variable)
He's good when he wants to be–GL
2023
Lamp parts, stone fruit pits from Laura Bernstein, plastic bag, chain
12 x 9 x 8 in. (Chain approximately 70 inches long)
Lamp to go  
2025
light, plastic cup, various objects
Lamp to go  
2025
light, plastic cup, various objects
Nightlight (ibuprofen), 1+2+3+4
2023
ibuprofen bottle, nightlight
edition of 6
smallest: 3 ½ x 1 ½ x 1 ½ in. 
largest: 5 x 2 3/8 x 2 3/8 in. 
Edition of 6 (#1/6)
society ceiling fixture night light 1-12
2025
LED night light, inkjet print on laid paper
1.5 x 1.5 x 2 in.

“the spirit of the lady again flickered up as the flame within the socket of the lamp” Helene Cixous, Three Steps on the Ladder of Writing (1990).  
2023
Lamp, Stencil set, hook, paint
42 x 31½ x 16 in.

“the spirit of the lady again flickered up as the flame within the socket of the lamp” Helene Cixous, Three Steps on the Ladder of Writing (1990).  
2023
Lamp, Stencil set, hook, paint
42 x 31½ x 16 in.
Issues and names issues and names –GL
2023
plastic bags, lamp parts, found object
15 x 20 x 5 in.

Of course I have no reason to write to you again, again–GL
2025
lampshade and found office lamp
16 x 13 x 10.5 in.

Beacon
2023
Lamp parts, sawdust, paint, glue, flagpole mount
100 x 26 x 4 in.

Beacon  (detail)
2023
Lamp parts, sawdust, paint, glue, flagpole mount
100 x 26 x 4 in.
He always said you were gonna be somebody, somebody (La Bamba, 1987)
2025
Polyester fabric, wire, lamp parts, brass, steel door latch. 
10 x 16 ½ x 10 in.

Drupe 1
2023
fabric, wire, lamp parts
18 ½ x 9 ½ x 9 in. 
Drupe 2
2023
fabric, wire, lamp parts
18 ½ x 9 ½ x 9 in. 
Lydia Rosenberg
Lamp Store, Grand Reopening
installation view
Lydia Rosenberg
Lamp Store, Grand Reopening
installation view
Lydia Rosenberg
Lamp Store, Grand Reopening
installation view
Lydia Rosenberg
Lamp Store, Grand Reopening
installation view


Exhibition
 Lydia Rosenberg
Lamp Store, Grand Reopening
June 7 - August 2, 2025
Reception 5-7PM June 7

Press release PDF
Opening up the lampstore and closing down the lampstore PDF




Event
 Lydia Rosenberg
Artist Talk: Opening and closing procedures for lamp store
July 15, 2025
Talk at 7pm. Doors at 6:30pm for viewing.
Rosenberg joins us remotely.




Event
Watch Party
Red May: De-reification and Art Now
May 30, 2025 6pm

In-person happy hour watch party at 6pm for the Red May event De-reification and Art Now: Jaleh Mansoor with Matt Browning, Anita Chari, and Minh Nguyen (mod). The actual Red May event is scheduled during working hours at 2PM the previous Tuesday, so we’ll rewatch a YouTube of it at a temporal as well as spatial remove. Jaleh’s new book Universal Prostitution and Modernist Abstraction will be released by Duke on May 20. 

PDF of first introduction




Zine

SOCIETY Issue 1.5
On such a winter’s day
2024
A reader. Richard Barbrook, Andy Cameron, Mark Fisher, Fredric Jameson, Herbert Marcuse. Design: Oskar Radon



 
Zine
SOCIETY Issue 1
2023
Contributors: Eleanor Ford, Sarv Iraji, Molly Erika Radon Kimball, Tim McCall, Kitt Peacock, Julia Trojanowski, Laurie White, and Ozan Yildiz. 
Design: Oskar Radon