6-10 p.m. Friday Milepost 5
As part of its First Friday events, Milepost 5 mounts a show of current work by the artist Odir. In "The Brothel," opening in Gallery 5, he puts forth the idea that art no longer serves the role it once did to present a more profound vision of reality. "Substance can no longer exist beyond the material object," says his muse, who goes by the name Elizabeth III. "What is left is the object, of idolatry and entertainment; what is left is the prostitution of art." Odir's current work, including "Pax Romana," pictured, explores the authentic power that art still may hold to communicate larger truths.
Opens Friday, runs through July 28. Gallery hours: 1-5 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday. 850/900 N.E. 81st Ave., milepost5.net