ART SMART: Last night I stepped into a little piece of heaven: Monograph Bookwerks. The brainchild of John Brodie and Blair Saxon-Hill (one of the artiest and most erudite couples in town, above) this new bookstore of nothing but fine art books and ojects is located just off Alberta Street on Northeast 27th Avenue. Although today, May 5,  is its official first day in biz, last night was it's opening—and I was its very first customer. I purchased a beautiful little sculpture..er.."object" of a polar bear riding a giraffe from a Seattle artist with a name that now escapes me. I also wanted to take home an arm load of over-sized arty tomes too, but I think I'll have to save that for my next trip to this incredibly cool bookstore where I am bound to spend every last cent I have in my pocket. Like I said to Portland Art Museum's Bruce Guenther last night (a big collector of art books himself): It's a porn shop for people who love art. Perhaps I should just say that Monograph Bookwerks is Portland's latest must-see destination and we are very lucky indeed that Brodie and Blair have decided to open their own little nook dedicated to artbooks.

Monograph Bookwerks, 5005 NE 27th Ave., 503-284-5005, 11am-7 pm Wed.-Sun.

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