Tom Paiement’s “Tribal Feud 4” at Greenhut Galleries. Courtesy of Tom Paiement Three Portland shows with totally different points of view form an eclectic, tripartite group of pleasures. WHAT: “Tom Paiement: Poetry & Perversion” WHERE: Greenhut Galleries, 146 Middle St.
, Portland WHEN: Through June 29 HOURS: 10 a.m.-5:30 p.
m. Monday-Friday; 10 a.m.
-5 p.m. Saturday ADMISSION: Free INFO: 207.
772.2693, greenhutgalleries.com ————– WHAT: “Gravité” and “Missing Pictures” WHERE: Cove St.
Arts, 71 Cove St., Portland WHEN: Through July 20 (“Gravité” and July 27 (“Missing Pictures”) HOURS: 10 a.m.
-5:30 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; 10 a.
m.-5 p.m.
Saturday ADMISSION: Free INFO: 207.808.8911, covestreetarts.
com You’ll have to act quickly to see “Tom Paiement: Poetry & Perversions” at Greenhut Galleries (through June 29), but your haste will be rewarded with the best show this artist has had in recent memory. The other two, both at Cove Street Arts, are up for another month, but shouldn’t be missed — “Gravité” is the first Portland show for Canadian-born painter Louis-Pierre Lachapelle (through July 20), and “Sean Kernan: Missing Pictures” (through July 27) showcases a Connecticut photographer whose connections to the Maine Media Workshops in Rockport run long and deep. BEAUTY AND BARBARISM Tom Paiement is a restless creative energy, leaning toward regularly turning out whole new bodies of work rather than lingering too long in one themat.
