510 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, 425-519-0770.
* E.V. DAY: G-FORCE
Stealth panties! Liberated (according to the artist) from the low-rise, high-thong conundrum on women's backsides, they fly across BAM's lobby toward a tasteful target. Through June 1.
OH BOYM! A SIDESHOW OF DESIGN
The innovative product designs of husband-and-wife team Constantin and Laurene Boym (founders of Boym Partners Inc, a 16-year-old production firm)--including reworked Sears catalog purchases, and polypropylene tape furniture. Through April 13.
* DARREN WATERSTON: SCAPES
Layered glazes map the multidimensional facets of Waterston's fantastic landscapes. Shows with Darren Waterston and Beatrice Wood: A Personal Alchemy. Through April 20.
CENTER ON CONTEMPORARY ART (CoCA)
1420 11th Ave, 728-1980.
* DK PAN
Tactile landscapes compose innovative performance artist pan's installation, which features 2,500 pounds of salt, fake fur, fish, video monitors, projections, and a nude body, to be situated in the gallery for six weeks. Through Feb 26.
FRYE ART MUSEUM HENRY ART GALLERY
704 Terry Ave, 622-9250.
AL HIRSCHFIELD: A RETROSPECTIVE
Opening. The recently deceased master of caricature is celebrated in a tragically well-timed retrospective. Through April 20.
* PIONEER WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS
See review this issue. Through March 2.
15th Ave NE & NE 41st St, 543-2280.
BRIAN JUNGEN
Vancouver artist Jungen takes the dreary model of consumerism--from lawn furniture to tennis shoes--and reconfigures it into the exotic in his first stateside solo exhibition. Through May 25.
KORI NEWKIRK
Conceptual artist Newkirk crafts site-specific paintings composed, in large part, of hair pomade. Through Dec 31.
SEATTLE ART MUSEUM
100 University St, 654-3100.
* CONTEMPORARYARTPROJECT
With money gathered from 18 members, Farris bought 33 works (mostly paintings) by such of-the-moment artists as Inka Essenhigh, Ghada Amer, Kim Dingle, and Justine Kurland. The content bounces from sexy feminist to socially conscious to sophisticated aesthetic; much of it is simply and satisfyingly big and voluptuous, the kind of grand gesture (whether you like it or not) we don't see around here very much. Through April 6.
ANTHONY HERNANDEZ
"Hernandez counsels a quiet rebellion against waiting to be served: a rebellion through perceiving, in infinite detail, the environment in which waiting and service occur." (Jeffrey Miller) Through April 6.
OPENING EXHIBITIONS
T. CHRISTOPHER HACKER
Spare, obtuse narratives of line. Opening reception Sat Feb 1, 7 pm-10 pm. Bluebottle Art Gallery and Store, 415 East Pine St, 325-1592. Through Feb 27.
DAVID SAMUEL ROBBINS
Martin Scorsese jus' can't get enough of this guy. There's no question that Robbins' documents of the inexplicable, mysterious Himalayas are gorgeous, but why does ol' Marty have to keep drilling it into everybody's freakin' head? Opening reception Fri Feb 7 at 6:30 pm. Photographic Center Northwest, 900 12th Ave, 720-7222. Through Feb 27.
LOVE AND LUST ART SHOW
Auggie Pagan, Troy Lancaster, Jesse Elliot, and others celebrate the tattooed heart in the month of pink and red. Cafe Venus, 609 Eastlake Ave E, 624-4516. Through Feb 28.
JESSE PAUL MILLER
See The Stranger Suggests. Wall of Sound, 2237 Second Ave, 441-9880. Through March 31.
SAMANTHA SCHERER, RANDY WOOD
Inspired by what is perhaps the most inane (and I mean that in the best way possible) song in the scope of the Pixies' inanity canon, La La Love You further extends Wood's deliberate challenge of the gallery setting posed in his final One Night Only--this time separating subject from context in a multi-angled installation. Also featuring Scherer's latest--a look at every-fucking-body's favorite subject: consumerism. Soil Gallery, 1317 E Pine St, 264-8061. Through Feb 23.
CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS
GUY ANDERSON
The Northwest mystics own this fucking town. Own it. Woodside/Braseth Gallery, 1533 Ninth Ave, 622-7243. Through Feb 23.
JOHN BAIN
Through the tech-talk of the incredibly obtuse press release sent to us by the Polestar Gallery, I've garnered the following understanding: Some kinda crazy mess of electronics and radio transmitters and lasers or something are let loose in a room of seemingly random sound fragments that the viewer interacts with. Polestar Gallery, 1412 18th Ave, 329-4224. Through March 22.
MICHAEL K. BARNHOUSE, OLAN QUATTRO
Final week. Irrational "automatic" paintings and collage, respectively. Artemis Gallery, 3107 S Day St, 323-0562. Through Jan 31.
BETSY EBY
Featuring paintings of organic structures combined with calligraphy in a result that is "rich" in "abstraction," whatever that means. Winston Wächter Fine Art, 403 Dexter Ave N, 652-5855. Through March 6.
* THE FEMALE AIM
See review this issue. G. Gibson Gallery, 514 E Pike St, 587-4033. Through Feb 28.
GODS AND MONSTERS
Final week. Crossing the great mystic divide, with work by Yumiko Kayukawa, Jim Blanchard, Lisa Petrucci, and many others. Roq la Rue, 2316 Second Ave, 374-8977. Through Jan 31.
KAZUO KADONAGA
Final week. Installations of material--wood, paper, bamboo, and glass--that embrace natural process as an intrinsic element of structure. Greg Kucera Gallery, 212 Third Ave S, 624-0770. Also Suyama Space, 2324 Second Ave, 256-0809. Through Feb 1.
* ERIKA LANGLEY
Most notable for her revealing photo essay The Lusty Lady--based on her residency at the titular (sorry, I couldn't resist) peep show--local photographer Langley shows off her latest wares in Perishable, a show combining recent documentary works Goosetown Girls and Washaway Beach. Cornish College of the Arts, Kerry Hall, 710 E Roy St, 726-5142. Through Feb 8.
WILLIE MAEKIT
Graffiti artist "Willie Maekit" (har-har) reclaims walls callously covered in touch-up paint by turning the corrected structures into works themselves with his "anti-graffiti experiments." Heavens on Second, 1914 Second Ave, 443-9373. Through Feb 15.
MEMORY
The time-honored exploration of time: Marita Dingus, Randy Hayes, Blake Haygood, and others interpret the mind's vision of the past in Memory. Also featuring Seiko Atsuta's window display Wish Flower 2. Seattle Art Museum Rental/Sales Gallery, 1334 First Ave, 654-3240. Through Feb 15.
* KLAVIER NONETTE
An installation of nine antique toy pianos souped up with electromechanics and programmed with compositions commissioned specifically for the exhibition. Bring a quarter for the jukebox, and immerse yourself in clang. Jack Straw Productions, 4261 Roosevelt Way NE, 634-0919. Through Feb 18.
* AMIR ZAKI
Final week. Suburbia compressed into creepy fairy-tale towers, where damsels wither and die. James Harris Gallery, 309A Third Ave S, 903-6220. Through Feb 1.
EVENTS
* RUMMAGE
One day only. The value of this highbrow flea market of local artists and designers is twofold: On top of providing an immediate support system for talented locals, it allows us lazy laymen more artistic bang for our proverbial buck. Alibi Room, 85 Pike St, 355-2604. Sun Feb 2, noon-4 pm.
SEATTLE EROTIC ART FESTIVAL
This week only. The prospect of those with whom I'll have to stand shoulder-to-shoulder at this little shindig--including Dan Savage, Stranger editor and opening-night MC ("MC Dan Savage": now there's a terrifying thought)--is enough to keep my uptight ass at home. Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave, 270-9746. See www.seattleerotic.org for full details. $5-$20. Jan 31-Feb 2.
