1420 11th Ave, 728-1980.
DORKBOT
Opening. Grassroots Art Collective presents the culmination of its monthly Dorkbot conferences, with a gallery show composed of technologically revelatory contraptions. Through Sept 3.
HENRY ART GALLERY
15th Ave NE & NE 41st St, 543-2280.
* CLAIRE COWIE
Every surface is a stage for Cowie's engaging mutant sculptures--they seem so cute and approachable, but they'll wrench you right down to their level. With photogravures featuring the knickknacks cavorting weirdly in a multilevel dreamhouse. Through Sept 28.
CROSSCURRENTS AT CENTURY'S END
Premiering its national tour in our little corner of America, the Crosscurrents exhibition milks the Neuberger Berman collection for a look at emerging and contemporary figures in photography and painting, including James Casebere, Vic Muniz, Mary Heilman, and Ingrid Calame. Through Sept 21.
* JAMES TURRELL
Finally premiering the long-awaited skyspace addition to the Henry, Turrell continues his current exhibitions of new light installations, with models and drawings from his literally monumental Roden Crater--a volcano in Arizona he is resculpting in order to, in his words, "reshape the sky." Through Oct 5.
SEATTLE ART MUSEUM
100 University St, 654-3100.
INTERNATIONAL ABSTRACTION PART 1: MAKING PAINTING REAL
SAM explores the initial abstract explosion that took place after World War I, with works by Joseph Albers, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. Through Feb 2004.
PAINTED VISIONS FROM INDIA AND PAKISTAN, PAST AND PRESENT
Two shows of yoked subject, including the 16th-century Indian masterpieces of Intimate Worlds and their contemporary counterparts in Conversations with Traditions: Nilima Sheikh and Shahzia Sikander. Through Sept 8.
WING LUKE ASIAN MUSEUM
407 Seventh Ave S, 623-5124.
IT'S LIKE THAT: APAS AND THE SEATTLE HIP-HOP SCENE
An exhibition dedicated to Seattle's Asian Pacific American (APA) hiphop community. Through Nov 30.
WRIGHT EXHIBITION SPACE
407 Dexter Ave N, 264-8200.
* ED RUSCHA
The familiar landscapes of Hollywood find their grimy way into our fair city, and we have only Ruscha to blame. Open run.
OPENINGS
* ANDRIO ABERO
Celebrated (and extremely young) Seattle poster artist Abero hosts a solo exhibition composed of commercial designs and recent screened works, as previewed in the Vera Project's recent Boombox exhibition. Opening reception features performances by Dear Nora and Abero's own band, Asahi. Opening reception Thurs Aug 7, 6-11 pm. Victrola, 413 15th Ave E, 568-2086. Through Aug 31.
RIK ALLEN
Glass works... from the future! Allen's rocket-science-inspired spaceships. Opening reception Thurs Aug 7, 5-8 pm. Vetri, 1404 First Ave, 667-9608. Through Aug 27.
DEBORAH BELL
Mixed-media paintings and drawings culling referential imagery and art history. Opening reception Sat Aug 9, 6-9 pm. Artemis Gallery, 3107 S Day St, 323-0562. Through Aug 30.
FRANCESCA BERRINI, DEVI PELLERIN, ZOE DAWN WILSON
Fremont's latest upstart premieres Gigantor Art!, with the cartoonish, candy-coated creepiness of Berrini, Pellerin, and Wilson. Opening reception Fri Aug 8, 7-9 pm. Priceless Works, 619 N 35th St, suite 100, 349-9943. Through Aug 30.
LEOPOLLD J. CARDOZO, JULIE WYRICK
For the two-person show Trance-Genic Glimpses, Mr. Spot's poses the following blood-chilling query: "What happens when a young, Venezuelan art graduate and a sassy, new age primitive show all in a dual presentation of soulful visionary paintings?" Only plausible answer I can muster: bunny holocaust. Opening reception Fri Aug 8, 6-10 pm. Mr. Spot's Chai House, 5463 Leary Ave NW, 297-2424. Through Sept 1.
JOHN COLE
Cole's exhibition bears the fittingly arduous title The Enduring Northwest Landscape. Opening reception Thurs Aug 7, 6-8 pm. Lisa Harris Gallery, 1922 Pike Pl, 443-3315. Through Aug 30.
KAMALA DOLPHIN-KINGSLEY
Dolphin-Kingsley returns with yet another new show of her crowded creatures, this time at a fancy-pants piano store. Opening reception Thurs Aug 7, 6-8 pm. Classical Grands and Galleries, 1900 Fourth Ave, 297-6717. Through Sept 30.
FANCY AT FLIP
A fairly self-explanatory pairing of familiar Fancy and a hair studio called Flip--with a showcase of oils, jewelry, and photography by Anne Hulir, Margaret Simons, Jon Moloy, Sally Brock, and Alejandro Valoa. Opening reception Thurs Aug 7 at 7 pm. Flip, 620 Alaskan Way, second floor, 621-5333. Through Sept 5.
RONALD HALL, STEVEN MILLER
Hall's paintings play 52 Pick-Up with the whole damned race deck, while Miller's photos take a slightly subtler look at cultural indifference. Opening reception Thurs Aug 7, 6-8 pm. Gallery 110, 110 S Washington St, 624-9336. Through Aug 30.
MICHAEL HOWARD, KATHRYN GLOWEN
Howard's luminous oils of construction and structure, with Glowen's Terra Incognita collages. Opening reception Sun Aug 10, 2-4 pm. Francine Seders Gallery, 6701 Greenwood Ave N, 782-0355. Through Aug 31.
* WILLIAM KENTRIDGE, JACK DAWS
See Stranger Suggests. Greg Kucera Gallery, 212 Third Ave S, 624-0770. Through Aug 30.
TRAE KING
L.A.-based artist King's resumé includes such reputable achievements as music-video work with Matchbox 20 and the Goo Goo Dolls, as well as commercials (appearing in the film Minority Report) for products like Pepsi and Lexus. Help see this starving artist through another meager day with his latest show in Belltown. Pitcairn Scott Gallery, 2207 Second Ave, 448-5380. Through Aug 31.
* PAUL MARGOLIS
Clever quilter Margolis crafts cloth representations of those closest to him; his work includes quilted meter-maid carts, wine presses, and flip-flops. Opening reception Thurs Aug 7, 6-8:30 pm. King County Gallery, 506 Second Ave, second floor, 296-7580. Through Aug 29.
JOHN MILLER
Works in blown glass. Opening reception Thurs Aug 7, 5-8 pm. William Traver Gallery, 110 Union St, second floor, 587-6501. Through Aug 31.
CATHARINE NEWELL, DALE CHIHULY
Composed of kiln-forming layers of dry glass powders, Newell's "frit paintings" are the product of three years of experimentation with glass forms. Shows with Patchy's sketches, which might actually contain an ounce of his own handiwork. Opening reception Thurs Aug 7, 6-8 pm. Foster/White Gallery, 1331 Fifth Ave, 583-0100. Through Aug 31.
DEBI OLSON
The sense and sensibility of Central America, in Olson's oils of Mexico. Art/Not Terminal Gallery, 2045 Westlake Ave, 233-0680. Through Sept 4.
NOAH OVERBY
Subtle in palette, Overby's wiry drypoints and drawings have an etched and quiet pallor. Opening reception Thurs Aug 7, 6-8 pm. Torrefazione Italia, 320 Occidental Ave S, 784-9044.
HENK PANDER, ANN DUFFY
Representational paintings of natural and urban scenery. Opening reception Thurs Aug 7, 6-8 pm. Davidson Galleries, 313 Occidental Ave S, 624-7684. Through Aug 30.
MARK BENNION, DEBORAH PUTNOI, DOUG SMITHENRY
Bennion's painted sculptures and sculptured paintings, Putnoi's mixed-media grids, and Smithenry's Internet-sourced paintings unite to form... well, the sum of their parts, I guess. Opening reception Thurs Aug 7, 6-8 pm. Atelier 31, 2500 First Ave, 448-5250. Through Aug 31.
REGNOR REINHOLDTSEN, SANDY NELSON
Two representatives from the fine province of Ballard present ceramic vessels and monoprints, respectively. Opening reception Sat Aug 9, 6-10 pm. Gallery 63 Eleven, 6311 24th Ave NW, 478-2238.
K. D. SCHILL
Costume designer Schill's debut solo exhibition marries baseball with Catholicism for Hall of Fame: Team Catholic. Opening reception Fri Aug 8, 7-11 pm. Secluded Alley Works, 113 12th Ave, 839-0880. Through Aug 24.
JOHN VAN DYKE
"Light, shadow, texture and form define shapes." Opening reception Thurs Aug 7, 6-8 pm. Globe Gallery, 105 S Main, 612-7655. Through Sept 30.
VISIONS FROM TRADITIONS
Fountainhead's Contemporary Basketry 2003 show (scheduled in concordance with this month's Northwest Basketry Conference) features not only the talents of Polly Adams Sutton, Margaret Mathewson, and Dawn Walden, but also a title that caused me--no, forced me--to exclaim "Holy Shit!" quite audibly from the confines of my cubicle. For this I am excited. Opening reception Fri Aug 8, 5-8 pm. Fountainhead Gallery, 625 W McGraw St, 285-4467. Through Aug 30.
JOE VOLLAN, TAMI NUSSBAUM
New paintings. Opening reception Thurs Aug 7, 6-8 pm. Gallery 124, 124 S Washington, 748-9975. Through Aug 31.
REBECCA WOODHOUSE
The wordy works of Woodhouse. Opening reception Thurs Aug 7, 6-9 pm. Ace Studios, 619 Western Ave, third floor, 329-9439. Through Aug 30.
KAREN YURKOVICH
Intricate botanical studies on hemp canvases compose Yurkovich's Oracle. And I swear to god there's a joke in there somewhere. Opening reception Thurs Aug 7, 6-8 pm. Linda Hodges Gallery, 316 First Ave S, 624-3034. Through Aug 30.
CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS
* ARDENT LABOR
The theme of this group show is effort, and its totem is the senninbari sash: a piece of cloth--made for a Japanese soldier, by his mother--with a thousand stitches on it, each stitch made by a different person. This is the kind of gesture that in the wrong hands could go woo-woo and completely flat, but with Mandy Greer and Juniper Shuey behind it, it is entirely promising. With work by Laura and Lawrence MacCary, Diana Falchuk, Shio Kusaka, Paul Margolis, Peter Mundwiler, Jessie Skidmore, and the curators. SOIL Gallery, 1317 E Pine St, 264-8061. Through Aug 24.
JIM BACON
Final week. A 35-year retrospective on the photographic works of Bacon, a gentleman whom you may (or may not--I certainly don't) know as the Incomparable Jimmie Beee! Art/Not Terminal Gallery, 2045 Westlake Ave, 233-0680. Through Aug 7.
FRANCESCA BERRINI, ERICA HILARIO
Berrini's big, bright animal sculptures, with photos (or rather, laminated photocopies of photos) of Hilario's Overheard. Post Alley Sculpture Garden, 1413 Post Alley, Outdoor Art Space, 1416 Post Alley. Through Aug 30.
* COLE CASE, SEAN DUFFY
Duffy's nutty work looks askance at the holy objects of culture; his new work riffs on the slacker aesthetic and its subsequent canonization. Case takes on landscape as translated by the enormous egos of '70s earthworks artists. Howard House, 2017 Second Ave, 256-6399. Through Aug 23.
DARK FAIRYTALES
Final week. From manipulative wolves to bloodthirsty witches, fairy tales are undeniably fucked. With the help of such artists as Glenn Barr, Kipling West, Ana Bagayan, and Joe Newton, Roq la Rue explores our history in the macabre with Dark Fairytales. Roq la Rue Gallery, 2316 Second Ave, 374-8977. Through Aug 8.
ADRIANA GRANT
Endless, busy repetitions of simple stuff (Band-Aids, sugar cubes, flowers): Grant's Similar Assemblages. Little Theatre, 610 19th Ave E, 329-2629. Through Aug 16.
* MIRANDA JULY
"Go You Good Thing is made up of found photographs, both personal and not, to which July has applied orange sticker dots and then enlarged. In some cases, the orange dots tenderly protect the main action of the image from the eyes of outsiders; in others, they communicate a previously unseen energy. Sometimes it takes an orange dot to show us where the human condition is. " (Emily Hall) Tom Landowski Gallery, 403 Cedar St, 448-0284. Through Aug 14.
LEE MOHR
Oil and glaze Reflections--paintings of the Anchorage marshlands. Baas Art Gallery and Framing, 2703 E Madison St, 324-4742. Through Aug 16.
OPEN HOUSE
Garde Rail finally gets its grubby fingernails out of our northern neighbor's artwork with a triumphant return to the good ol' US of A, featuring art by Tim Fowler, Ree Brown, Wally Shoup, and others. Garde Rail Gallery, 4860 Rainier Ave S, 721-0107. Through Sept 27.
OTHER WATERS
Gibson unpacks the storeroom for its summer vacation with its 12th annual group show of works by the gallery's healthy stable of artists. G. Gibson Gallery, 514 E Pike St, 587-4033. Through Aug 30.
ULRICH PAKKER
Steel sculptures. Post Alley Sculpture Garden, 1413 Post Alley, and Post Alley Indoor Art Space, 1411 First Ave. Through Sept 30.
MATTHEW PORTER
Bluebottle co-owner Porter pays rent on his latest solo exhibition, a letter-for-letter examination of alphabetical nomenclature (as in, "A is for Apple") titled Not Your Average Alphabet. Bluebottle Art Gallery and Store, 415 E Pine St, 325-1592. Through Aug 28.
* STEVE RODEN
"Roden creates complex external systems based not on what is represented by the words, but on the words themselves. " (Emily Hall) Jack Straw New Media Gallery, 4261 Roosevelt Way NE, 634-0919. Through Aug 15.
JAVIER LOPEZ ROTELLA, LUIS GONZALEZ PALMA, ARIEL RUIZ I ALTABA
Renowned Guatemalan photographer Palma is joined by Argentinean artist Rotella and molecular-biologist-turned-photographer Altaba for a group show titled Identities. Benham Gallery, 1216 First Ave, 622-2480. Through Aug 30.
CHRISTINE RUTKOWSKI, JENNIFER ZWICK
Rutkowski and Zwick are relatively recent grads from Cornish and UW, respectively; Zwick's obsessive sculptures of bugs and Rutkowski's gum clumps populate The Art of Control. Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave, 322-7030. Through Sept 30.
SUSTAINING VISION
Juried by Anne Wilkes Tucker, the culmination of PCNW's eighth annual photographic competition features 80 images of visual sustenance. Photographic Center Northwest, 900 12th Ave, 720-7222. Through Sept 28.
ASHLEY THORNER
Abstract sculpture the way it should be--big, sparkly, and inflatable. The vinyl and plastic works of Thorner's Hooked on Lemon Drops. Seattle Art Museum Rental/Sales Gallery, 1334 First Ave, 654-3240. Through Sept 1.
STOKLEY TOWLES
An installation and series of lunch-hour performances on the unseen mysteries of the library. Temporary Central Library, 800 Pike St, 733-9663. Performances at 12:15 pm through Aug 16.
SAUNDRA VALENCIA
Black Lab founder Valencia clears the walls for her own wares, a mixed photographic bag of narratives, pastel-painted prints, and transparency lightboxes. Black Lab Gallery, 4216 Sixth Ave NW, 706-7017. Through Aug 30.
* CLAUDE ZERVAS
Final week. The false light of fluorescence--more specifically, the fluorescent tubes in scanners--and how that light translates other lights, and becomes a landscape. James Harris Gallery, 309A Third Ave S, 903-6220. Through Aug 14.
EVENTS
(+1)
One night only. First Thursday finds another Luscious event in the form of (+1), an evening of coupling and subsequent collaboration featuring the likes of d.K. Pan, K. D. Schill, and Laura Corsiglia. Luscious, 321 Third Ave S #301, 622-4252. Free. Thurs Aug 7, 6 pm-2 am.
ARTWALK OPEN HOUSE
The artist's studios at 1020 First Avenue open their collective doors for an invasive evening of open house-- providing the opportunity to poke and prod artists in their rather unnatural habitat. 1020 First Artist Studio, 1020 First Ave S, 293-7132. Free. Thurs Aug 7 at 6 pm.
JUSTIN BUA
This week only. A former New York City breakdancer, Bua's elastic caricatures of contemporary urban archetypes (the graffiti artist, the jazz musician, the DJ) have struck a chord with a wide spectrum of patrons--from the general dormitory populace to affluent victims of white guilt in search of street cred. Bua signs his enormously popular poster art (he claims to sell more posters than any living artist) for the stretch of a day. The Wall, 4339 University Way NE, 632-0144. Sat Aug 9, 11 am-7 pm.
LO-FI
Photographic tessellations by Jason Hasenbank, urban aerial paintings by Sarah Kavage, butoh by P.A.N., and much more combine for the Shunpike Arts Collective's latest low-fidelity cavalcade. Shunpike Arts Collective at Zeitgeist Coffee, 171 S Jackson St. Free. Thurs Aug 7 at 5 pm.
PARTSONG
See Stranger Suggests. Sand Point Magnuson Park, Building 11, 405-4382. $10. Fri-Sat at 9 pm. Through Aug 16.
