CONSOLIDATED WORKS
500 Boren Ave N, 381-3218.

SONIC ABSORPTION

The disconnect between sound and vision, embodied. With work by artists from all over the country. Through April 4.

SEATTLE ART MUSEUM
100 University St, 654-3100.

* CHRISTIAN MARCLAY

This exhibition, which is mostly made up of Marclay's art objects--rather than his performance and audio work--also features Video Quartet, a 15-minute four-channel video that you should drop everything and run over to the museum and see immediately. Through April 25.

THE WRIGHT EXHIBITION SPACE
407 Dexter Ave N, 264-8200.

THE FIGURE IN CONTEMPORARY ART

Thirty works from the Wrights' collection, including one of those newish Eric Fischls everyone's talking about. Through June 18.

OPENINGS


LAYNE COOK, RON WEINKAUF

Everyday activities, in How You See It. Opening reception Sun Feb 29, 3-5 pm. Runnings Family Gallery, ArtsWest Playhouse, 4711 California Ave SW, 938-0963. Through March 21.

NIILARTEY DeOSU

Charcoal figures inspired by the tarot. Opening reception Thurs Feb 26, 6-9 pm. Nico Gallery, 619 Western Ave, second floor, 229-4593. Through March 20.

KEITH JOHNSON

Photographs in Parades and Other Minor Disturbances. Opening reception Sat Feb 28, 7-11 pm. Black Lab Gallery, 4216 Sixth Ave NW, 706-7017. Through March 31.

LITTER-ALLY REPOLISHED

A terrible name for a show, but with some interesting enough artists, all of whom make art out of discarded things. With work by Ross Palmer Beecher, Marita Dingus, Meng Huang, and Diane Kurzyna. Opening reception Tues March 2, 5-8 pm. Jerry Brockey Center, South Seattle Community College, 6000 16th Ave SW, 768-6613. Through March 17.

NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART

Innovative jewelry. Opening reception Thurs Feb 26, 5-7 pm. Facèré Jewelry Art Gallery, 1420 Fifth Ave, City Centre, 624-6768. Through March 13.

GENE PIZZUTO

Landscape and figures--everything! Opening reception Wed March 3. Baas Gallery, 2703 E Madison St, 324-4742. Through April 9.

RABBITS AND ROBOTS

A group show on the subject of bunnies and automatons in the digital pop era. Opening reception (featuring a singing bunny girl) Sat Feb 28, 4 pm-midnight, $2. Secluded Alley Works, 113 12th Ave, 839-0880. Through March 3.

CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS


NEAL BASHOR

Final week. The artist's studio, re-created through paintings, sculpture, and a few tricks. 1506 Projects, 1506 E Olive Way, 329-5400. Through Feb 28.

* CLAIRE COWIE

Unstable, multiple-horizoned landscapes, made of the artist's prints and drawings. James Harris Gallery, 309A Third Ave S, 903-6220. Through March 27.

DEMO

Artifacts from Vera's archive of promotional materials. Vera Project, 1916 Fourth Ave, 956-8372. Through March 31.

FLASHPOINT

Final week. Work by current SOIL members. SOIL, 1317 E Pine St, 264-8061. Through Feb 29.

STEPHANIE FROSTAD, JONELLE JOHNSON

Final week. Frostad's paintings of uncertainty and loss; Johnson's prints of vaguely natural subjects. Davidson Galleries, 313 Occidental Ave S, 624-7684. Through Feb 28.

JESSICA GEIGER, SARA LAZILLOTTA

Sculptures and handmade dolls. A little bit creepy. Artcore Studios, 5501 Airport Way S, 767-CORE. Through March 17.

* ANNIE HAN AND DANIEL MIHALYO

An architectural installation by the duo known as Lead Pencil Studio. Suyama Space, 2324 Second Ave, 256-0809. Through April 30.

MELINDA HANNIGAN, EVA SPEER

Final week. Hannigan's paintings are inspired by the colors of degraded ship hulls; Speer gives form to psyche. Viveza Gallery, 2604 Western Ave, 956-3584. Through Feb 28.

CARL HASSE

Hooray, Bubba-Mavis is back! The first show at the new incarnation of this strange little gallery is Hasse's pixilated information maps. Bubba-Mavis, 434 Yale Ave N, 285-5888. Through March 12.

MILAN HEGER

Final week. New paintings celebrating freedom of expression, with memories of a more repressive regime in mind. Patricia Cameron Fine Art, 105 S Main St #204, 343-9647. Through March 1.

KUMAMOTO ARTPOLIS

Final week. Photographs of Kumamoto's architecture. AIA Seattle Gallery, 1911 First Ave, 448-4938. Through Feb 26.

I. H. KUNIYUKI

Final week. Photographs of Butoh dancers: slow, meet still. Delight Hamilton Gallery, 157 S Jackson St, 223-9446. Through Feb 28.

MICHAEL OTTERSEN

Final week. Drawings and paintings under the excellent title Corduroy Symptom. Cultural Development Authority Gallery, 506 Second Ave, Suite 200, second floor, 296-7580. Through Feb 27.

CHRIS OVERLY

Final week. Flowers and plants rendered in uncannily tender metal. ACE Studios, 619 Western Ave, 623-1288. Through Feb 28.

SANDRA POWER, CHRISTOPHER MARTIN HOFF

Final week. Still life and natural landscapes. Fountainhead Gallery, 625 W McGraw St, 285-4467. Through Feb 28.

QUARTERMASTER PRESS PRINT ARTISTS

Final week. An exhibition celebrating the printing cooperative's 10th anniversary. Phinney Center Gallery, 6532 Phinney Ave N, 783-2244. Through Feb 27.

SHUNGA AND OTHER ASIAN EROTICA, JANE HAMMOND

Final week. Really very erotic erotica from 19th- and 20th-century Japan. Hammond's paintings narrate using constellations and scrapbooks. Greg Kucera Gallery, 212 Third Ave S, 624-0770. Through Feb 29.

TRUE BLUE, ROB ZVERINA

Final week. Five artists from Bluebottle Gallery: Matthew Porter, Chad Cook, Joe Alterio, Tory Franklin, and Kynan Antos. Zverina is showing 5,000 snapshots. Priceless Works, 619 N 35th St #100, 349-9943. Through Feb 29.

BENJAMIN WILKINS

Final week. People trying to make sense of imaginary machines. Photographic Center Northwest, 900 12th Ave, 720-7222. Through Feb 27.

EVENTS


GRACIELA ITURBIDE

A lecture entitled "Images of the Spirit," from the Mexican photographer. Seattle Art Museum, 100 University St, 720-7222. $8-$10. Fri Feb 27, 7 pm.

MONTLAKE/ARBORETUM WALKING ART TOUR

Fri-Sat Feb 27-28, 10 am-4 pm. For more information, go to www.bdpottery.com.

WHAT'S SO HOT ABOUT AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE?

A lecture by philosophy professor Ron Moore. Anyone who thinks art is important, and might need to explain why somewhere down the line, should attend. Seattle Art Museum, 100 University St, 654-3100. Thurs Feb 26, reception 6 pm, lecture 7 pm.