BELLEVUE ART MUSEUM
510 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, 425-454-3322
* DUANE HANSON
Hanson's sculptures are the original double-take experience: Cast from human models and dressed in actual clothes, they are almost always mistaken for real people in a crowd until the rest of the crowd moves away. BAM is fortunate to have 15 of Hanson's works for mindfuck purposes. Through Sept 30.
MEDIA ARTS HISTORIES NORTHWEST: THE BELLEVUE FILM FESTIVAL HISTORY
Timeline, artifacts, and film from the 15-year-old festival. Through Sept 23.
* TWIN
A set of six multimedia installations by Wendy Hanson, each exploring ideas about identity and shared experience. Hanson has based these works on the excellently flamboyant sisters Annette Cohn and Florine Falk, longtime volunteers at BAM and a lot of fun to have at art openings. Through Oct 14.
BURKE MUSEUM
University of Washington Campus, 543-5590
THE ENDURANCE: SHACKLETON'S LEGENDARY ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION
The adventure story that should have ended adventure travel forever. Through Dec 31.
FRYE ART MUSEUM
704 Terry Ave, 622-9250
HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITY: EDWARD STEICHEN'S VANITY FAIR PORTRAITS
Before Annie Leibowitz, we had Steichen tracking fame's comet, with gorgeous portraits of Greta Garbo, Fred Astaire, and Shirley Temple. Through Sept 16.
HENRY ART GALLERY
15th Ave NE at NE 41st St, 543-2280
* SHORT STORIES
A series of rotating exhibitions that includes work from the permanent collection, commissioned projects, and installations. Over the course of the next year, the North Galleries will feature art by Ernesto Neto, George Stoll, Chris Finley, and other recognized and lesser-known artists. Through May 12, 2002.
* SUMMER OF SOUND
A huge futon with 58 listening stations, each of which features audio work from artists all along the sound art continuum, from Vito Acconci to Laurie Anderson to Sonic Youth. Through Sept 30.
SEATTLE ART MUSEUM
100 University St, 654-3100
FIRST PERSON SINGULAR
Works that feature a lone figure, with contributions from Chuck Close, Catherine Opie, and Anselm Kiefer (from the museum's permanent collection) as well as John Currin and Francesco Clemente (on loan). Neat idea. Through Jan 2, 2002.
ANNA SKIBSKA
Insisting on the delicacy of glass (something I think we forget here in Studio Glass-world) Skibska stretches it into intricate webs. Polish-born, Seattle-residing, Pilchuck-teaching, she brings a needed sophistication to the medium. Through Feb 17, 2002.
WING LUKE ASIAN MUSEUM
407 Seventh Ave S, 623-5124
FIGURE, STRUCTURE, NATURE
A selection of contemporary Asian work from the collection of the Seattle Arts Commission. Through Oct 14.
IF TIRED HANDS COULD TALK: STORIES OF ASIAN GARMENT WORKERS
Tired hands can't talk, but a series of videos, oral history interviews, and an installation re-creating the working conditions of Asian immigrant workers can. Through February, 2002.
OPENING EXHIBITIONS
* JIM BLANCHARD, GLENN BARR
If you haven't seen Blanchard's sticker paintings yet, get your heinie down there now. With new paintings from Barr. Opening reception Fri Sept 14, 6-10 pm. Roq La Rue, 2224 Second Ave, 374-8977. Through Oct 13.
MIKE NIPPER
New "whazzizit" paintings from the master. Ask him what they are; he loves that. Crocodile Café, 2200 Second Ave, 448-2114. Through Sept 30.
NU TRANSMISSIONS: EVOLUTION 2001
Nu Tribes is the only artist group in Seattle that focuses its energies on artists of color and the issues they face. This group show features the work of past and current members Keith Murakama, Sultan Mohammed, Angelena McQuarter, Eddie Hill, Roger Mitchell, Elizabeth Johnson, Consuela Urioula, Cyreeta Mitchell, Theaster Gates, Antjuan Oden, Lauren Holloway, and Becky Laird. Opening reception, with music and poetry by ROMITEC and ROC Productions, Fri Sept 14, 6-10pm. Pratt Fine Arts Center, 1902 S Main St, 328-2200. Through Oct 12.
* JOSEPH PARK, MARK TAKAMICHI MILLER
New work from two of Seattle's (very different) power painters. Park's work (which will be seen in this year's Gwang-ju Biennale) takes as its starting point the highly formal paintings of artists such as Ingres and Rockwell and then inhabits them with animal figures. The effect is eerie and also childish, the kind of fear inspired by things you know are fake. By contrast, Miller's new paintings were inspired by a forgotten packet of developed film from Costco. Without knowing the subjects or determining the composition, Miller turns these snapshots into something quite abstract. Opening reception Sat Sept 15, 6-8 pm. Howard House, 2017 Second Ave, 256-6399. Through Oct 20.
CATHY SARKOWSKY
New paintings featuring explosive, psychedelic bursts of color laid over childlike drawings and images. Opening reception Fri Sept 14, 5-8pm. Ballard Fetherston Gallery, 818 E Pike St, 322-9440. Through Oct 16.
CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS
ROBERT ADAMS
Pop style and social commentary. Enjoy your coffee! Zeitgeist, 171 S Jackson St, 583-0497. Through Oct 3.
ERIK ANDREW
Paintings inspired by jazz and the spirit of improvisation. Nico Gallery, 619 Western Ave, 264-1710. Through Sept 30.
LARRY BEMM
A rare pleasure: very good painting in a coffee shop. Bemm's canvases are lusciously colored and make a vivid, confident presence. Still Life in Fremont Coffeehouse, 709 N 35th St, 547-9850. Through Sept 16.
ROGER BOOK, JOSIE BOCKELMAN
New painting and sculpture. Li'l Red Shack Gallery, 1028 First Ave S, 621-7807. Through Sept 23.
ROBERT CAMPBELL
An interesting paradox: the use of moving pictures (in this case video) to contemplate the idea of stillness. This installation is a new version of one shown last year at Tacoma's Commencement Gallery. Cornish College of the Arts, Fisher Gallery, Kerry Hall, 710 E Roy St, 726-5066. Through Sept 29.
* SQUEAK CARNWATH
Layers upon layers of text and images, resulting in work that is busy but still somehow meditative. The paintings and drawings in this exhibition ruminate on the idea of happiness. James Harris Gallery, 309A Third Ave S, 903-6220. Through Oct 13.
CELEBRATION AND VISION: THE HEWITT COLLECTION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN ART
One of the most comprehensive collections of its kind in the country. Bank of America Gallery, 701 Fifth Ave, third floor, 585-3200. Through Oct 26.
ART CHANTRY'S THEATER POSTERS
Chantry is almost single-handedly responsible for the graphic style that screams out early '90s indie culture. Here is a selection of his posters for theater events. Elliott Bay Gallery 101, 101 S Main St, 682-6664. Through Oct 2.
* EVE COHEN
See Bio: Art. Cohen collects leftovers--parade detritus, household trash, seedpods, flower stalks--and from them she's created a menagerie of fantastic creatures, The Family of Lost Fauna. King County Art Gallery, 506 Second Ave, Second Foor, 296-7580. Through Sept 28.
ESPĂRITU DE M:XICO
Seven contemporary photographers explore, as the title suggests, the spirit of Mexico. Far from being a set of pre-seen images, they revel in the country's diverse cultures. Photographic Center Northwest, 900 12th Ave, 720-7222. Through Sept 29.
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Five artists investigate painting in all its forms: abstract, pattern, portrait, and the kind that bleeds over into sculpture. The artists are Joline Abbadessa, Jenny Carcia, Matt Hemmer, Margie Livingston, and Brian Sharp. SOIL Artist Cooperative, 1205 E Pike St, 264-8061. Through Sept 30.
MARILYN FOX
Images of trees in Deeply Rooted. Art/Not Terminal Gallery, 2045 Westlake Ave, 233-0680. Through Oct 4.
* MARY GROSS, MEGHAN TRAINOR
Trainor continues her investigation of the definition of humanness with a set of 23 children's blocks (representing the 23 human chromosomes). Gross graces her landscapes with abstract marks. Oseao Gallery, 1402 E Pike (above the Artificial Limb Co.), 568-0291. Through Sept 30.
SEAN MICHAEL HURLEY
In The Stations of the Cross, Hurley triangulates desire and sacrifice with that well-traveled tragedy. Little Theatre, 608 19th Ave E, 675-2055. Through Sept 23.
PETER JUVONEN
Startling and often funny (though perhaps not intentionally?) portraits by the Finnish-born artist. i Capolavori, 2519 Fifth Ave, 448-2825. Through Sept 19.
KUSTOM KULTURE
Rockabilly culture celebrated in the heart of the scene, a stone's throw from Hattie's and the Tractor. Black Lab Gallery & Parlour, 5208 Ballard Ave NW, 781-2393. Through Oct 10.
RICH LEHL, REID BANNECKER
Lehl's paintings have the storybook precision and casual mystery of German artist Michael Sowa's work. Bannecker, on the other hand, wears his process on his sleeve, with big, expressive, iconic portraits. Eyre/Moore Gallery, 913 Western Ave, 624-5596. Through Sept 29.
CARL LIERMAN
Lierman, the co-founder of the FotoCircle Gallery (which is currently on hiatus), is showing photo-collages inspired by Surrealist techniques. Sometimes they're disturbingly distorted, other times oddly right. Mary Vitold Gallery, 110 S Washington St, 624-9336. Through Sept 29.
BETH LO, ELIZABETH SANDVIG
It's all the rage these days to combine Western and Asian themes in contemporary art; Lo's vehicle of choice is ceramics--sexy-shaped vessels with images that are part cartoon, part traditional calligraphic imagery. With animal paintings by Sandvig. Francine Seders Gallery, 6701 Greenwood Ave N, 782-0355. Through Sept 30.
* NIKKI McCLURE
McClure's cut-paper works are nothing short of miraculous. Lipstick Traces, 500 E Pine St, 329-2813. Through Sept 30.
RACHAEL PEACOCK
New assemblage in a show called Better than Fake. The Rose Club, 3601 S McClellan St, 725-3654. Through Sept 20.
* MARION PECK
New paintings in a show called Dream Journal. Davidson is also showing paintings by Adrienne Sherman and lithographs by Marc Chagall. Davidson Galleries, 313 Occidental Ave S, 624-7684. Through Sept 29.
* CHARLES PETERSON
Peterson travels the world looking for images, but his work rises above the usual gratuitous Orientalism. He's as likely to see the visual potential in a shabbily modern airport as in a rice-paper panel. Victrola, 411 15th Ave E, 325-6520. Through Sept 30.
PRIMARY COLORS
Fifteen artists think visually about color--not as obvious a topic as you might think. With gallery regulars (including Toots Zynsky, Lanny Bergner, and the sublime Richard Marquis) and invited guests (including Dante Marioni, Randy McCoy, and Big-Gun Chihuly). Elliott Brown Gallery, 215 Westlake Ave, 340-8000. Through Oct 6.
PRINTMAKING BIENNIAL
Juried this year by Pegram Harrison of Echo Press. Kirkland Arts Center, 620 Market St, Kirkland, (425) 822-7161. Through Sept 28.
* PROJECT 18
Site-specific work by Leslie Clague, Paul Davis, Mark Johnson, Perry Wesley Johnson, Brad Miller, and Sheri Newbold. Sand Point Magnuson Park, Building 18, 522-9529. Through Sept 27.
* DEMI RAVEN
In Oneirotic Fragments, Raven shows his recent paintings, which use a kind of dream logic to connect airy, somewhat aphoristic text with images captured from the mass media. There are also some of his older works from Interfact, which used a similar process to group images that don't seem to relate; but the more you look at them, the more they do. Nation, 1921 Fifth Ave, 374-9492. Through Sept 24.
JEFF ROSS
In Abstractions and Attractions, Ross uses color to yank at the eyes in his monotypes. Secluded Alley Works, 113 12th Ave, 839-0880. Through Sept 27.
SELF CENSORED
Two entirely different artists who sabotaged their work for entirely different reasons of self-preservation. Vital 5 Productions, 2200 Westlake Ave, 254-0475. Through Oct 7.
MELODIE SMITH
The title is Preparations and the subject is grooming. Smith absolutely captures the strange faces we women make when putting on our lipstick and plucking our eyebrows. Neoillusionist Gallery, in the Last Supper Club, 124 S Washington St, 748-9975. Through Sept 30.
STEPHANIE SMITH
In 911's windows, Smith has constructed a collage of video images from a three-month, 14,000-mile road trip across the country. 911 Media Arts Center, 117 Yale Ave N, 682-6552. Through Sept 23.
SOUTH SOUNDS 2001
Commencement's annual show of lower Puget Sound artists, curated this year by Neil Watson, Chief Curator for the Museum of Glass. Commencement Art Gallery, 902 Commerce St, Tacoma, (253) 591-5341. Through Sept 20.
ERIK STOTIK, NORWOOD VIVIANO, NANCY BLUM
An embarrassment of riches at Esther Claypool this month: precise and ambiguous narratives from Stotik, a paraffin installation from Viviano, and meticulous pattern drawings from Blum. Esther Claypool Gallery, 617 Western Ave, 264-1586. Through Sept 29.
* TERRY WINTERS
For some reason, printmaking is often regarded as a poorer cousin to the "real" fine arts, perhaps because much of it doesn't tell us anything about the relationship of the chosen media to the work's content. Two sets of Winters' prints, Morula and Folio, look closely at the relationship between the plate, the paper, and the series as a whole. These prints are also currently being shown at a Winters retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Greg Kucera Gallery, 212 Third Ave S, 624-4031. Through Sept 29.
BRANDON ZEBOLD
A sculptural installation of shapes Zebold cuts out of steel with fire. Bryan Ohno Gallery, 155 S Main St, 667-9572. Through Sept 29.
