During this season’s Picasso show at Seattle Art Museum, it seems like every other local business is having a related promotion (Eat Our Picasso Sandwich!)—and local artists are having their say, too. During this month’s First Thursday art walk, a punchy new group show at SOIL opens, called Vs. the Matador, billed in the voice of a bullfight announcer: “Master. Pieces. Block. Buster. Viewer. Participant. Coat. Check. Audio. Tour. Crowd. Control. Wall. Text. Surveillance. System. Striped. Shirt. Gift. Shop. Press. Release.” ¡Olé! (SOIL, 112 Third Ave S, 264-8601, 6–8 pm, free)
Jen Graves (The Stranger’s former arts critic) mostly writes about things you approach with your eyeballs. But she’s also a history nerd interested in anything that needs more talking about, from male... More by Jen Graves
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