CONSOLIDATED WORKS
500 Boren Ave N, 381-3218.
* BINOCULAR PARALLAX
Obscure new term du jour, binocular parallax is that phenomenon that occurs when the position of an object changes depending on which eye you have open. Here, it's invoked in service of investigating the similarities and differences between art in Seattle and art in Vancouver, BC. Through Nov 23.

OPENING EXHIBITIONS
WILLIAM CUMMING
One of the lauded "Northwest School" is having an exhibition of recent paintings--loose, colorful, and lightly narrative--in celebration of his 85th birthday. Opening reception Thurs Oct 10, 5:30-8:30 pm. Woodside/Braseth Gallery, 1533 Ninth Ave, 622-7243. Through Nov 7.
DE M:XICO: OAXACA/SEATTLE
As with everything of Mexican origin, the print art of Oaxaca is naturally described as "rich with tradition." In correlation with SAM's Mexican Modernism exhibit, De México combines the art of this singular Mexican community with that of Seattle artists of Mexican decent. Opening reception Thurs Oct 10, 5-7 pm. Seattle Art Museum Rental/Sales Gallery, 1334 First Ave, 748-9282. Through Nov 9.
DAVID HERBERT
Dissecting the cartoonish persona of the world's most amiable socialist dictator, Herbert's cardboard diorama The Fictitious Life of Fidel Castro takes a lighthearted stab at the eternally bearded leader through an imaginary excursion into his personal quarters. Woessner Alumni Gallery, Cornish College of the Arts, 723 Harvard Ave E, 726-5169. Through Nov 2.
MONSTERS!
In celebration of Allhallows Eve's impending arrival, the Little Theatre's understated visual art gallery captures a random assortment of fiends and beasties for a playful exhibition, with works by Sara Lanzillota, Kevin Niereiter, Marion Peck, and Sean Hurley. Opening reception Tues Oct 15, 6-8 pm. Little Theatre, 608 19th Ave E, 343-9653. Through Nov 23.
MICHAEL SHULTHEIS
Arithmetic never looked so damn pretty. Opening reception Fri Oct 11, 5-8 pm. Ballard Fetherston Gallery, 818 E Pike St, 322-9440. Through Nov 9.
* JOHN SUTTON, BEN BERES, ZAC CULLER
Posing the question of what perceptive elements comprise "home." Suyama Space, 2324 Second Ave, 256-0809. Through Dec 6.

CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS
* BIG TIME
The final Vital 5 show before an open-ended hiatus, with Randy McCoy, Robert Hardgrave, Robert Adams, Greg Lukens, and Zach Corum converging for one last Pop Art blowout. Vital 5 Productions, 2200 Westlake Ave, 254-0475. Through Oct 31.
* COLLABORATORS
See review this issue. Soil Gallery, 1317 E Pine St, 264-8061. Through Oct 30.
* JASON D'AQUINO
D'Aquino uses hyper-enlargement tools to craft itty-bitty fairy-tale masterpieces of microscopic proportions--sort of like those little rice grains (now that's a little redundant) with your name written on them. Roq La Rue Gallery, 2316 Second Ave, 374-8977. Through Oct 26.
ALEXANDRA GJURASIC
Social activist Gjurasic's vibrant, Zapatista-inspired work on canvas and gourd. Secluded Alley Works, 113 12th Ave, 839-0880. Through Oct 20.
* SARAH HUTT
Sarah Hutt's mother met Jack LaLane once. And she often read encyclopedias. She also had a habit of reading the inscriptions on the undersides of fine chinaware. Learn more about Sarah Hutt's mother with My Mother's Legacy, a 1,000-line poem inscribed on the base of 1,000 simple wooden bowls. Elliott Bay Café, 101 S Main St, 682-6664. Through Oct 31.JACQUES-HENRI LARTIGUE
A prodigy of the camera by age six, Lartigue is responsible for many of the more familiar photographs of pre-WWI France, the reproductions of which comprise much of the home décor of stepmothers across the nation. On display are a series of original and signed prints by the French master. G. Gibson Gallery, 122 S Jackson #200, 587-4033. Through Nov 2.
* DE LEVA
"Multicolored, surrealist, metaphysical paintings." Ahem. Café Ladro, 2205 Queen Anne Ave N, 282-5313. Through Oct 30.
* MATT McCARTHY
A bed of matted text--dissected, entangled, and reconfigured beyond recognition--becomes merely another visual component of the arresting, simplistic line drawings that make up McCarthy's Lexicon. King County Art Gallery, 506 Second Ave, Suite 200, 296-7580. Through Nov 1. Also an additional show featuring similar works.BRIAN McGUFFEY
In a shockingly kitschless stroke (Hey! Where the hell'd the Op go!?!?), Capitol Hill's steeply assessed vintage furniture mecca Area 51 welcomes irony-free artist Brian McGuffey, whose creepy oil paintings of stark, rustic midwestern landscapes patently lack the formerly requisite graphic-design-centric concentration. Area 51, 401 E Pine St, 568-4782. Through Oct 30.
* ANTJUAN ODEN, BOOTSY HOLLER
Pink and Brown (the show, not the band) represents the work of Seattle's most dangerous or misunderstood artist (depending on who you ask), Antjuan Oden; a series of "Tar Baby doll" sculptures (brown) contrasts with Holler's rose prints and paintings (pink). 619 Western Ave, fourth floor, Through Nov 3.
ANNE PALLESEN
Photographic Center Northwest gallery director Pallesen exhibits Sleeper, a collection of hauntingly ambiguous situational images--beautiful transitory narratives in the form of lith prints. Photographic Center Northwest, 900 12th Ave, 720-7222. Through Oct 30.
* MELANIE RENECKER
A beloved former Stranger luminary centers on the downtrodden, the obstinate, and those participants in the "homeless for a summer" suburban outreach program in Squats: Shelter for the Unwanted. Rose Club, 3165 McClellan Ave S, 725-3654. Through Oct 30.
* JASON SALAVON
"In this show's major work--called Golem, after the Hebrew creature created out of clay and given life for the purpose of work--Salavon eliminates the shibboleth of Abstract Expressionism, namely the hand of the artist. Salavon's golem is a really, really big large-format high-resolution Hewlett Packard inkjet printer that spits out a painting at the rate of about one every 15 minutes, and the paintings are generated by software written by Salavon, which transformed the work of abstract, color-field-oriented painters such as Mark Rothko, Hans Hoffman, and Richard Diebenkorn (and a bit of Gerhard Richter, in his big-brushstroke moods) into algorithms, and then translated these algorithms into 100,000 possible paintings." (Emily Hall) Howard House, 2017 Second Ave, 256-6399. Through Oct 19.
* SCATTERED, SMOTHERED & COVERED
The owners of Garde Rail are spanning the globe by minivan in search of the latest and greatest in contemporary self-taught and "outsider" arts. The product of this odyssey is featured in Scattered, Smothered & Covered, an IHOP-inspired collection of works by 25 American artists from all stretches of the country. Garde Rail Gallery, 4860 Rainier Ave S, 721-0107. Through Nov 30.
RICHARD SERRA, JOE BIEL, BRICE MARDEN, JAMES HARRISON
Serra's The Venice Notebook Etchings: extremely technical, extremely significant, extremely expensive, extremely circle-y. Marden continues in a similarly squiggly vein with a series of recent color etchings, while Los Angeles artist Biel uses line in intricately macabre graphite sketches on paper. Also featured in the outdoor sculpture court is the recently resettled DAAHOUD, Harrison's popular contribution to CoCA's Blurred exhibit: a 15-foot belled gazebo composed of 1,200 individual two-by-fours. Greg Kucera Gallery, 212 Third Ave S, 624-0770. Through Nov 2.
SEAN VALE
Closing. Chronic minimalist Vale explores the written word as visual component in Pull, his latest. The magnetism and power of thought expressed in textual communication. Pound Gallery, 1216 10th Ave, 323-0557. Through Oct 13.

EVENTS
SLUGS ON SALT
One night only. In the tradition of Randy Wood's One Night Only events comes the Joon Miette-curated Slugs on Salt, another momentary multimedia art explosion that makes its brevity as central as its content. Featured artists include Jeff Fisher, Flatchestedmama, Tory Franklin, Tom Sebring, and Miette herself. Opening reception Fri Oct 11, 7-11 pm. 321 Third Ave S, 720-9909, between Seattle Lighting and King Street Station, look for the "Slugs on Salt" signs.
* THE SWAN TOOL
This week only. See Stranger Suggests. Fri-Sat Oct 11-12, 8 pm. On the Boards, 100 W Roy St, 217-9888.