510 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, 425-519-0770.
FASHION: THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH
Final week. "That fashion shows and performance art have arrived at a similar place is interesting enough, but this show is laid out like a thesis, and it feels like a thesis, with all the joy and insanity drained out. " (Emily Hall) Through Sept 2.
CENTER ON CONTEMPORARY ART
1420 11th Ave, 728-1980.
DORKBOT
Final week. 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.
* 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 Feb 22, 2004.
NORDIC HERITAGE MUSEUM
3014 NW 67th St, 789-5707.
PIRJO BERG
Multimedia assemblages by local Finn Berg. Through Sept 28.
HELMI JUVONEN
Final week. Northwest Native American imagery, as seen through the eyes of an emigrant Finn associated with the big boys of the Northwest School. Through Aug 31.
OPENINGS
EIGHTH ANNUAL EDWIN T. PRATT EXHIBITION
Work in diverse media by 30 diverse artists representing the diversity of Seattle's diverseness. Opening reception Thurs Aug 28, Odessa Brown Center, 21st Ave S and Yesler Way S, 328-2200. Through Jan 2, 2004.
COLORED PENCIL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
For every group, there's a society. Here's work from the colored-pencil gang. Opening reception Sun Aug 31, 3-5 pm. The Runnings Family Gallery, ArtsWest Playhouse, 4711 California Ave SW, 938-0963. Through Nov 1.
GRAHAM FRACHA
Paintings of chairs. Hooray for chairs! Opening reception next week. Bluebottle Art Gallery, 415 E Pine St, 325-1592. Through Sept 30.
RUTH HESSE
Abstract monotype prints. Opening reception Wed Sept 3, 5-8 pm. Baas Gallery, 2703 E Madison St, 324-4742. Through Sept 27.
* MUNDO GIGANTICO DEL ROCK
This week only. Presented in conjunction with Bumbershoot's Flatstock 3 poster convention. Here's painting and sculpture by a whole lot of talented poster artists from all over the country. Opening reception Fri Aug 29, 6-10 pm. Crespinel Studios, 2316 Second Ave, 374-8977. Through Sept 1.
CHRISTINE SHANNON
Oil paintings in the stream-of-consciousness vein. Stream on consciousness, stream on. Mr. Spot's Chai House, 5463 Leary Way, 297-2424. Through Oct 6.
CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS
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Final week. Artists get down and collaborate. With selected works from Uncle Danny's Art Camp. Luscious, 321 Third Ave S, #301, 622-4252. Through Sept 3.
* ANDRIO ABERO
Final week. 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. Victrola Coffee & Art, 413 15th Ave E, 568-2086. Through Aug 31.
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. Flip, 620 Alaskan Way, second floor, 621-5333. Through Sept 5.
JEFF FISHER
"Toy" is such a judgmental term. Fisher's hybrid sculptures are a little bit Dr. Moreau, a little bit Santa Claus. Little Theatre, 608 19th Ave E, 675-2055. Through Sept 28.
JENNY HELLMAN, JOE BURMEISTER
A lonely bed with 85 folksy pillows by Hellman, with Burmeister's obsessively researched and constructed sampan harbor boat. Tom Landowski Gallery, 403 Cedar St, 380-2172. Through Oct 2.
J. KELLY LYLES
Funny animal paintings. Don't miss Mice Krispies. Still Life on the Ave Cafe, 1405 NE 50th St, 729-3542. Through Oct 12.
* PAUL MARGOLIS
Final week. Reviewed this issue. CDA Gallery, 506 Second Ave, second floor, 296-7580. Through Aug 29.
STEPHEN MacFARLANE, TINA RANDOLPH
Final week. MacFarlane and his sunflower-inspired monotypes, along with Randolph's works on "hybridized concrete." Elliott Bay Gallery 101, 101 S Main St, 682-6664. Through Sept 3.
RAYMOND MORROW
New paintings to birth a new gallery. Viveza Gallery, 2604 Western Ave, 355-0070. Through Sept 28.
* MARK MOTHERSBAUGH
Painted prints from the buzzy mind of DEVO's frontman. Roq la Rue Gallery, 2316 Second Ave, 374-8977. Through Sept 5.
BRIAN O'DONNELL
Final week. Simple, colorful line drawings--you know, the stuff everyone seems to like these days--in compacted and open space. Velocity Art and Design, 2206 Queen Anne Ave N, #201, 781-9494. Through Aug 31.
ULRICH PAKKER
Steel sculptures. Post Alley Sculpture Garden, 1413 Post Alley, and Post Alley Indoor Art Space, 1411 First Ave. Through Sept 30.
DOROTHEE BRAND POWELL
Forced narratives of travel snapshots in Powell's vocabulary of the road. Glo's, 1621 E Olive Way, 783-3426. Through Sept 7.
* PROJECT 18
Site-specific sculpture investigating the why and where of Sand Point's Building 18. Check out Charles McHale's swirling cloud of feathers. In and around Building 18, Sand Point Magnuson Park, 522-9529. Through Sept 14.
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
Final week. 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.
* VELVET DREAMS
Final week. Cuddle up to the fuzzy beauty only velvet can afford, in a powerhouse exhibition featuring the fine art of velvet painting. Featuring works by Edgar Leeteg, the "modern master" of the medium, as well as contemporary dabblers like Charles Krafft, Art Chantry, Joe Newton, and Ellen Forney. Lava Lounge, 2226 Second Ave, 441-5660. Through Sept 1.
* A-BOARD PROJECT
See Stranger Suggests. Various locations on Capitol Hill; pick up a tour map at Canterbury Ale & Eats (534 15th Ave E, 322-3130) at 8 pm.
* BUMBERSHOOT
See pullout guide or go to www.bumbershoot.org/art.htm for visual art listings. Gala, fashion show, and live auction Weds Aug 27, 6-9:30 pm in the Northwest Courtrooms of Seattle Center.
