CENTER ON CONTEMPORARY ART
408 Dexter Ave, 728-1980.

NEOQUEER

The annual exhibition of the Queer Caucus for Art. Opening reception Fri Feb 20, 8 pm-midnight. Through March 31.

CONSOLIDATED WORKS
500 Boren Ave N, 381-3218.

SONIC ABSORPTION

See Stranger Suggests. Opening reception Fri Feb 20, 8 pm-2 am, $7. Through April 4.

* CHRISTIAN MARCLAY

In conjunction with Marclay's mid-career retrospective at SAM (which is good but a little quiet), ConWorks presents Marclay's Guitar Drag, a video projection (and the harsh sounds) of a guitar pulled along behind a truck in Texas and being utterly destroyed, with the terrible echoes of a black man murdered in a similar fashion in 1998. (If you've seen the great documentary Two Towns of Jasper, you'll know what I'm talking about.) Through April 25.

HENRY ART GALLERY
15th Ave NE and NE 41st St, 543-2280.

* ROY McMAKIN

I'm still not convinced that everything McMakin does is art, but the wall of refrigerators is worth the price of admission. Through May 10.

MUSEUM OF GLASS
1801 E Dock St, Tacoma, 253-284-4750.

* SANDY SKOGLUND

Two new photographs by Skoglund, with the full-sized installations created for them. Her work, which cheerfully messes with the everyday (as in my personal favorite, a cocktail party populated by mannequins, with everything covered in Chee-tos) can sometimes verge on the too-sweet, but there's almost always an undercurrent of darkness. Through April 18. 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


* BILL DANIEL

Daniel, who documents different kinds of subculture in unexpected ways, here presents Seadrift, Texas--a video/living room installation about a fishing town's clash with a plastics plant--in Tollbooth's tiny little video gallery space. Tollbooth Gallery, 11th St and Broadway Ave, Tacoma, 253-572-0995. Through April 10.

BEN DARBY

A life-sized panda bear cut apart and painted with different and meticulous scenes of China. Opening reception Wed Feb 18, 6-9 pm. Bryan Ohno Gallery, 155 S Main St, 667-9572. Through March 27.

YUJI HIRATSUKA

Recent paintings in Figures in Transition. Opening reception Sat Feb 21, 1-4 pm. Azuma Gallery, 530 First Ave S, 622-5599. Through March 16.

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. Opens Thurs Feb 19. Jerry Brockey Center, South Seattle Community College, 6000 16th Ave SW, 768-6613. Through March 17.

UPPER LEFT

Work by local graduates of the prestigious Cranbrook Academy of Art. Opening reception Thurs Feb 19, 7-9 pm. Gulassa & Co, 10 Dravus St, 283-1810. Through March 3.

CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS


NEAL BASHOR

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

GREGORY BLACKSTOCK

Precise catalogs of baskets, airplanes, and birds, by an autistic artist. Garde Rail Gallery, 4860 Rainier Ave S, 721-0107. Through March 27.

COLORS OF THE HEART

Works on love by various artists including Yuroz, who created a big flap a few years ago by complaining to the Los Angeles Times that although his paintings (a sort of knockoff cubism) sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars, he don't get no respect. Global Art Venue, 314 First Ave S, 264-8755. Through Feb 29.

* 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.

DRAWING RESISTANCE

Art by artist activists, including Robbie Conal of Secretary of Offense fame. 2nd Avenue Pizza, 2015 Second Ave, 956-0489. Through Feb 29.

FLASHPOINT

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

* TRISH GRANTHAM

Paintings inhabited by characters that are clearly influenced by Japanese cartoons, but have a particular anxiety that is all their own. Velocity Art and Design, 2118 Second Ave, 781-9494. Through March 15.

* 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.

YUMIKO KAYUKAWA, KIPLING WEST, ANDREW BRANDOU

Bright and intricate work in Jewelbox. Roq la Rue Gallery, 2316 Second Ave, 374-8977. Through April 2.

* PATTE LOPER

Loper, who is so far best known for witty, precise tableaux that contain sort of unfathomable action, ventures into new territory with wall drawing and video. Little Theatre, 608 19th Ave E, 329-2629. Through March 20.

* ROUNDUP AT THE DOUBLE H

Final week. An exhibition celebrating the last five years at Howard House, and that long, long list of really excellent artists. Howard House, 2017 Second Ave, 256-6399. Through Feb 21.

SHUNGA AND OTHER ASIAN EROTICA, JANE HAMMOND

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.

SKIRTING THE EDGE

Work by Janet Cameron, Erin Castellan, Caroline James, Deborah Worsfold, and Nikolay Sokolov. Secluded Alley Works, 113 12th Ave, 839-0880. Through Feb 26.

TRUE BLUE, ROB ZVERINA

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

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

EVENTS


WHY DOCUMENT? THE ART OF CREATIVE DOCUMENTATION

A panel discussion featuring writer Deloris Tarzan Ament, curator Sheryl Conkelton, and artists Barbara Earl Thomas and Wesley Wehr. Thurs Feb 19 at 5:30 pm at Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600. Free.