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
NORTHWEST VIEWS: SELECTIONS FROM THE SAFECO COLLECTION
SAFECO has been one of the most voracious collectors of local artists for almost 30 years. Here, a selection of figurative works. Through Nov 4.
WITNESS AND LEGACY: CONTEMPORARY ART ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST
How can art represent tragedy on a grand scale? What can be derived from it? What can be learned? Answers--perhaps--here. Through Jan 13, 2002.
HENRY ART GALLERY
15th Ave NE at NE 41st St, 543-2280
* JEFFRY MITCHELL: HANABUKI
In Hanabuki--a word that Mitchell has constructed to mean "snowing flowers"--ideas swirl around the viewer like gentle winds: contemplation vs. participation, fragments vs. whole, East vs. West, puns, bears, movement. It's a two-level installation loosely tied to ideas of heaven and earth, with a fur-lined cave below and clean white ikebana above. Through Jan 6, 2002.
* SHORT STORIES
A series of staggered rotating exhibitions that includes work from the permanent collection, commissioned projects, and installations. Through May 12, 2002.
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.
ANNIE LEIBOVITZ: WOMEN
Photographs of women from all walks of life, presented not as an argument, but a document of where women are now. Through Jan 6, 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, and Pilchuck-teaching, she brings a much-needed sophistication to the medium. Through Feb 17, 2002.
WASHINGTON STATE HISTORY MUSEUM
1911 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, 888-238-4373
STUFF AND JUNK: THE STORY OF A BRICOLEUR
An assemblage by Eastern Washington sculptor Harold Balazs, who was recently designated one of Washington's "Living Treasures" by the people who designate those kinds of things. He's best known for his public art--enormous gatelike structures in enamel, metal, and concrete--but is also part of this state's fine-art heritage. Opening reception Sun Oct 7, 2-5 pm, with a slide show by the artist at 4 pm. Through Sept 2002.
WESTERN GALLERY
Fine Arts Complex , Western Washington University, Bellingham, (360) 650-3900
BOTANICA
Art and plants, with work by some topnotch artists, including Kiki Smith, Alexis Rockman, David Wojnarowicz, Darren Waterston, and others. Through Dec 1.
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 Feb 2002.
OPENING EXHIBITIONS
ANIMATION SENSATION
Presented in collaboration with the Sixth Annual Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Animation Sensation features all manner of animation, from low- to high-tech. Shown with many original works. Opening reception Sat Oct 6, 6-10 pm. The Pound Gallery, 1216 10th Ave, 323-0557. Through Oct 21.
KYNAN ANTOS
In KnitWear, Antos trains his eye on women's fashions from the early '60s. Opening reception Thurs Oct 4, 6-8 pm. Zeitgeist Cafe, 161 S Jackson St, 583-0497.
* MARCEL DZAMA, ED WICKLANDER
See Stranger Suggests. Dzama works in a kind of cultural miniature--a series of drawings that fall somewhere between doodle and manuscript illumination. In them, humans and creatures inhabit a world of surrealistic possibility: creepy, unexpected, but somehow quite dear. With sculptures by Wicklander. Opening reception Thurs Oct 4, 6-8 pm. Greg Kucera Gallery, 212 Third Ave S, 624-0770. Through Oct 27.
EMBRACING SCIENCE
Three New York artists investigate science through photography. Susan Jennings creates petri-dish images from air samples taken at gallery openings; Charlie Lindsay and Andrew Bordwin subject various media to electrical charges and photograph the results. An elegant intersection of microcosm and image. Opening reception Thurs Oct 4, 6-8 pm. Eyre/Moore Gallery, 913 Western Ave, 624-5596. Through Oct 27.
FAMILIAR
A group show with Amy Ruppell, Diana Adams, and Jean Hicks. With two opening receptions! One on Thurs Oct 4, 6-9 pm, and another on Fri Oct 5, 7 pm till whenever. Secluded Alley Works, 113 12th Ave, 839-0880. Through Oct 25.
JOE FINDLEISS
Lightboxes! Opening reception Thurs Oct 4, 8 pm. Lipstick Traces, 500 E Pine St, 329-2813. Through Oct 31.
JON HOWE, JOSHUA GEOFFREY
Bodies, bodies, bodies, distorted through emotion, mixed media, and reality. Opening reception Thurs Oct 4, 6-9 pm. The Li'l Red Shack Gallery, 1028 First Ave S, 621-7807. Through Nov 11.
SHERRY KARVER
In Grand Central Station Series, Karver combines photography, digital manipulation, and oil painting to create a strangely prescient portrait of life in New York these days. Opening reception Thurs Oct 4, 6-8 pm. Lisa Harris Gallery, 1922 Pike Place, 443-3315. Through Oct 27.
FELIX MACNEE, PAUL SPENCER
Two San Francisco artists are showing a total of 1,000 drawings, created in blocks of 14 in sessions that explore imagination and its derivatives. Proceeds from this Herculean show benefit National Disaster Relief. Opening reception Thurs Oct 4, 6-10 pm. Nico Gallery, 619 Western Ave, Second Floor, 264-1710. Through Oct 28.
* SARAH PETERS, ALEXANDER SCHWEDER
The icons of girlhood come under Peters' sharp lens in the wonderfully titled Pink Dingus; Schweder's urinals acknowledge Duchamp, but are fully functional. Both artists have recently done residencies at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Wisconsin, with all its implied connection to plumbing and fixtures. Opening reception Thurs Oct 4, 6-8 pm. Esther Claypool Gallery, 617 Western Ave, 264-1586. Through Oct 27.
QUINCY A. QUIGG
New paintings. Opening reception Thurs Oct 4, 9 pm. The Alibi Room, 85 Pike St, 623-3180. Through Oct 31.
BEVERLY RAYNER, DEBRA GOLDMAN
With photographs, found objects, and various materials, Rayner delivers her take on Genetic Decoder & Other Pseudoscientific Explorations; In Mapping, Goldman explores the act and consequences of folding. Opening reception Sat Oct 6, 3-5 pm. G. Gibson Gallery, 122 S Jackson St, Suite 200, 587-4033. Through Nov 17.
EPHRAIM RUSSELL
Raising questions of usefulness and function, Russell's sculptures look like everyday objects--those that receive the attention of the industrial-design community--but are simply objects. Opening reception Thurs Oct 4, 6-8 pm. King County Art Gallery, 506 Second Ave, Room 200, 296-7580. Through Oct 27.
TAKE MY PICTURE
Work from 60 emerging artists, each of them an advanced-certificate student at PCN. At the Nov 3 party everyone goes home with one of the photographs for a measly $125 ticket. Opening reception Fri Oct 5, 6-8 pm. Photographic Center Northwest, 900 12th Ave, 720-7222. Through Nov 3 (stay tuned for party details).
* TREAT ME GOOD
Who rocks harder than Pat Benatar? No one, that's who. Well, maybe Chrissie Hynde, or Debbie Harry, or Joan Jett... nonetheless, this show looks at the ongoing influence of a tough-chick rock star whose manufactured persona marched miles ahead of her. With work by Shawn Wolfe, Linda Peschong, Ryan Berg, John Seal, and others. Opening reception--with Jackie Hell, Ursula Android, and other special guests--Sat Oct 6, 7-10 pm. SOIL Artist Cooperative, 1412 12th Ave, 264-8061. Through Oct 31.
LISA ZERKOWITZ, ITALO SCANGA
Reverie is a collection of Zerkowitz's etched-steel sculptures. With a mini-retrospective of Scanga's energetic sculpture and painting; the artist died this summer. Opening reception Thurs Oct 4, 6-8 pm. Bryan Ohno Gallery, 115 S Main St, 667-9572. Through Oct 27.
CONTINUING 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. Roq La Rue, 2224 Second Ave, 374-8977. Through Oct 13.
* 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.
PHILIPPE COGN:E
In L'Intime et L'Anonyme, Cognée explores ambiguous cityscapes in encaustic. Winston Wächter Fine Art, 403 Dexter Ave N, 652-5855. Through Oct 10.
MICK GRONEK
Gronek's "chemical paintings" depend on the kind of alchemy that happens when patinas are applied to metal. The result is vaguely Pompeiian, crossed with '60s pop patterns. Velocity Art and Design, 2206 Queen Anne Ave N #201, 781-9494. Through Oct 17.
BOOTSY HOLLER
Silver prints on fiber, eponymously hanging like Laundry. The Little Theatre, 608 19th Ave E, 675-2055. Through Nov 3.
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.
MRS. X, TEXTures
Leslie Straka channels her ideas about history, gender, and art through historical fashion in the Rental/Sales Gallery window; the exhibition inside explores the combination of words and images. Seattle Art Museum Rental/Sales Gallery, 1334 First Ave, 654-3240. Through Oct 13 (TEXTures) and Nov 4 (Mrs. X).
* NEW WORKS LABORATORY 2001
Co-presented by 911 Media Arts Center and the Henry Art Gallery, the New Works Laboratory features traditional-media artists paired with new-media artists: Phil Roach and Jennifer West; Donnabelle Casis and Dave Hanagan; and Susan Robb and R. Eugene Parnell. New City Theater, First Christian Church, 1632 Broadway Ave, 682-6552. Through Oct 24.
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. Pratt Fine Arts Center, 1902 S Main St, 328-2200. Through Oct 12.
* JOSEPH PARK, MARK TAKAMICHI MILLER
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. Howard House, 2017 Second Ave, 256-6399. Through Oct 20.
PRIMARY COLORS
Fifteen artists think visually about color--not as obvious a topic as you might think. Elliott Brown Gallery, 215 Westlake Ave, 340-8000. Through Oct 6.
CATHY SARKOWSKY
New paintings featuring explosive, psychedelic bursts of color laid over childlike drawings and images. Ballard Fetherston Gallery, 818 E Pike St, 322-9440. Through Oct 16.
SELF CENSORED
Reviewed this issue. Two entirely different artists who sabotaged their work for entirely different reasons of self-preservation. Maria Cordova photographed images of torture and destruction in Cartagena; she disappeared, leaving behind 13 prints covered in ink. Erik Strickland glued his paintings together with carpet adhesive for reasons that aren't clear--perhaps aesthetic self-preservation?--but just as disturbing. Vital 5 Productions, 2200 Westlake Ave, 254-0475. Through Oct 7.
JIM STOCCARDO, MOLLY NORRIS CURTIS, FRED MUNRO
Recent works from each artist. Atelier 31, 122 Central Way, Kirkland, 425-576-1477. Through Oct 9.
