1420 11th Ave, 728-1980.
REILLY JENSEN, OTTO YOUNGERS
The third installment of CoCA's Octet series features Jensen's graphic-design-clued paintings, along with Youngers' large, mixed-media sculptures. Through Nov 15.
HENRY ART GALLERY
15th Ave NE & NE 41st St, 543-2280.
M:XICO AHORA
The complement to the current Seattle Art Museum Mexican modernism exhibit, the Henry exhibits more contemporary (1992-2000) works from the collection of Jacques and Natasha Gelman. Through Jan 5.
* OUT OF SITE
Opening. See Stranger Suggests. Through Feb 2.
* SHORT STORIES
Final week. Elizabeth Jameson's splendorform; The Photographic Impulse, with works from the collection of Joseph and Elaine Monsen; and Meditation on a Painting by Diebenkorn, which contrasts the 1958 painting Untitled (View of the Ocean with Palm Tree) with contemporary works by five other artists. Through Nov 10.
WRIGHT EXHIBITION SPACE
407 Dexter Ave N, 264-8200
WILLIAM IVEY, MARY RANDLETT
A selective retrospective of late Seattle painter William Ivey, along with Mary Randlett's Portrait, a baiting collection of 88 photographs capturing members of the local arts community. Open run.
OPENING EXHIBITIONS
MERIMA ADEE, JEANNIE SMITHERMAN
Smitherman's multifaceted works of ceramics, metal, papier-mché, and acrylics, alongside Postcards from Home, a debut by Bosnia and Herzegovina import Adee. Opening reception Sat Nov 9, 7-10 pm. Art/Not Terminal Gallery, 2045 Westlake Ave, 233-0680. Through Dec 5.
ANNE APPLEBY
Appleby's works look like minimalist grids of plain, flat color, but retain that little unpredictability that renders them, somehow, created with nature in mind rather than in spite of it. Greg Kucera Gallery, 212 Third Ave S, 624-0770. Through Nov 30.
CHESTER ARNOLD, GAYLEN HANSEN
Hansen has a way with animals, rendering them--in his big, flat, slightly wild paintings--both dignified and mysterious, as if inhabiting a fable by Aesop. With new paintings by Arnold. Opening reception Thurs Nov 7, 6-8 pm. Linda Hodges Gallery, 316 First Ave S, 624-3034. Through Dec 28.
CHRISTOPHER BALDER
Shallow, three-dimensional composites composed entirely of eerie found objects. Opening reception Fri Nov 8 at 7 pm. Secluded Alley Works, 113 12th Ave, 839-0880. Through Nov 28.
SUSAN BENNERSTROM
The refractionary and reflectionary poetry of light, in oil pastel. Also featuring Hysterical, Girl Comics, a group of cartoon-influenced works by a group of comics artists, including the amazing Jessica Abel. Opening reception Thurs Nov 7, 6-8 pm. Davidson Galleries, 313 Occidental Ave S, 624-7684. Through Nov 30.
ALFONSE BORYSEWICZ
New York painter Borysewicz presents the "theological alphabet" (or theoalphalogibet, as I like to call it) of his Insignia series, along with features from both his Going to Church and Sower Seeds series. Opening reception Sun Nov 10, 2-4 pm. Francine Seders Gallery, 6701 Greenwood Ave N, 782-0355. Through Dec 1.
* DAVID BRODY, MIKEY WALSH, ALEX SCHWEDER, EVE COHEN
Brody's latest painful and embarrassing contortions, featuring genitalia and women peeing. Don't miss the back room, with long-awaited urinal games by Schweder, crazy, delicate, gorgeous beasts by Cohen, and strange tiny figurines by Walsh. Opening reception Thurs Nov 7, 6-8 pm. Esther Claypool Gallery, 617 Western Ave, 264-1586. Through Nov 30.
JIM BURNS
Squint-inducing black on black landscapes, "in the age of black and white." Opening reception Thurs Nov 7, 6-8 pm. Zeitgeist, 171 S Jackson, 583-0497. Through Dec 4.
* JACK DAWS
By now Daws is best known around town as the guy who pickled an American flag post-9/11; here, in A Nice, Swift Kick in the Head, is a chance to see how he relates to other objects in the physical world. What you won't see is a sculpture featuring marijuana contained under multiple impermeable layers, which King County put the kibosh on before opening. King County Art Gallery, 506 Second Ave, Suite 200, 296-7580. Through Nov 29.
ROBERT GLEASON
Disjointed torsos float in the ether of Gleason's spiritual surrealism. Opening reception Thurs Nov 7, 6-9 pm. Ace Studios, 619 Western Ave, third floor, 920-6178. Through Nov 30.
DIONNE HAROUTUNIAN
Haroutunian's Bridges series combines the artistic kitchen sink with unanimous views of Third World families. Opening reception Thurs Nov 7, 6-8 pm. Gallery 110, 110 S Washington, 624-9336. Through Nov 30.
FAY JONES
You frequently hear that Jones is "the Northwest's favorite artist." What I want to know is, who is this elusive Northwest, and who asked him? But Jones' paintings of people are very engaging--not so much, perhaps, as the Goya variations from two years ago, but still. Grover/Thurston Gallery, 309 Occidental Ave S, 223-0816. Through Dec 14.
KUSTOM KROWN
From the illustrious Kustom line comes the latest, with lids for your melon by Antjuan Oden, Robert Hardgrave, Melissa Gill, Allison Agostinelli, Robert Adams, Dan Ayala, Doughlas Remy, and more. Kuhlman, 2419 First Ave, 441-1999. Through Jan 31.
* THE LISTENING POST
Ben Rubin and Mark Hansen have transformed the chatter of the Internet into a tonal landscape--literally. On the Boards Studio Space, 100 W Roy St, 217-9886. Through Nov 24.
SMALL WONDER
"A group exhibition of an ambiguous nature," featuring works by Keith Carter, Larry Calkins, Beverly Rayner, John Dugdale, Olivia Parker, and more. G. Gibson Gallery, 514 E Pike St, 587-4033. Through Dec 28.
CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS
ALTARES III NEW!
Autumn is awash in art with that special "south of the border" zest (sort of like Taco Bell)--here's some more. Featuring the works of Rene Diaz, Victor Hugo Gonzalez, Blanca Santander, and many more. Phinney Center Gallery, 6532 Phinney Ave, 783-2244. Through Nov 27.
* DAVID BELISLE
Community anti-icon Wilum Pugmire serves as muse for a series of larger-than-life portraits documenting the many life stages of the drag queen turned practicing Mormon. Cyclops, 2421 First Ave, 441-1677. Through Nov 30.
THE CLAYTON BROTHERS
A bewildering amalgam of layered absurdity, blending folk art with confused surrealist imagery. Roq la Rue, 2316 Second Ave, 374-8977. Through Dec 1.
* VICTORIA HAVEN, SUSAN DORY
Haven restricts her ambit to repeating shapes made out of office supplies (tape, whiteout, carbon paper); Dory's deep, interesting paintings are almost patterned, but deflect from regularity in ways that suggest a system gone awry, or bugged to begin with. The thrill is quiet, but thrilling nonetheless. Howard House, 2017 Second Ave, 256-6399. Through Nov 30.
NATA LUKAS
Mirroring other systems of fluid circulation, Lukas' Post Alley R.A.I.N. three-phase sculpture (changing monthly through January) collects and transports the water of this damp city's autumn downpours. Post Alley Sculpture Garden, 1417 Post Alley. Through March 22.
* JAMES MARTIN
Final week. See review this issue. Foster/White Gallery, 126 Central Way, Kirkland, 425-622-2833. Through Nov 10.
MATTHEW PORTER, SUZANNE TRUMAN
Truman's textural abstractions capturing reflections of age and wear, along with Matthew "Pow Kid" Porter's paintings of circus performers. Pound Gallery, 1216 10th Ave, 323-0557. Through Nov 23.
* 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.
* GREG STUMP
Urban Hipster illustrator and Stranger cartoonist Stump presents a collection of his clean-lined, comedic illustrations. Glo's, 1621 E Olive Way, 783-3426. Through Dec 8.
* JOHN SUTTON, BEN BERES, ZAC CULLER
A house inside a gallery inside an architect's office. Suyama Space, 2324 Second Ave, 256-0809. Through Dec 6.
TINY UNIVERSE
Composed of each and every member of the SOIL collective (including Yuki Nakumuri, Juniper Shuey, Randy Wood, Jack Daw, etc., etc., ad infinitum), Tiny Universe transcribes the map of the individual, the collective organism comprising each singular artist. SOIL Gallery, 1317 E Pine St, 264-8061. Through Dec 1.
UNBUCKLED
Featuring the works of Jana Brevik, Lauren Holloway, Susanne Pugh, and Leslie Teich (among others), the independent design collective known as Damsel exploits Seattle's waistline fetish with an exhibition of the clasps and hooks that keep our pants up. Damsel Collective, 2222 Second Ave S, Suite 100, 374-8669. Through Nov 30.
NINO YUNIARDI
Yuniardi's failed periphery is captured in a series of oil-on-wood-panel paintings, depicting space just out of eyeshot. Artemis Gallery, 3107 S Day St, 323-0562. Through Nov 30.
EVENTS
* ONE NIGHT ONLY: 11 SHOWS IN 11 MONTHS
The next-to-last show in Randy Wood's series, this month including the handsome paintings of Eric Hildebrant, with work by Juliana Bradley, Graham Fracha, Casey Keeler, Andy Olson, and Matthew Parker. Between Seattle Lighting and King St. Station, look for One Night Only signs, 321 Third Ave S, 720-9909, Thurs Nov 7, 7-11 pm.
