BURKE MUSEUM
Toi Maori: The Eternal Thread presents nearly 100 examples of the women-only art form of Maori weaving. Through May 29. NE 45th St and 17th Ave NE, 543-5590.
FRYE ART MUSEUM
Opening. Seattle contemporary art collectors Ben and Eileen Krohn are loaning nearly 50 pieces to the Frye for Swallow Harder, their first museum exhibition. The collectors rightly focus on specific aesthetic depth rather than grabbing at big names. Opening reception Thurs Feb 23, 6â8 pm. Through May 14. A big, handsome specimen of a show, Architecture ofAbsence is the first North American retrospective for German photographer Candida Höfer, the senior (and somewhat overlooked) member of the Becher school of photographers including Andreas Gursky and Thomas Struth. In spite of the showâs title, her architectural interiors are packed with presence. Through April 16. Final week. Spectatorship and DesireâPart 1: Lust is the salon rehanging of Charles and Emma Fryeâs historic painting collection. Through Feb 26. 704 Terry Ave, 622-9250.
HENRY ART GALLERY
Opening. Roy Lichtenstein: Prints 1956â97 is a sprawling survey that exhibits prints from some of the pop art greatâs most important work, including Cathedral Series (1969) and Paintings Series (1984). Also opening: Kelly Mark Thanks Everyone for Everything, a video exhibition in which the artist choreographs what she calls âthe ballet of the ordinary.â Mark will discuss her work Fri Feb 25, 2 pm. Opening celebration for both openings features performances by Fankick!, the Vis-A-Vis Society, Tap Explosion, and DJ AMS (Mass Mvmt), Fri Feb 24, 8â11 pm. Through May 7. The Fates Await, inspired by the German expressionist film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and made by the artist Santiago Cucullu. Through March 12. Robert Lyons, Gordon Matta-Clark, and others explore questions of vacancy and emptiness in The Empty Room, from the Monsen Collection of photography. Through May 14. Final week. Architect-artists Annie Han and Daniel Mihalyo created 150 Works of Art, a graveyard-like procession of paintings and photographs from the museumâs permanent collection. Through Feb 26. 15th Ave NE and NE 41st St, 543-2280.
MUSEUM OF NORTHWEST ART
The Cognitive Body, glass sculpture by Eric Franklin; Carl Morris, paintings; and new acquisitions. Through April 9. 121 S First St, La Conner,360-466-4446.
SEATTLE ASIAN ART MUSEUM
Seattle Art Museum downtown is closed for renovations until spring 2007, so the Volunteer Park museum is the temporary headquarters. Highlights are Carl Gouldâs 1933 art-deco architecture, a case of snuffboxes in the side room overlooking the park, and Iranian-born artist Shirin Neshatâs video installation, Tooba, a lyrical, 12-minute portrait of a menaced woman making a kind of escape. Tooba is through Oct 15. Followers of Chinese painting, check out the 900-year overview in The Orchid Pavilion Gathering: Chinese Painting from the University of Michigan Museum of Art and the small show of personal expressions by a living member of the Chinese literati tradition, Fragrance of the Past: Chinese Calligraphy and Painting by Châung-ho Chang Frankel and Friends. Through April 2. 1400 E Prospect St, Volunteer Park, 654-3100.
TACOMA ART MUSEUM
The historical show The Great American Thing: Modern Art and National Identity, 1915â1935 is a collaboration between TAM curator Patricia McDonnell and Stanford scholar Wanda Corn, who wrote the book of the same title. Through May 21. Also up: Contemporary Photography and the GardenâDeceits and Fantasies, with work by 16 American and European photographers, including Gregory Crewdson, Sally Mann, and Catherine Opie. Through April 30. 1701 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, 253-272-4258.
VANCOUVER ART GALLERY
Vancouver artist Brian Jungenâknown best for adapting Nike Air Jordans into the forms of Northwest Coast native masksâhas his first comprehensive survey exhibition, including more than 40 drawings, sculptures, and large-scale installations. Through April 30. Also on view is another solo show by a BC artist, the painter Takao Tanabe, with more than 60 abstractions and minimalist landscapes. Through April 17. 750 Hornby St, Vancouver, BC, 604-662-4700.
CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS
20Twenty
The new Ballard location of the gallery opens with Chris Critesâ Not Again: The 1980s (The Decade That Wouldnât Go Away). The press release includes a âPSYCH!!â so, naturally, the exhibition is recommended. Through March 9. 5208 Ballard Ave NW, 706-0969.
911 MEDIA ARTS GALLERY
Collaborative audio and video installment Light_Paper_Sound. Through March 22. 402 Ninth Ave N, 682-6552.
ALEXIS HOTEL
Abstract paintings by Seattle artists Michael Schultheis, Quincy Anderson, and Sheryl Westergreen. Through April 4. 1007 First Ave, 340-6678.
ALL CITY COFFEE
Final week. Infestation is Sonya Stocktonâs new series of photo etchings, plastic ants, and flies. Through Feb 28. 125 Prefontaine Pl S, 652-8331.
ANGLE GALLERY
Final week. AIDS Is Knocking, a multimedia exhibition of photography, sound, installation, and video by Amanda Koster, is intended to raise funds for, and awareness about, the people of Rabuor Village in West Kenya. Through Feb 28. 312 S Washington St, 856-7037.
ARTHEAD GALLERY
Painting the Northwest is new oil paintings by Gary Nelson. Through March 25. 5411 Meridian Ave N, 633-5544.
ART/NOT TERMINAL GALLERY
Painter/sculptor Shirley Travisâs Tangled Exposure and Thinking of Australia: Landscapes, Images, and Abstraction by Australian painters Bronwyn Bancroft and Judy Hawking-Burnett, mixed media artist Esha Xavier Quinn, and photographer Jason Kimberley. Through March 2. 2045 Westlake Ave, 233-0680.
AZUMA GALLERY
Contemporary Japanese artist Katsunori Hamanishi in Mezzotints: Recent Works. Through March 7. 530 First Ave S, 622-5599.
BENHAM GALLERY
Daguerreotypes, photomicrographs, and photographs made with a pinhole camera by New Yorkâbased Jerry Spagnoli. Through March 25. 1216 First Ave, 622-2480.
BLACK BOX GALLERY
Diamond Industries is sculpture, paintings, apparel, and accessories âreflecting the gutter-glam lifestyleâ by artist, designer, performer, and curator Dylan Neuwirth. Through March 3. 4911 Aurora Ave N, 579-2662.
BLUEBOTTLE GALLERY
Final week. I Love Andy Warhol brings together six artists to celebrate the life and work of Andy Warhol. Through Feb 28. 415 E Pine St, 325-1592.
CAFFE VITA
Final week. Vignettes from India II is photographs by Yoram Bernet. Through Feb 28. 1005 E Pike St, 709-4440.
CAPITOL HILL ARTS CENTER
Collection of Illuminated Works is a group show from the Twilight Artist Collective, in a variety of mediums. Through March 27. 1621 12th Ave, 388-0500.
CATHERINE PERSON GALLERY
Final week. Hortus Ortus is botanical chromogenics by Seattle photographer Davis Freeman and ceramic sculpture based on simple organic shapes by Kensuke Yamada. This is Yamadaâs first Seattle exhibition. Through Feb 28. 319 Third Ave S, 726-1836.
CENTER ON CONTEMPORARY ART
Shard, curated by Seattle poet David Francis, brings together contemporary poetry and visual art. This week: A reading by Catherine Wing Sat Feb 25, 8 pm. Through March 12. 410 Dexter Ave N, 728-1980.
COLORGRAPHICS
Paintings by Sharon Strauss, photographs by Anil Kapahi. Through April 29. 1421 S Dean St, 890-7882.
COLUMBIA CENTER GALLERY
The Women Painters of Washington: Celebration II. Through March 31. 701 Fifth Ave, third floor, 425-771-9019.
COLUMBIA CITY GALLERY
RetroCrush is nostalgic works by s. r. dickie, William A. Herberholz, and Kent Modglin. Caras de Cochabamba is self-portrait collages by young women of the indigenous Quechuan culture who live in a homeless shelter in Bolivia. Through March 12. 4864 Rainier Ave S, 760-9843.
CONSOLIDATED WORKS
A slew of new works mark artistic director Corey Pearlsteinâs first efforts, including Accordions, a video installation by Gary Hill, Negativlandland by Negativland, Monika Proffittâs The River Project, Alan Hurleyâs Untitled, and an impassioned response to events in the Gaza Strip with Rachel Corrieâs installation, Daughter Courage (see review). Through March 12. 500 Boren Ave N, 381-3218.
CORRIDOR GALLERY
Final week. Marie C. Greenâs acrylic paintings are titled Dichotomy of the Nude. Through Feb 25. 306 S Washington St, 856-7037.
CRAWL SPACE GALLERY
Non-Non-Referential Painting is a group show curated by Bradley Biancardi and Michelle Bolinger. Through March 12. 504 E Denny Way, #1, 322-5752.
DAVIDSON CONTEMPORARY
Final week. Large-scale recent pastel landscapes by Leslie Williams Cain. Through Feb 25. 310 S Washington St, 624-7684.
DAVIDSON GALLERIES
Final week. Mezzotints by contemporary artists Carol Wax and Fred Mershimer, and David Lucasâs 19th-century mezzotints based on John Constableâs images of the English countryside. Through Feb 25. 313 Occidental Ave S, 624-1324.
DESIGN COMMISSION
Unusually large posters bring together a trampoline, electric appliances, and typographyâby San Francisco artist/designer Liz Craig, and an 8-inch by 12-foot sculpture that is a variation on the book form by Sarah Skaggs. Through March 2. 121 Prefontaine Pl S, 223-7709.
ECâąLECâąTIC GALLERIE OF FINE ART
Collages and works on board and paper by Pratt Fine Art instructor Doris Mosler. Through March 5.307 N 73rd St, 789-4500.
FOSTER/WHITE GALLERY
Final week. Bratsa Bonifacho exhibits Moderato Cantabile, his bright, textured grids of symbols and letters, and T. L. Lange shows more psychologically driven abstracts. Through Feb 25. 123 S Jackson St, 622-2833.
FOUNTAINHEAD GALLERY
Final week. Waterbeings is new oil paintings by Thu Nguyen. Through Feb 26. 625 W McGraw St, 285-4467.
FRAME UP STUDIOS
Final week. Contemporary abstracts by Ray Miles. Through Feb 28. 3515 Fremont Ave N, 547-4657.
FRANCINE SEDERS GALLERY
Final week. Variant/Glyphic/Negation/Redact is the imposing title of Denzil Hurleyâs first show at the gallery. Hurley is a rigorous abstractionist whose large and small marked and stained canvases suggest mysterious erasures and a surprising depth of field. Through Feb 26. 6701 Greenwood Ave N, 782-0355.
FRANK AND DUNYA
Figurative paintings by Nikolay Sokolov and Michael Ouzikov.Through March 2. 3418 Fremont Ave N, 547 6760.
FRIESEN GALLERY
Final week. Andie DeRoux: Running Through the Forest is mixed media and kinetic sculpture. Through Feb 28. 1200 Second Ave S, 628-9501.
GALLERY 4CULTURE
Final week. Julia Haack makes structures following the dictates of her salvaged materials. Through Feb 24. 101 Prefontaine Pl S,296-7580.
GALLERY 63 ELEVEN
Ruby and Willieis a collection of photographs by Bootsy Holler. Through March 8. 6311 24th Ave NW, 478-2238.
GALLERY 110
Final week. Restating Empire is a group show juried by Deborah Paine. Through Feb 25. 110 S Washington St, 624-9336.
GALLERY 1412
Saxophonist Wally Shoup, represented in Seattle by Garde Rail Gallery, displays recent paintings. Through April 8. 1412 18th Ave E, 956-8372.
GARDE RAIL GALLERY
Blocks features new paintings by Jennifer Harrison. Through April 1. 110 Third Ave S, 621-1055.
G. GIBSON GALLERY
Final week. Maija Fiebig, a young Seattle artist whose influences list includes Odilon Redon, Katy Stone, and Henry Darger, made oil paintings on boards she calls Moss. Collective Memory Routes and Areas is Doug Keyesâs latest multiple-exposure, information-packed set of photographs. Through Feb 25. 300 S Washington St, 587-4033.
GLOBE GALLERY
Final week. Julie McMackin made photographs of life in Burma. Through Feb 28. 105 S Main St, #100, 612-7655.
GOODS
The graphic design based works of an artist calling himself âJILF.â Through March 3. 1112 Pike St,619-7972.
GREG KUCERA GALLERY
The gallery shows more than 25 works from one of the most recognized artists of the last century in Henri Matisse, Selected Prints: 1913â1947. Through April 1. 212 Third Ave S, 624-0770.
GROVER/THURSTON GALLERY
Final week. In Muse, German-born Seattle artist Anne Siems continues her exploration of the body, dreams, spirituality, and time. Through March 1. 309 Occidental Ave S, 223-0816.
HOWARD HOUSE
Lauren Grossman: Not Consumed finds the Seattle artist firmly engaged in questions of faith, identity, and dogma. Through April 1. 604 Second Ave, 256-6399.
ICEBOX CONTEMPORARY ART
Nighttime for Rocks is the new installation from Randy Wood. Part performance art, part work-in-progress deconstruction, the exhibition is large scale, turning the gallery into a makeshift outdoors within doors. This new Tacoma gallery is curated by Seattle fugitives Tracey Fugami and Eugene Parnell. Through March 9. 301A Puyallup Ave, Tacoma, 856-7114.
INFOHAZARD
Final week. Works by Jason Soles, âsculptor of lost civilizations and rituals banished to the recesses of his imagination,â according to the gallery, and fetish photography titled What Is Your Sin? by Artana DeCarlo. Through March 1. 1716 E Olive Way, 324-6630.
JACK STRAW NEW MEDIA GALLERY
Final week. Archival Investigations is the latest installment in the Northwest Trimpinfest this year and next. Trimpin is a sound artist whose varied creations are playful and rigorous, sometimes in equal doses. Thatâs the case in this rarely seen early work. Through Feb 24. 4261 Roosevelt Way NE, 634-0919.
JAMES HARRIS GALLERY
Recent Works on Paper is Keith Tilfordâs exhibition on flux, process, and multiplicity. Through April 1. 309A Third Ave S, 903-6220.
JOE BAR
Final week. Painter Cait Willis pays homage to the regulars at Joe Bar in a series of portraits called Visage. Through Feb 28. 810 E Roy St, 324-0407.
KIMZEY MILLER GALLERY
FinalĂ©is the starkly titled closing exhibition for this 30-year-old Seattle staple location. On rotation are works by the galleryâs entire stable of artists. Through May 26. 1225 Second Ave, 682-2339.
KITTREDGE GALLERY
Final week. Seattle ceramist Yuki Nakamuraâs installation of 36 hanging, fragile porcelain soccer balls in various states of inflation commemorate Nakamuraâs brother, who died at age 36 in their rural Japanese hometown. Also up: graphite drawings and white, unglazed formal stoneware by Anne Hirondelle. Through Feb 24. 1500 N Warner St, Tacoma, 253-879-3701.
LINDA HODGES GALLERY
Final week. New work by Jack Chevalier. Through Feb 25. 316 First Ave S, 624-3034.
LISA HARRIS GALLERY
Final week. Bright gouaches by Richard Morhous. Through Feb 26. 1922 Pike Pl, 443-3315.
LOCAL COLOR
Final week. A group show at this coffee shop includes collage by Liz Gamberg, works on board by Amy Spassov, jewelry by Nicole Mazzei, and photography by Kedar Mohare. Through Feb 28. 1606 Pike Place, 728-1717.
LOST LUGGAGE
Final week. Photographer Jules Frazier shows work from her Five/Five series. Through Feb 28. 306 Dexter Ave N, 728-6044.
MINGâS ASIAN GALLERY
Final week. Eroticaâthe Art of Love presents erotic art in a large number of mediums, surveying over 300 years of work from multiple countries. Through Feb 26. 519 Sixth Ave S, 748-7889.
MITCHELLIâS GALLERY BAR
Final week. A group of Northwest artistsâincluding Charlie Krafft and Greg Bellâriff on Valentineâs Day. Through Feb 28. 84 Yesler Way, 623-3883.
MUSADESIGN
Final week. Cathy McClure shows âsilverbotsâ and a zoetropic installation called Persistence of Vision. Through Feb 24. 2617 Fifth Ave, 295-5143.
OK HOTEL
Final week. When Words Fail, oil paintings by Kenneth Marulis. Through Feb 28. 212 Alaskan Way, 527-9826.
PHOTOGRAPHIC CENTER NORTHWEST
Final week. San Franciscoâbased artist Todd Hido portrays âthe most mundane scenes with a menacing air of expectancy,â according to the gallery. Through Feb 27. 900 12th Ave, 720-7222.
PLATFORM GALLERY
Matt Sellars new exhibition, Diaphaneity, draws inspiration from the lingering persistence and will of small community agriculture (see review). Through March 25. 114 Third Ave S, 323-2808.
RE-BAR
Final week. Insect Heaven is works in metal, paint, blood, and detritus. Through Feb 28. 1114 Howell St, 233-9873.
RETROFIT HOME
Final week. Action-abstract oil paintings by Robin Stacy Richardson. Through Feb 28. 1419 12th Ave, 568-4663.
RICHARD HUGO HOUSE
The Eight Essential Ingredients is collaborative, literary-based works by Marvin Bell, Steven Berardelli, Bret Fetzer, Angela Jane Fountas, Mike King, Therese Littleton, Bob Redmond, and Suzanne Stockman. Through March 31. 1634 11th Ave, 322-7030.
ROQ LA RUE
Sweetest Taboo, âa group show of random naughtiness,â finds artists caught in supposed oppositional constructs such as âa tough graffiti writerâs love of dolphins and rainbows.â Through March 4. 2312 Second Ave, 374-8977.
SEATTLE ACADEMY OF FINE ART
The Art of Love & Romance is drawings, paintings, prints, and sculpture by academy students, alumni, and faculty. Through March 5. Geoff Flack leads critique and group discussion for artists of all levels Fri Feb 24, 7:30â9:30 pm. Local artist Eric Fischel is giving a talk Fri Feb 24, 12:30â1:30 pm. 1501 10th Ave E, 526-5153.
SEATTLE ART MUSEUM RENTAL/SALES GALLERY
Final week. Sodo is works by artists from the Cork Building, the 1723 First Avenue Building, and the First and Lander Building, including Arthur S. Aubry, Scott Fife, Gene Gentry McMahon, and Sally Schuh. Through Feb 25. 1220 Third Ave, 343-1101.
SEATTLE LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER
Final week. Ink is new linoleum prints and larger woodcuts by Chris Rollins. Through Feb 28. 1115 E Pike St, 323-5428.
SHIFT STUDIO
Final week. Michelle Forsyth explores presence and ethereality in Loops & Dashes. Through Feb 25. 306 S Washington St #105, 962-0201.
SOIL ART GALLERY
Final week. The new-members show features Isaac Layman, Chauney Peck, and Satomi Jin. Through Feb 26. 112 Third Ave S, 264-8061.
SQUARE ROOM
New sculptures by Brian McGuffey and Leif Holland. Through March 10. 1316 E Pike St, 267-7120.
STUDIO 2602
Final week. Multimedia work by Seattle artist Carolina Hewett. Through Feb 28. 2602 Third Ave, 256-0001.
SUYAMA SPACE
Dis-place in Time is a massive opaque fiberglass box by John OâBrien with curlicue handrails splashing out from its top, intended to represent memory, and sandwiched between two pedestals of fine, monogrammed jewelry. Unfortunately, the metaphor is both heavy handed and inscrutable without the artistâs testimony, and the structureâs appearance flirts unpleasantly with whimsy. Through April 7. 2324 Second Ave, 256-0809.
TOLLBOOTH GALLERY
Aether (The Vapors) is new video work and site-specific installation by Barry Maxwell. Through March 26. Broadway and 11th St, Tacoma, 253-572-0995.
TOST
Final week. Dawn Dacusâs figurative studies of women show a graphic-art influence. Through March 1. 513 N 36th St, Space E, 568-7419.
VAIN
Final week. Art about love by more than a dozen artists. Through Feb 28. 2018 First Ave, 441-3441.
VENUS CAFE
Final week. A Seattle artist calling himself Siege has created paintings he describes as âindustrial figurative.âThrough Feb 28. 609 Eastlake E, 526-0549.
VIVEZA GALLERY
Double-Click is Doug Smithenryâs paintings based on internet search-engine results. Through March 19. 2604 Western Ave, 956-3584.
WALL SPACE
Visitors Unseen, Urban Observations, Imaginary Lives, and Tahuya Dreams are the four photographic series that come together in Seattle artist Douglas Ethridgeâs exhibition, Convergence. Through March 11.600 First Ave, Suite 322, 330-9137.
WASHINGTON ENSEMBLE THEATRE
Chad Wentzel of Crawl Space displays his new, extravagantly titled, series of drawings, The Marvelous Views of Ice Pirates and Astronauts, during the run of Adam Brockâs Swimming in the Shadows. Through March 6. 608 19th Ave E, 372-6221.
WESTERN BRIDGE
In Crash. Pause. Rewind. 12 artists and groups look at âthe disaster imagery generated by Hollywood and the news media alike as contemporary equivalents to the Romantic attraction to ruins.â Through March 4. 3412 Fourth Ave S, 838-7444.
WILLIAM TRAVER GALLERY
Final week. Northwest glass veteran Dick Weiss shows his abstract, strongly graphic leaded-glass screens, and sculptural glass vessels by New Englandâbased artist Tom Farbanish. Through Feb 26. 110 Union St #200, 587-6501.
WINDOWS ART GALLERY
Final week. Melanie Reedâs dreamlike collages of fragments of found paper are Oneiromancy. Through Feb 28. 4131 Woodland Park Ave N, 425-806-8044.
WINSTON WĂCHTER FINE ART
Final week. Self-portraitist Brian Murphy breaks into full-bodied, large-scale work with new watercolors eight-feet tall and five-feet wide. Also on view are Susan Doryâs abstractions. Through Feb 24. 203 Dexter Ave N, 652-5855.
ZEITGEIST
Final week. Alex LaVillaâs new work, preoccupied with absence and perception, tracks nonvisible light sources, working with laser transparencies, x-ray images, brain scans, and ultraviolet and infrared photos. Through March 1. 171 S Jackson St,583-0497.
EVENTS
YOUNGSTOWN CULTURAL ARTS CENTER
This new community arts center has its grand opening, with a chance to meet the staff and artist tenants. Fri Feb 24, 6â10 pm. 4408 Delridge Way SW, 935-2917.
CONSOLIDATED WORKS
A community meeting kicks off planning for the Art of Resistance Conference, a political artistsâ gathering to be held in Seattle Oct 21â22. Sun Feb 26, 5â8 pm. 500 Boren Avenue N, 359-1214.
FACES GALLERY
Capitol Hillâs newest photography studio and gallery opens, Sat Feb 25, 2â10 pm and Sun Feb 26, 2â6 pm. Graphic art and photography by Jim Wolfe are featured. 219 Broadway E, 868-9000.
