BELLEVUE ART MUSEUM
510 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, 425-519-0770.
BREAD & PUPPET THEATER
“We’ve been over this. Nobody’s looking for a puppeteer in today’s wintry economic climate.” Through Jan 5.
* TRESPASSING: HOUSES X ARTISTS
Fantasy houses as built by artists, including David Reed, Jessica Stockholder, and Chris Burden. It’s a big year for the architecture-as-art inquiry, and this entry looks smart, promising, and stylish. Through Jan 5.
EXPERIENCE MUSIC PROJECT
325 Fifth Ave N, 770-2700.
DISCO: A DECADE OF SATURDAY NIGHTS
A movement completely devoid of artistic relevance? Perhaps–but think of all that Danskin! Featuring one of those white Travolta suits, but (by reports) a conspicuous absence of white lines. Through May 26.
FRYE ART MUSEUM
704 Terry Ave, 622-9250.
PIONEER WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS
A showcase of four female photographers (active in the first quarter of the 20th century) with links to the Northwest: Photo-Secession member Myra Albert Wiggins, Adelaide Hanscom, Ella McBride, and the pistil-gripped Imogen Cunningham. Through March 2.HENRY ART GALLERY
15th Ave NE & NE 41st St, 543-2280.
THERESA HAK KYUNG CHA
Reviewed this issue. Through Mar 2.
M:XICO AHORA
In a complement to the current Seattle Art Museum Mexican modernism exhibit, the Henry exhibits more contemporary works (from 1992-2000) from the collection of Jacques and Natasha Gelman. Through Jan 5.
* OUT OF SITE
When is virtual space no longer virtual? “Fictional architectural spaces” by artists, including work by the phenomenally and quietly weird Aziz + Cucher (who create computer-generated rooms lined with human skin). Through Feb 2.
SHORT STORIES
Curator Pamela Meredith reconfigures, in a series of evocative photographs and images, Proust’s privileged vision of France in La Belle :poque. Through Feb 16.
SEATTLE ART MUSEUM
100 University St, 654-3100.
CONTEMPORARYARTPROJECT
See Stranger Suggests. Through April 6.
ANTHONY HERNANDEZ
Spanning the last 14 years of his photographic career, Hernandez presents his exploration of “contemporary ruins,” from modern dilapidated buildings to homeless encampments. Through April 6.
HERO/ANTIHERO
Drawing from the museum’s permanent collection, SAM explores the notion of the hero–from Claudius to Jagger–with works by Andy Warhol, Ross Palmer Beecher, Cheri Samba, and Gary Winogrand, among others. Through March 16.
FRIDA KAHLO, DIEGO RIVERA, AND MEXICAN MODERNISM
From the revered collection of Jacques and Natasha Gelman comes a celebration of over 20 preeminent early- to mid-century Mexican modernists; the exhibition includes several seldom-seen works by Kahlo. Through Jan 5.
MARK TOBEY
A “rare” (if 15 times a year can be called rare) peek at the span of mystical artist Tobey’s career. Through April 6.
SEATTLE ASIAN ART MUSEUM
1400 East Prospect Street, 654-3100.
RABBIT, CAT, AND HORSE: ENDEARING CREATURES IN JAPANESE ART
Crossing 17 centuries of the Japanese love affair with our four-legged friends, with Seattle-based artist Maki Tamura’s Vignette, a contemporary installation featuring Japan’s most endearing creature, Hello Kitty. Through April 6.
MUSEUM OF GLASS
1801 E Dock St, Tacoma, 253-396-1768.
* DEBORAH OROPALLO
Everyday objects discover their abstract and decorative qualities through Oropallo’s screen-printed canvases, which use multiple images of familiar forms. Through Feb 2.
CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS
DEAN ANDREWS, JASON MOUER
Ambiguous molds comprised of paper (newsprint, etc.), wood, and glue, shaped and shaved in a “process-centered dialog” meant to illuminate the expenditure and preservation of resources. With Andrews’ acrylics on linen. Foster/White Gallery, 126 Central Way, Kirkland, 425-822-2305. Through Jan 5.
NATHAN ARNOLD
Landscapes in oil. Still Water Gallery, 1900 North Northlake Way #145, 634-1900. Through Jan 31.
LUCIENE BLOCH, DAVID FOKOS
The shadow cast by Selma Hayek’s upper lip lingers over our city like a specter, this time in the form of Bloch’s Frida Kahlo/Diego Rivera documentary photographs. Also featuring Fokos’ time-lapse photographs. Benham Gallery, 1216 First Ave, 622-2480. Through Jan 4.
KHANN BUI, PHONG
New works in lacquer from Vietnam. ArtXchange, 111 S Lander St, Studio 104, 839-0377. Through Jan 31.
NICOLE DEPOLE, DAVID LASKY, AVRIL McLANE
Just in time for Halloween (wait… what?) come three reflections, in varied media, on Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven. Gray Press, 89 Yesler Way #206, 903-0404. Through Jan 31.
CARYN FRIEDLANDER
Friedlander focuses on locale, both physical and emotional, in cloudy oil pastel. Francine Seders Gallery, 6701 Greenwood Ave N, 782-0355. Through Jan 5.
FRIENDLY SURROUNDINGS
Prominently featured are the works of Blake Haygood, whose dry-point monotypes are most clearly read as images of impossible machines that are also broken–imagined objects made common, and therefore artistically revelatory. Also featuring works by Shawn Beesley, Larry Bemm, Jaq Chartier, and many more. University House at Wallingford, 4400 Stone Way N, 545-8400. Through Feb 6.
GODS AND MONSTERS
Crossing the great mystic divide, Roq la Rue presents a holiday group show focused on the titular theme, with participants such as Yumiko Kayukawa, Jim Blanchard, Lisa Petrucci, and Tim Gabor. Roq la Rue, 2316 Second Ave, 374-8977. Through Jan 31.
CHAD JOHNSTON
Camera aimed straight into the void, Johnston explores a vision of emptiness–literally. Torrefazione Italia, 320 Occidental Ave S, 624-5847. Through Jan 2.
SHANNON KRINGEN
Cable access horror-show Kringen (The Goddess Kringen, or the “paint myself neon and wax narcissistic in the nude” hour) exhibits her unique, um, talents at Art/Not through the holiday season. Art/Not Terminal Gallery, 2045 Westlake Ave, 233-0680. Through Jan 2.
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.
DAVID LASKY
The sardonic mind behind Urban Hipster exhibits his latest, an illustrated depiction of the Carter family, as previewed at this year’s “They Shoot Painters, Don’t They?” extravaganza. Glo’s, 1621 E Olive Way, 783-3426. Through Jan 12.
NATA LUKAS
Mirroring other systems of fluid circulation, Lukas’ three-phase sculpture Post Alley R.A.I.N. (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.
OFF THE PAGE: 3 DIMENSIONAL NARRATIVES
Final week. Challenged with the idea of extending their standard narratives into the third dimension, such comics luminaries as Jim Woodring, Blair Wilson, Ellen Forney, and Randy Wood present mixed-media installations. Soil Gallery, 1317 E Pine St, 264-8061. Through Dec 29.
PHOTOGRAPHIC CENTER NORTHWEST
Works with that “edgy street vibe,” by an array of photographers somehow linked to the Photographic Center Northwest, including David Adam Edelstein, Jenny Pacheco, Erin Cordry, Lisa Ahlberg, and Clare McLean. Still Life in Fremont, 709 N 35th Ave, 547-9850. Through Jan 26.
MATTHEW PORTER
Final week. Dead Dog creator Porter and his wife, Andrea, celebrate the grand opening of their brand-new gallery and retail space. Bluebottle Art Gallery, 415 E Pine, 325-1592. Through Dec 31.
SEATTLE COLLECTS 2002
Final week. This year’s inductees into the city’s portable-works collection include Leo Saul Berk, Phillip Roach, Charlotte Meyer, Cathy Fields, Catherine Grisez, and Jason Morgan. City Space, 701 Fifth Ave, third floor, 749-9525. Through Dec 31.
LARA SWIMMER
Documentary architectural photographs chronicling Seattle’s “civic renaissance.” AIA Seattle, 1911 First Ave, 448-4938. Through Jan 31.
TIM TINKER
New paintings on wood. Edie’s, 319 E Pine St, 839-1111. Through Jan 31.
THE TOY SHOW
Blocks, B.B. games, and bone dolls: Garde Rail’s timely collection of toys by self-taught artists. Garde Rail Gallery, 4860 Rainier Ave, 721-0107. Through Jan 18.
* TRADEMARK
“If there’s a slight schizophrenia about Trademark™‘s objective (inspire thought? or sell stuff?), it shouldn’t come as any surprise. Artists have negotiated that edge since forever, and I salute their ongoing ingenuity. I don’t know how much credit to give Trademark™, and it’s just as well, since criticism bounces right off it. It may be exactly what it says it is, a show of affordable work by artists–and this is to art’s good, not to its detriment.” (Emily Hall) Area 51, 401 E Pine St, 568-4782. Through Jan 3.
CRAIG TROLLI
Final week. To the right of the shelf of anal beads you’ll find self-taught illustrator Trolli’s images of Wonder Women, a collection of reconfigured and out-of-context reflections on the often-ignored heroines of contemporary comic books. Toys in Babeland, 707 E Pike St, 328-2914. Through Jan 1.
ULTRA ART
Celebrate America’s consumer obsessions with “subvertising” works by John Bain and Christopher James, along with documents of Adbusters‘ influential veneer, and other “Buy Nothing Day” memoirs. Little Theatre, 608 19th Ave E, 675-2055. Through Jan 11.