BELLEVUE ART MUSEUM
510 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, 425-519-0770.

FASHION: THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH

Because all legitimate fine art is apparently dead and gone, the Bellevue Art Museum continues its crusade to recontextualize everything. Through Sept 2.

PLAY: ACTION FIGURE

As part of its current video series, BAM invites a handful of the medium’s artists to examine the collection’s titular theme. Featuring works by Dara Birnbaum, Mike Kelley, Peggy Ahwesh, and Michelle Handelman. Through July 13.

CENTER ON CONTEMPORARY ART
1420 11th Ave, 728-1980.

IRON RODEO

Final week. Big metal stuff. Featuring Allison Gates Siphron, Tony Knapp, Kendra Grace Brock, Tamsie Ringler, and more. Through May 28.

CONSOLIDATED WORKS
500 Boren Ave N, 860-5245.

* WRAPTURE

The visual art component (called Wrapture) of the new Consolidated Works series looks sideways at sex, with work that isn’t directly sexy but demands a kind of sexy interaction, mixing overt and covert, explicit and implied. With an excellent lineup of artists, including phenomenal New Yorkers Beverly Semmes and David Reed, and a full-room installation called Tournament (lumens) by David Eckard. Through June 22.

CHAD STATES: STORYTELLERS

States photographed eight couples, and recorded them talking to each other about things: life, love, a random parade of subjects performed, however unconsciously, for the viewer. Through June 22.

EXPERIENCE MUSIC PROJECT
325 Fifth Ave N, 770-2700.

GEORGE HUNT

In this, the “Year of the Blues,” artist Hunt depicts, in a touring exhibition, his vision of America’s most important contribution to the history of music. Through June/July 2003.

* PAPER, SCISSORS, ROCK: 25 YEARS OF NORTHWEST PUNK POSTER DESIGN

The cut, the taped, the photocopied: EMP hosts a traveling retrospective on the past and present of poster design in our region. Through Sept 7.

YES YES Y’ALL

Reviewed this issue. Through Sept 7.

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

* BRIAN JUNGEN

Final week. Vancouver artist Jungen takes the dreary model of consumerism–from lawn furniture to tennis shoes–and reconfigures it into the exotic in his first stateside solo exhibition. Through May 25.

* JAMES TURRELL

New light installations, with models and drawings from his literally monumental Roden Crater–a volcano in Arizona he is resculpting in order to, in his words, “reshape the sky.” Through Oct 5.

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MFA 2003

Opening. The annual showcase of current MFA candidates. This year 15 young artists present paintings, ceramics, metals, sculpture, and prints. Judge them. Through June 22.

SEATTLE ART MUSEUM
100 University St, 654-3100.

* CHARLES LeDRAY

“LeDray flirts with a number of what could broadly be called themes: the miniature, the multiple, sewn objects, objects made from unusual materials. What it adds up to, while elusive, is a sense of being off-kilter, of proportions gone awry, of instability among familiar-seeming things.“ (Emily Hall) Through July 27.

PRESTON SINGLETARY

Opening. Glass artist Singletary borrows liberally from traditional Native American design for his contemporary works. Through Nov 30.

WRIGHT EXHIBITION SPACE
407 Dexter Ave N, 264-8200.

* ED RUSCHA

The familiar landscapes of Hollywood find their grimy way into our fair city, and we have only Ruscha to blame. Open run.