Preview of the Visual Arts | April-May 2010

Project: I Wish I Knew Who I Was
Before I Was Me, a collaborative presentation
of works from the Frye’s Permanent
Collection interpreted through
original music, written and spoken word
by Arts Corps students, teachers and
artists; The Seattle Project: Public
Belongings, photographs, collaged
maps, video, texts and poetry created in
a Frye Art Studio program with Path
with Art, serving previously homeless
and economically disadvantaged adults;
Thru Jan 2, 2011 Tête-à-tête, paintings
from the Frye Founding Collection hung
salon-style, floor-to-ceiling in the Museum’s
largest gallery.
★ G. Gibson Gallery
300 S Washington St ✆206-587-4033
www.ggibsongallery.com
tues-sat 11am-5pm. Apr 1-May 15
Michael Kenna, “New Work”; May 20-
Jun 26 Blow Up, group exhibit in honour
of the Mt. St. Helen’s eruption 30
years ago (May 18, 1980).
★ Gallery 110
110 3rd Ave S ✆206-624-9336
www.gallery110.com
wed-sat 12-5pm. Apr 1-24 “Literary”,
Shalini Bhat, Jennifer Caine, Julie Cattin,
Monika Dalkin, Sarah Dillon, Becky
Frehse, Joshua Goode, Joan Kimura,
Lindsay McCulloch, Stephanie Wilken,
Bartek Walicki and Cass Walker.
Artists and writers have long been related,
each inspiring the other to think creatively
and trigger awareness and analysis
of their subjects; May 6-29 Joan
Kimura and Cass Walker: FROM WITH-
IN, Kimura’s art is her journal, expressing
her feelings and experiences, past and
present about her brother, Bret Hart, a
painter who suffered a traumatic brain
injury in 1993..
★ Greg Kucera Gallery
212 3rd Ave S ✆206-624-0770
www.gregkucera.com
tues-sat 10:30am-5:30pm. Apr 1-May
15 Made in U.S.A., gallery artists
group exhibition.
★ Henry Art Gallery
University of Washington
✆206-543-2281 www.henryart.org
thurs-fri 11am-9pm sat-sun 11am-
4pm. Admission: adults $10, seniors
(62 and older) $6, members, children
under 14, UW students, faculty, staff,
high school and college students with
ID free, thurs 11am-8pm free. NORTH
GALLERIES Thru Aug 15 I Myself Have
Sherry Markovitz, Snake Charmer (2009),
gouache and collage on paper [Greg Kucera
Gallery, Seattle WA, Apr 1-May 15]
Seen It: Photography and Kiki Smith,
photographic works featuring handmade
composites, diaristic snapshots,
video collaborations and unique takes
on computer-based techniques, also
includes early experiments with captured
images with slide show performance
and the animation of 19th century
motion photographs by Eadweard Muybridge;
Thru Apr 25 Happy 100th Birthday,
Milton Rogovin!, selection of black
and white photographs by social documentarian
Rogovin who turns 100 years
old this winter; EAST GALLERY Thru May 5
Isabelle Pauwels, “Incredibly, unbelievably
– The complete ordered field”,
video installations tackling reality TV,
talk shows and the documentary;
STROUM GALLERY MEZZANINE Displaying a
compehensive range of works by Clayton
Bailey, EV Day, Takashi Murakami
and others.
★ Lisa Harris Gallery
1922 Pike Pl ✆206-443-3315
www.lisaharrisgallery.com
mon-sat 10:30am-5:30pm sun 11am-
4pm. Apr 1-30 Kim Osgood, “Clarity”,
life-affirming monotypes invite viewers
to pause and pay attention to the beauty
surrounding them; May 6-30 Michael
Greenspan, “New Paintings”, desertinspired,
gestural paintings utilize multiple
media including acrylic, plaster,
beewax and industrial enamel with softly
sculpted surfaces that beckon attention;
Jerry Wingren, “Apertures”, stone
sculpture comprised of two series:
“Interiors” which features cubes of
marble with perforations casting
squares of light and “Standing Stones”,
steatite forms that display curved and
intersecting shafts.
★ Monarch Contemporary
312 S Washington St
✆206-682-1710 206-931-1356
www.monarchcontemporary.com
wed-sat 11am-5pm and by appt. Apr 1-
30 MAIN GALLERY Troy Gua, “Meet Greet
Rinse Repeat”, online social networking
and hand-held devices have forced us
to conform to a new ways of communication.
Gua asks fellow artists to communicate
with him in their respective
unique visual languages resulting in an
installation of graphic-oriented sculpture;
SOUTH GALLERY Remedios
Rapoport: The Gentle Revolution. The
artist’s work moves through a variety of
themes connected to making a better
world, and all reflect the message of
inspiring people, getting involved with
positive change, protecting our natural
earth and our culture from destructive
practices; MAIN GALLERY May 6-29, Erin
Morrison, “2010”, investigating the differences
between what has been identified
in our culture as organic and inorganic,
the artist attempts to clarify the
impression of empathy amid ‘viewer’
and ‘subject’ by referencing the transforming
qualities of photography.
★ Pratt Gallery at Tashiro
Kaplan Studios
102-306 S Washington St
✆206-328-2200 ext 228
www.pratt.org
fri and sat 12-5pm, 1st thurs 6-8pm
and by appt. Check the website for
upcoming exhibitions.
★ Seattle Art Museum
1300 First Ave ✆206-654-3100
www.seattleartmuseum.org
Olympic Sculpture Park (2901 Western
Ave) hours: open daily, opens 30 min
prior to sunrise, closes 30 min after sunset.
Free to the public. SAM hours: wedsun
10am-5pm, thurs & fri 10am-9pm.
Suggested admission: adults $15, seniors
(62 and over) and military (with ID)
$12, students $9, children 12 & under
free, SAM members free. Thru Apr 11
Alexander Calder: A Balancing Act,
more than 80 works from 1927 to the
mid-1970s trace the development and
creativity of this American master sculptor;
Thru Aug 29 Everything Under the
Sun: Photographs by Imogen Cunningham
(1883-1976), 60 photographs span
the artist’s career from portraits of Frida
Kahlo, Alfred Stieglitz and other wellknown
artists; Thru Jun 13 SAM NEXT
GALLERY Heide Hinrichs will transform
the gallery into an imaginary topography
including sculptures and drawings; Apr
10-Oct 24 James Ensor and Georg
Baselitz: Graphic Works. more than 50
prints from private collections; May 13-
Sep 6 Kurt, celebrates the influence and
historical impact of Seattle singer Kurt
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