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PHOTO: STEVEN MILLERImplied Violence:Yes and More and Yes and Yes and Whyfryemuseum.orgImplied Violence, The Dorothy K and The Plagueof Marcus (2008), production still [Frye ArtMuseum, Seattle WA, Oct 9-Jan 2]FRYE ART MUSEUM, SEATTLE WA – Oct 9-Jan 2, 2011 Seattle-based performance group ImpliedViolence (IV) has gained international attention with their ambitious multimedia works. Co-foundedin 2004 by Ryan Mitchell and Mandie O’Connell, IV incorporatesa shifting roster of visual artists, musicians, actors,dancers, choreographers and sound artists. The group’soblique narratives explore such themes as the ecstatic statesbrought on by extreme means. This first museum exhibitionfor the group will include video and photo documentation ofselected past performances, as well as sculptures, costumes,props and masks.The exhibition will open with a new performance workentitled The Dorothy K: For Better, For Worse, and Forever,specifically created for the Frye Art Museum's reflectingpools site. For the performance, an archer will shoot 20home-made wooden arrows into a sculpture crafted of paraffinwax every hour on the hour. Set in the water of thereflecting pools, the day-long event also includes monumentalkinetic sculptures and various supporting performers executingslow and silent movements. The arrow-filled target isintended to become part of the exhibition when it is ceremoniouslytaken from the pool at the conclusion and carriedinto the Museum. In the exhibition context, objects used asprops for the performance shift status to become relics.In 2009, IV was invited to present The Dorothy K. in theNew Island Festival, Governor’s Island, New York. Theycollaborated with the Parenthetical Girls, a Portland-based band known for creating multilayeredorchestral pop songs. Most recently, the collaborators presented The Dorothy K at donaufestival2010, a prestigious Austrian international arts event. Allyn Cantorlandscapes by Ieva Baklane; still lifeand landscapes by Alessandra Bitelli;intimate interiors by Larry Bracegirdle;European market and gardenscenes by Wilson Chu; street scenesand cityscapes by Morgan Dunnet;Tibetan scenes by Fu Gu; still life andstreets by Brian Harvey; wildlife andlandscapes by Sun Lin; Tuscan andSicilian landscapes by Rita Monaco;landscapes by Iola Scott; Europeanscenes by Henry Huai Xu andglimpses of life by Lorena Ziraldo.Ferry Building Gallery, WestVancouver Cultural Services1414 Argyle Ave, Ambleside Landing✆604-925-7290www.westvancouver.nettues-sun 11am-5pm. Sep 3-25Inspired By Nature: the Parks of WestVancouver, mixed media group exhibitionin partnership with LighthousePark Preservation Society; Sep 28-Oct 17 Elizabeth Topham, “Desire:The Magnificent Obsession”; Oct 22-Nov 14 Jose Antonio Madrazo, “ACelebration of the Day of the Dead inMexico”, mixed media from Madrazo,folk artist from San Miguel de Allende,Mexico.Gallery Jones1531 Marine Dr ✆604-926-2233www.galleryjones.comtues-fri 11am-6pm sat 12-5pm andby appt. Sep 9-28 Kevin Tolman,Otto Rogers, Richard Halliday,Cole Morgan, Susanne Schossig,Hans Schuele, George Vergette,James Nizam and Danny Singer,group exhibition featuring galleryartists; Oct 1-16 Nicholas Wilton:New Paintings, new works in oil andmixed media by California artistWilton.Silk Purse Arts CentreWest Vancouver Community ArtsCouncil, 1570 Argyle Ave✆604-925-7292 www.silkpurse.catues-sun 12-5pm. Thru Sep 5 BahramJavahry, “Pulp Friction”, paper sculpture;Sep 7-19 Christine Collison, MartinHenry and Judy McKinnon, “NaturalTranquilities”, acrylics and watercolourlandscapes and seascapes; Sep 21-Oct3 Gordon Oliver and Ollie Pritchard,“Contemplation”, acrylics and oils, floraland fauna; Oct 5-17 Teressa Bernard,“A Little Abstraction”, contemporaryacrylics; Oct 19-31 North Shore NeedleArts Group, “With Needle & Thread”,textiles and needle arts.Sun Spirit Gallery2444 Marine Dr ✆778-279-5052www.sunspirit.catues-sat 10am-5pm. Sun SpiritGallery offers a superior collection of68 PREVIEW ■ SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2010 ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS