Sept–October 2007 - Preview

★ Frye Art Museum704 Terry Ave✆(206)622-9250 ext 217www.fryeart.orgtues-sat 10am-5pm thurs 10am-8pmsun 12-5pm Admission is free ThruSep 3 GREATHOUSE GALLERIES, GRAPHICSGALLERY Willie Cole, “Anxious Objects:Willie Cole’s Favorite Brands”, transformsthrowaway and time-texturedobjects and other discarded domesticappliances and hardware, into powerfuland iconic artwork; Sep 22-Jan 6, 2008GREATHOUSE GALLERIES Patricia Piccinini,“Hug: Recent Work by Patricia Piccinini”,hyper-realistic sculptures ofcustomized life forms, photographsand video installations explore potentialnew relationships among humans, animals,and human-animal hybrids; ThruOct 14 FRYE GALLERY A Franz von Stuck,“Sin”, presented as the key feature of analtar, as the artist intended, rather thanas a modernist painting. VictoriaHaven, interprets the altar from archivalphotographs in a gold mylar sculpture;Thru Oct 14 FRYE GALLERY B, C FryeFuture, featuring 156 paintings fromthe Founding Collection of Charles andEmma Frye; Thru Oct 21 David C.Kane, “Fiat Mambo”, 25-year retrospectiveof paintings, drawings andprints from the late 1980s to the presentsources material from the historiesof modern art, film and popular culture.★ G. Gibson Gallery300 S Washington St✆(206)587-4033www.ggibsongallery.comtues-fri 11am-5:30pm sat 11am-5pmSep 6-Oct 13 Larry Calkins, “Briars &Nettles”, new paintings and sculptureswith several oil and encausticpaintings on wood are playful yethaunting narratives, sculptural worksinclude constructed pieces of wire,wood and encaustic, along with hissignature dresses fashioned out ofcotton cloth; Keith Carter “Under Saturn”,new photographs have turnedhis everyday subjects gently sideways,featuring enigmatic works ofpopular culture, religion, folklore, and“little askew moments”.★ Greg Kucera Gallery212 3rd Ave S ✆(206)624-0770www.gregkucera.comtues-sat 10:30am-5:30pm Sep 1-29GALLERY 1 & 2 Jack Daws “Nothing ToLose”, sculpture; GALLERY 3 JamesCastle, drawings and collages;GALLERY 4 Louisiana Bendolph andLoretta Bennett “Recent Prints fromGee’s Bend Artists”; Oct 4-Nov 10GALLERY 1 & 2 Chuck Close “RecentEditions”; GALLERY 4 Drew Daly “Conclusion”;GALLERY 3 Jason Jagel,works on paper.★ Henry Art GalleryFaye G. Allen Center for the VisualArts, University of Washington, 15thAve NE and NE 41st St✆(206)543-2281 www.henryart.orgtues-sun 11am-5pm thurs 11am-8pm Admission: adults $10, seniors(62 and older) $6, members, children,UW students, faculty, highschool and college students with IDfree, thurs 11am-8pm free Thru Sep23 STROUM GALLERY Doug Aitken,Maria Marshall, Stephen Dean,Gary Hill and others, “Mouth Open,Teeth Showing: Major Works from theTrue Collection”, emphasis onyounger artists, experimental formatsand new work including video installationand video sculptures; Thru Sep30 NORTH GALLERIES Juan Laurent,Photographer of Spain, extensivelydocumented the cities, landscapesand people of Spain; Thru Nov 4 EASTGALLERY An-My Lê, “Small Wars”, twophotographic series explore the warin Vietnam and the current war in Iraqand Afghanistan; Thru Nov 11 MEZZA-NINE Rebeca Bollinger, “fields”, photosand videos document Bollinger’senvirons daily over two years, arbitraryimages continuously scrollacross the screen with three accompanyingphotographs and data isarranged according to colours anddays of the week creating abstractcompositions out of pixel-like bits;Thru Dec 30 NORTH GALLERIES“Viewfinder” with Uta Barth, SharonLockhart, Kori Newkirk, JosiahMcElheny, Wolfgang Tillmans, andothers suggests that we see photographicallyand that artists assimilatethe camera’s mechanics as they composetechnically and conceptuallycomplex work, also includes videos,installation, prints and paintings.★ Lisa Harris Gallery1922 Pike Pl ✆(206)443-3315www.lisaharrisgallery.common-sat 10:30am-5:30pm sun 11am-4pm Sep 6-29 Thomas Wood,“Venezia”, paintings, prints and glass;Oct 4-27 Jerry Wingren, “RestingStones”; Richard Hutter, “RecentWork”.Ming’s Asian Gallery519 6th Ave S ✆(206)748-7889www.mingsgallery.common-sat 10am-6pm sun 12-5pm Sep27-Oct 31 Remarkable collection oforiginal watercolours by traditionalKorea’s artist Kim Kyong Hee, markedby the use of vivid colours and nature”ssymbols; Representing 5,000 years ofhistory and tradition, journey throughthe Imperial Dynasties of Japan, China,Korea, Myanmar, Cambodia,Tibet, Thailand and Nepal.www.preview-art.com PREVIEW 77