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Lectures and Events
Artist Lecture: Barbara Brotherton Local artist and Puyallup Tribe member Shaun Peterson joins Barbara Brotherton, Seattle Art Museum's curator of Native American art, in a conversation on trends in contemporary Coast Salish art. 5:30 p.m. Thurs. Aug 18. Tacoma Art Museum, 1701 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, free, 253-272-4258.
Opticlash It'll be a fight to the (electronic) death in this first battle of VJs (that's video jockeys) to hit Seattle. Noted DJs Flave, Kid Hops, Nick Tornetta, and many others will compete (and be judged by an esteemed panel) as they sample and mix up various audio-visual fragments. Should be quite the hipster extravaganza. Admission is reduced $2 with a donation of canned food to Northwest Harvest. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Sat. Aug. 20. Capitol Hill Arts Center, 1621 12th Ave., $8-10, 206-388-0500.
Openings
Brick & Mortar New photography by Seattle artist and software engineer Mike Manzano. Reception: 5-9 p.m. Thurs. Aug. 18. 813 Pacific Ave. (Tacoma), 253-591-2787. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues. and Thurs.; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat.
Frye Art Museum "William Cumming: The Image of Consequence" offers an authoritative retrospective of the Northwest painter's long career (he's now 88 and still hard at work). Curated by local art critic Matthew Kangas, the show follows the evolution of Cumming's work, from reform-minded realism to a more formal fusion of representation and abstraction. Opens Sat. Aug. 20. 704 Terry Ave., 206-622-9250. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat.; noon-5 p.m. Sun.; 10 a.m.- 8 p.m. Thurs.
Henry Art Gallery Lead Pencil Studio, the local architecture/art installation team of Daniel Mihalyo and Annie Han, is an exciting project that undertakes intellectually rigorous but whimsical explorations of human space. In "Minus Space," they recreate the hillside lost in the 1997 expansion of the Henry, using a fine scrim of assorted materials. UW campus, 206-543-2280. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sun; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Thurs.
OKOK "Ha Get'em," offers faux brand-name T-shirts and intentionally useless consumer products by local designer and illustrator Shawn Wolfe. Reception: 7-9 p.m. Fri. Aug. 19. 709 Broadway Ave. E., 206-322-7523. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Tues.-Sat.; noon-7 p.m. Sun.
Viveza This Belltown gallery celebrates its two-year anniversary with a group show of gallery regulars, including Melinda Hannigan and Doug Smithenry. Reception: 6-10 p.m. Fri. Aug. 19. 2604 Western Ave., 206-956-3584. Noon-5 p.m. Wed.-Sun.
Last Chance
G. Gibson Eight artists taking a peek at nature are part of "You Can't See the Forest," a group show of photographs, collage, and mixed-media constructions. Includes a forest collage by Seattle photographer Paul Berger and lovely skyscapes by Scotland's Iain Stewart. 300 S. Washington St., 206-587-4033. 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Wed.-Fri.; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat. Ends Sat. Aug. 20.
Galleries
Artcore Tattoo-influenced paintings of big-eyed ladies, most with a hefty dose of blue eye shadow, by Costa Rican artist Alex Nuñez. 5501-A Airport Way S., 206-767-2673. Noon-10 p.m. Tues.-Sat.; noon- 7 p.m. Sun.
Artemis Sun-drenched realist paintings of Seattle locales and other stuff by Anne Duffy. 3107 S. Day St., 206-323-0562. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat.
Art/Not Terminal Portraits by photographer Mike Henley, plus a group show of sketches and paintings from the Figure Workshop, in which Eugene and Laura Pizzuto have led local artists in human figure studies for 35 years. 2045 Westlake Ave., 206-233-0680. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Mon.-Sat.; noon-5 p.m. Sun.
ArtsWest Ceramic wall sculptures by Julie Lindell, plus black-and-white photos of everyday people and objects by Ron Hammond and Zuzana Sadkova. 4711 California Ave. S.W. (West Seattle), 206-938-0963. Noon-7 p.m. Tues.-Sat.
Benham "Beyond the Landscape" features nearly abstract photographs of the outdoors by resident artists Bruce Barnbaum and Phyllis Uitti-Maslin. 216 First Ave., 206-622-2480. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Wed.-Sat.
Bluebottle In his second solo show at Bluebottle, painter Charles Glaubitz shows more of his frenetic, politically charged paintings. A child of American and Mexican parents, Glaubitz inhabits the strange and increasingly artistically vibrant cross-border environment of San Diego and Tijuana. Stocked with satanic Mickey Mouse figures, pollution-belching maquiladora factories, masked wrestlers, and heroic children, Glaubitz's work is a complex vision of the messy march of globalization. Some of the paintings contain little poems in Spanish, and there's a sweet kind of spiritual earnestness to the new work. 415 E. Pine St., 206-325-1592. 1-7 p.m. Tues.-Fri.; noon-6 p.m. Sat.-Sun.
CoCA New digitally created exercises in lush abstract color, a kind of Op Art for the cyber age, by New York–based artist and photographer Matthew Klein. Plus, Philo's Cave, a sculptural installation by UW MFA candidate Tivon Rice.410 Dexter Ave. N., 206-728-1980. 2-8 p.m. Tues.-Thurs.; noon-5 p.m. Fri.-Sun.
Davidson Seattle painter Matthew Landkammer's intense monochrome paintings are a delightful optical feast. This is Op Art at its most pleasing: Stripes painted in subtle shades pulse and fade as your brain tries to process the slight shifts in color. Equally rewarding is "The Personal Politic," a great show of hand-colored prints and drawings that morph a 19th-century sensibility with 21st- century weirdness. Kurt Kemp's surreal prints perform a freak show, exposing the dark side of the male mind, while Jenny Schmid's portraits function as little morality plays of lust and temptation. Oddest of all is a series of minimalist prints and drawings by Kansas-based artist Michael Krueger, populated with obscure bits of American history, including the deadpan and gory scene Quantrill's Cake, which apparently alludes to the notorious Confederate raider who led a massacre in 1863. 313 Occidental Ave. S., 206-624-7684. 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tues.-Sat.
