Openings & Events NOTE: First Thursday is being held on the second

By By Gavin Borchert • December 29, 2014 5:39 pm

Openings & Events

NOTE: First Thursday is being held on the second Thursday of the month, Jan. 8, owing to the New Year’s Day holiday last week.

Alix Brodeur

A Shovel A Shovel features minimalist pottery. Opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Sat., Jan. 10. Pottery Northwest, 226 First Ave. N., 285-4421, potterynorthwest.com. 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Tues.-Fri. Ends Jan. 31.

Contemporary Prints from Thailand AND PRINTS OF INDUSTRY A selection of prints from the Chiang Mai Art on Paper Studio, as well as an exhibition of prints examining the rise of the industrial era. First Thursday opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Davidson Galleries, 313 Occidental Ave. S., 624-6700, davidsongalleries.com. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat. Ends Feb. 16.

Cross Pollination Gallery artists invite a guest to show a piece alongside their own works. First Thursday opening reception, 5-8 p.m. Shift Gallery, 312 S. Washington St. (Tashiro Kaplan Building), shiftgallery.org. Noon-5 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Ends Jan. 31.

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Patrick Driscoll & Barry Stone Driscoll is a painter, but he prefers T-shirts and underwear to canvasses. Stone’s “data-bending” work uses technology to warp his photo and video pieces. First Thursday opening reception, 6-8 p.m. James Harris Gallery, 604 Second Ave, 903-6220, jamesharrisgallery.com. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat. Ends Feb. 14.

Group Show A collection of work from gallery-affiliated artists. First Thursday opening reception, 5-8 p.m. Traver Gallery, 110 Union St. #200, 587-6501, travergallery.com. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tue.-Sat. Ends Feb. 28.

Fred HOlcomb & G. Lewis Clevenger Holcomb’s paintings look like blurred photographs taken from a whizzing car window, while Clevenger’s deal in soft abstractions. First Thursday opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Linda Hodges Gallery, 316 First Ave. S. 624-3034, lindahodgesgallery.com. 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat. Ends Jan. 31.

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Incantation and Follies

Incantation, inspired by death, rebirth, winter, and ritual, is group show featuring work with strong mystical influences. Mark Mitchell’s Follies, features clothing inspired by pharmaceutical companies and the AIDS epidemnic. First Thursday opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Roq La Rue, 532 First Ave S., 374-8977, roqlarue.com. Noon-5 p.m. Wed.-Sat. Ends Jan. 31.

In the Absence Of…. and Concinnitas Sierra Stinson and Klara Glosova’s In the absence of… invites artists to explore “a gap” in their show. Concinnitias features hand-drawn equations and formulas by 10 notable mathematicians and physicists. Each print is accompanied by an explanation of the equation, so make sure to bring a notepad. First Thursday opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Greg Kucera Gallery, 212 Third Ave., 624-0770, gregkucera.com. 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tues.-Sat. Ends Feb. 14.

Ken Kelly Large-scale, bold color canvasses that the artist promises don’t “address issues” or “reference anything.” First Thursday opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Gallery4Culture, 101 Prefontaine Pl. S. (Tashiro Kaplan Building), galleries.4culture.org. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Ends Jan. 29.

Andreas Kocks & Robin Layton In a clever twist on the notion of “medium,” Kocks sculpts “paint” out of paper that leaps off the canvas. Layton’s photo series attempts to capture the emotional spirit of the Seahawks’ “12th Man” fans. Opening reception, 6-8 p.m Weds., Jan. 7. Winston Wachter Fine Art, 203 Dexter Ave. N., 652-5855, winstonwachter.com. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Sat. Ends Feb 25.

Jerri Lisk Arboreal collects her romantic paintings of trees. First Thursday opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Patricia Rovzar, 1225 Second Ave., 223-0273, rovzargallery.com. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Sun. Ends Jan. 31.

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James Martin Cartoony, circusy gauche paintings full of monkeys, lions, characters from King of the Hill, Mariners players, and more. First Thursday opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Foster/White Gallery, 220 Third Ave S., 622-2833, fosterwhite.com. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tues.-Sat. Ends Jan. 31.

MUSEUM FOR AN IMAGINED CITY A bunch of artists from Scotland who’ve never been to Seattle create art based on what they think our city might be like. First Thursday opening reception, 6-8 p.m. SOIL Gallery, 112 Third Ave. S. (Tashiro Kaplan Building), 264-8061, soilart.org. Noon-5 p.m. Thu.-Sun. Ends Jan. 31.

Dylan Neuwirth Neuwirth’s “post-human” art often ponders the odd relationship humans have with technology and how the lines between man and machine continue to blur. First Thursday opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Punch Gallery, 119 Prefontaine Pl. S. (Tashiro Kaplan Building), 621-1945, punchgallery.org. Noon-5 p.m. Thurs.-Sat. Ends Jan. 31.

Jerome Poirier The Montreal-born artist presents mixed-media art fragmented with ornate patterns. First Thursday opening reception, 5-8 p.m. Hall|Spassov Gallery, 319 Third Ave. S., 453-3244. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tues.-Sat. Ends Jan. 31.

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Police at Work In light of the events of Ferguson, artists in this group show present smartphone footage taken of police officers in the field (all benign, we hope). First Thursday opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Gallery 110, 110 Third Ave. (Tashiro Kaplan Building), 624-9336, gallery110.com. Noon-5 p.m. Wed.-Sat. Ends Jan. 24.

Travis Pond From Portland, the sculptor crafts wild animals out of steel. First Thursday opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Bryan Ohno Gallery, 521 S. Main St., 459-6857, bryanohno.com. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Sat. Ends Feb. 28.

Rear View The gallery attempts to pair new paintings with older works to draw parallels in time and contrast evolving techniques in the fields. First Thursday opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Lisa Harris Gallery, 1922 Pike Place, lisaharrisgallery.com, 443-3315. 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Mon.-Sat. Ends Jan. 31.

Tyson Skross The New York artist’s mixed-media work resembles the surface of the moon or some other astral body. First Thursday opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Platform Gallery, 114 Third Ave. S.

(Tashiro Kaplan Building)

, 323-2808, platformgallery.com. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wed.-Sat. Ends Feb. 14.

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Terminal A group show dealing with the subject of mortality and the effort to make space for beauty in the face of approaching death. Opens Thurs., Jan 8. Reception 6-8 p.m. Thurs., Jan. 15. Photo Center NW, 900 12th Ave., 720-7222, pcnw.org. Noon-9 p.m. Mon.-Sat. Ends April 5.

TexTure This show pairs visual artists and poets in collaborative work, featuring Sherman Alexie with Lia Hall and Cedar Mannan; Daemond Arrindell with Maura Donegan; and Jeannine Hall Gailey with Carol Milne. Method Gallery, 106 Third Ave. S.

(Tashiro Kaplan Building)

, 223-8505, methodgallery.com. Noon-5 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Ends Feb. 21.

Ongoing

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Zack Bent

Lean-out, Lean-to is an installation inspired by a chance encounter with a truck canopy in Spokane. Bent takes that structural form and adopts it into a “monolithic chamber of secrets.” Jack Straw New Media Gallery, 4261 Roosevelt Way N.E., 634-0919, jackstraw.org. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Ends Feb. 6.

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Bruce Bickford If you live in Seattle and love animation, then bow down to this hometown hero. Since the ’60s he’s relentlessly churned out bewitchingly bizarre films featuring surreal landscapes both hand-drawn and crafted in clay. Although he’s most remembered for his half-dozen years as Frank Zappa’s resident animator, he’s continued to produce incredible work, including one of history’s greatest work’s of stop-motion, Prometheus’ Garden.

Vermillion, 1508 11th Ave., 709-9797, vermillionseattle.com. 4 p.m.-midnight. Tues.-Sun., Ends Feb. 7.

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City Dwellers A dozen contemporary Indian artists are represented in this show organized by SAM and originating entirely from the private local collection of Sanjay Parthasarathy (a Microsoft millionaire) and wife Malini Balakrishnan. Scenes and icons from Mumbai to New Delhi are represented via photography and sculpture, from an all-native perspective. As tourists know, India is ridiculously photogenic, from its colorful idols and deities to the slums and beggars. It all depends on what you want to see. Photographer Dhruv Malhotra, for instance, takes large color images of people sleeping in public places—some because they’re poor, others because they simply feel like taking a nap. Nandini Valli Muthiah opts for more stage-managed scenes, posing a costumed actor as the blue-skinned Hindu god Krishna in contemporary settings; in one shot I love, he sits in a hotel suite, like a tired business traveler awaiting a conference call on Skype. Sculptor Debanjan Roby even dares to appropriate the revered figure of Gandhi, rendering him in bright red fiberglass and listening to a white iPod. Apple never made such an ad, of course, but this impudent figure tweaks both India’s postcolonial history and the relentless consumerism that now links us all, from Seattle to Srinagar. BRIAN MILLER Seattle Art Museum, 1300 First Ave., 654-3121, seattleartmuseum.org. $12–$19. Weds.-Sun.

Ends Feb. 15.