Jan 4, 2007
Catherine Person Gallery is showing an exhibition of The Berlin Paintings by Drake Deknatel with an opening reception on January 4 from 6-8pm.
The exhibit will be up until February 3. The show focuses on the late artist's 2003 paintings as that was the last year he painted abstract work.
"This solo show at
Foster/White this month marks Martin's 20th
anniversary with the gallery and is bound to be entertaining. While
some of his early influences are still evidentthe swirling colors and
floating characters of Chagall, the playful humor and simplicity of
Klee, as well as the work of Northwest masters Callahan, Tobey, and
GravesMartin's blend of satire and absurdity is all his own," says Sue Peters, writing for the
Seattle Weekly.
On view at the
Greg Kucera Gallery this month is Los Angeles artist Ed Ruscha whose work first became well known in the 1960's in association with the West Coast Pop Art movement and the beat generation. Ruscha represented the U.S. at the Venice Biennial in 2005. His work has been the subject of numerous retrospectives and museum exhibitions throughout the U.S. and the world. Also on view is the work of Benjamin Edwards who participated in the Prague Biennale, in the Czech Republic (2003); his work has been in numerous group exhibitions: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio; Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany (2003); Gallerie Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark; and Greater New York, P.S.#I/MoMA Center for Contemporary Art, Long Island City, New York. Edwards lives and works in Washington, D.C and is represented by Greenberg Van Doren Gallery in New York. Pictured is Edwards'
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Lisa Harris Gallery launches the new landscape paintings by Emily Wood in an exhibition opening January 4. The artist will be present at the First Thursday opening January 4 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Wood began showing at Lisa Harris Gallery in 1997 at the age of 28. Shortly thereafter the University of Washington B.F.A. graduate distinguished herself nationally in surveys of new painters, included in Southwest Magazine's "21 under 31" (September 2000) and New American Paintings (December 1997). Since that time, the Lisa Harris Gallery has mounted regular exhibitions that virtually sell out. Emily Wood has been included in important landscape exhibitions at The Tacoma Art Museum (1995) and the Whatcom Museum of History and Art (1999). In 2003 she was invited to participate in Artists for the New Century at Bennington Center for the Visual Arts in Vermont. Paintings by the artist may be found in the collections of Seattle University Sullivan Law Center, Merrill Lynch, University of Washington Medical Center, and Seattle Cancer Alliance, as well as in private collections on the East and West Coasts. The exhibit will be
on view through January 27. Pictured is Wood's
Madison Valley.
McLeod Residence, a new concept of art and gathering space, opens January 5 in the heart of Seattle's Belltown neighborhood. Located at 2209 2nd Avenue, the space is owned by Lele McLeod (nie Leanne Ng) and Buster McLeod (nie Erik Benson), longtime members of Seattle's art and technology communities. McLeod Residence opens its doors with three exhibits: a group exhibit featuring photographs and digital art mounted on lightboxes, an installation by artist and musician Paul Rucker, and an exhibit of antique paintings curated by art dealer Jay Franklin. The opening will be from 5 to 9 p.m. You can read all about it in an article Jen Graves wrote in the
Stranger.
Patricia Cameron Gallery continues exhibiting until January 13, "Attitudes and Gestures" - an exhibition of paintings by Oregon artist Lisa Pounders and ceramic sculpture by Seattle artist Charlotte Renata Simpson. Stories, memories, obsessions and fantasies are translated into paintings by Lisa Pounders.
William Traver Gallery Seattle congratulates Pilchuck on completing its 35th year of programming, and is featuring a selection of the artists who participated in the summer sessions of 2006. The show features work by Sean Albert, Linda Beaumont, Benjamin Cobb, Nadege Desgenetez, Marita Dingus, Jen Elek, Steve Klein, Chuck Lopez, Jeff Mack, Sean ONeill, Roger Parramore, Kait Rhoads, Richard Royal, Amy Rueffert, Jeffrey Sarmiento, Preston Singletary, Ethan Stern, Susan Stinsmuehlen-Amend, Boyd Sugiki, Trimpin and Marc VanderBerg. The exhibit is on view through January 26. Also, continuing is the work of Danny Perkins and Friends.
"Toroids of Ganymede" is Michael Schultheis' latest collection for his debut solo show at Winston Wächter. Sue Peters, writing for the Seattle Weekly, says, "His paintings are becoming near ubiquitous, found in the lobbies of downtown office buildings and a favorite choice among home stagers for decorating houses for sale. He has also displayed work at the National Academy of Science. Last year he left Capitol Hill's Ballard Fetherston Gallery for the more international Winston Wächter in South Lake Union, which also brings him greater exposure via its second location in New York." Read Sue's article by clicking on this bolded link. Pictured is his Toroids 04. The show is on view through February 9.
On view through 
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Steven Vroom was kind enough to send this to me this morning, so I thought I'd share it with all of you. 
Somehow I missed Sue Peters' review of this show in the