Nov 2006–Jan 2007 - Preview

Olympic Sculpture ParkSEATTLE ART MUSEUM, SEATTLE WA – Opening weekend celebration, Jan 20-21, 2007 Seattle'shighly-anticipated Olympic Sculpture Park will open to the public this January. The innovativedesign, which reclaims an industrial site on the waterfront in downtown Seattle, was produced bythe New York firm of Weiss/Manfredi Architects. Approximately twenty-two commissionedsculptures have been installed in the nineacrepark. They follow a zig-zag path thatcrosses Elliot Avenue and the BurlingtonNorthern Railroad tracks to reach waterfrontviews of the Olympic Mountains and PugetSound. In the park’s pavilion, a photo essayby Glenn Rudolph documents the site and itsconstruction. Once completed, the park willbe free and open all year round.Ellsworth Kelly, Claes Oldenburg, LouiseNevelson, Mark Di Suvero and Anthony Caroare among the prominent artists whose worksare on display. Most notable are RichardSerra’s Wake, a 300-ton set of steel plates andAlexander Calder’s Eagle, a bright red steelpiece, which was formerly outside the Asianpreviewwww.seattleartmuseum.orgRichard Serra, Wake (2004), 10 plates, 5 sets of locked toroid forms,weatherproof steel [Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle Art Museum,Seattle WA, opening weekend celebration, Jan 20-21, 2007Art Museum in Volunteer Park. Mark Dion’s Seattle Vivarium fuses together elements of botanicalscience and education by taking a host log from the forest and encasing it in a greenhouse thatallows viewers to observe fungi, lichen and insects developing in the active ecosystem. Interactiveworks, like Roy McMakin’s installation Love and Loss or Louise Bourgeois’ black granite EyeBenches, employ benches, tables and live trees to amplify the relationship between art, theenvironment and human emotion. Seattle Cloud Cover by Teresita Fernández forms a glass bridgeover the railroad and can be viewed from below revealing saturated colour sky photographssandwiched between glass. Allyn Cantor© RICHARD SERRA PHOTO: PAUL MACAPIA★ Foster/White Gallery,Pioneer Square220 3rd Ave S, Suite 100✆(206)622-2833www.fosterwhite.comtues-sat 10am-6pm sun 12-5pm Nov23, Dec 24-Jan 1: closed Nov 2-25Dale Lindman, “Substance of Matter”,textured abstractions create adramatic take on contemporary minimalism;Nov 24-Dec 23 Gallery artistsElin Christopherson, Lloyd Blakely,Kurt Solmssen, and others, “SmallWorks”, perfect for gift giving; Jan 4-27 James Martin, “Marionettes”,paintings explore historical mastersas puppets.Foster/White Gallery,Rainier Square1331 Fifth Ave ✆(206)583-0100www.fosterwhite.common-sat 10am-6pm Nov 23, Dec 24-Jan 1: closed Nov-Jan Rotating groupexhibitions.72 PREVIEWFrancine Seders Gallery6701 Greenwood Ave N✆(206)782-0355www.sedersgallery.comtues 11am-7:30pm wed-sat 11am-5pm sun 1-5pm Thru Nov 12 NormanLundin, “About Landscapes”; UPSTAIRSGALLERY James Deitz, “Paintings”; Nov17-Dec 24 Gail Grinnell, “Bitter Love”;UPSTAIRS GALLERY Marc Wenet, “Upfrom Down”; Jan 12-Feb 18 DinaBarzel, sculpture.★ Frye Art Museum704 Terry Ave ✆(206)622-9250www.fryeart.orgtues-sat 10am-5pm thurs 10am-8pmsun 12-5pm Nov 18-Jan 28, 2007Erwin Wurm, “I Love my Time, I Don’tLike my Time: recent work by ErwinWurm” using performance, photograhs,installation, drawing, videoand text Wurm explores the variety ofways sculpture can be made. His workhas humour and an unsettling sense offoreboding in its direct comment onglobal violence, terrorism and fear.★ G. Gibson Gallery300 S Washington St, Pioneer Square✆(206)587-4033www.ggibsongallery.comtues-fri 11am-5:30pm sat 11am-5pmThru Nov 11 Michael Brophy andFaryn Davis, "The Wilderness Act";Nov 16-Dec 23 15 + 1/2, Anniversaryexhibit with new works by galleryartists; Jan 4-Feb 10 Mark Thompson,new paintings.★ Greg Kucera Gallery212 3rd Ave S ✆(206)624-0770www.gregkucera.comtues-sat 10:30am-5:30pm. Thru Nov11 Whiting Tennis, “Bovine”, sculptureand paintings; Raymond Pettibon,“Print Focus”, recent editions;Mark Bennett, “Blueprints: Classic TVHomes”; Nov 16-Dec 30 RobertMotherwell, “The Artist’s Editions”;★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS