A frequent (and somewhat deserved) lament among the non-art-going-majority is that museums and galleries are just too distant, too alienated from the everyday experience to have any real meaning. I say this as a museum lover, but art that resides in beautiful buildings surrounded by discreet landscaping can feel like an affront to someone whose […]
No two viewers will walk away from Jeffrey Gibson’s Like a Hammer with exactly the same experience. This is perhaps a truism of all art, but in Gibson’s case it feels intentional. You don’t have to “get” every individual reference to be wowed by the whole. The recently-announced Whitney Biennial participant is a conceptual artist […]
What are the youth to do when the ceiling of capitalism is caving in around them? Anthony White’s exhibition Smoke and Mirrors at Greg Kucera Gallery provides a few object lessons. If you are twenty something and possessed of a gorgeous body plus instant digital access to the entire world, you might: Float topless in […]
As we entered the Frye museum on a gray Seattle Sunday, several performers traipsed by us in the opposite direction. They were dressed as if in direct contrast to the outside bleakness, in colors and makeup that shouted with color and pattern. The troupe gave off an effervescent energy that commanded our eyes, even as […]
On Friday I took the the train to the University of Washington to see the FIrst Official Art exhibition I’ve visited since landing in Seattle on the day before New Year’s Eve. When I say landing, of course I mean stopping, as we most certainly didn’t fly here. After a week of the wide open […]
