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Susan Christian continues to show the strongest art to be seen in Olympia in her little "Project Space" at Salon Refu. Her latest show is "Thomas Johnston Palmpeset II, Paintings and Photography." This is some powerful stuff - most notably "Envelop," the painting used on the posters and invitations. It is
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Art is most effective when it can evoke the essence or the spirit, of a person, place or event without necessarily looking like that person, place or event. More often than not it is most effective when it does not look like the subject because illusory depiction
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The biting, satirical, outrageous feminist art group Guerrilla Girls will present a live performance sponsored by Tacoma Art Museum and University of Washington Tacoma. The event is called Guerrilla Girls: Not Ready to Make Nice. What they will do is anybody's guess, but rest assured it will be provocative, entertaining
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Art is most effective when it can evoke the essence or the spirit, of a person, place or event without necessarily looking like that person, place or event. More often than not it is most effective when it does not look like the subject because illusory depiction often detracts from
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Michael Kaniecki draws with authority. Folks like me who have spent a lifetime in and around college art departments might say his figure drawings are like the stuff you see in every figure drawing class, and there's some truth to that; but Kaniecki does it better than most. He has a
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"The Meaning of Wood" at the gallery at South Puget Sound Community College is one of the best theme shows I have seen in a long time. This spacious gallery in the Kenneth J Minnaert Center features sculptures, paintings and drawings from many artists in a wide
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"The Meaning of Wood" at the gallery at South Puget Sound Community College is one of the best theme shows I have seen in a long time. This spacious gallery in the Kenneth J Minnaert Center features sculptures, paintings and drawings from many artists in a wide range of styles,
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The exhibition at Museum of Glass by Jen Elek and Jeremy Bert is a colorful and interactive show of glass sculptures combined with about 50 large, refurbished neon letters that visitors can rearrange to their hearts' content. The show fills two of the larger galleries in the museum.
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The exhibition at Museum of Glass by Jen Elek and Jeremy Bert is a colorful and interactive show of glass sculptures combined with about 50 large, refurbished neon letters that visitors can rearrange to their hearts' content. The show fills two of the larger galleries in the museum. It's like an
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There's something otherworldly about Gary Lappier's photography show, "Sent From Somewhere Else," at Fulcrum Gallery. That does not mean the pictures are of fantasy scenes or that they're surrealistic or dreamily atmospheric. They are simple, straightforward, black and white shots of the B&I Market on South
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There's something otherworldly about Gary Lappier's photography show, "Sent From Somewhere Else," at Fulcrum Gallery. That does not mean the pictures are of fantasy scenes or that they're surrealistic or dreamily atmospheric. They are simple, straightforward, black and white shots of the B&I Market on South Tacoma Way. What is
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If you plan on doing some gallery hopping in the coming weeks, I suggested you wear some springy shoes because there's a lot of hopping to do, starting with "The Art of Wayzgoose" in the University Gallery at Pacific Lutheran University through April 9. The exhibition represents six years of
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The current show at Brick House Gallery is an eclectic selection of current work (all done since 2013) by more than 20 artists including many old friends who have shown often at this and other Tacoma galleries. My overall impression was that there are three or four
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The current show at Brick House Gallery is an eclectic selection of current work (all done since 2013) by more than 20 artists including many old friends who have shown often at this and other Tacoma galleries. My overall impression was that there are three or four excellent works and
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There's only one thing to see in the art gallery at South Puget Sound Community College, but it will draw you in like the smell of pine leaves in a forest. It is Mike Adams' "Gothic Forest." The installation incorporates video projections on suspended sewn-mesh forms evocative of natural forests and
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I entered the "1001 Faces Exhibition" at B2 Fine Art Gallery with less than stellar expectations, after having been inundated with tribal masks for more than 20-odd years since moving to the Pacific Northwest. But I must say I was pleasantly surprised and even moved by
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I entered the "1001 Faces Exhibition" at B2 Fine Art Gallery with less than stellar expectations, after having been inundated with tribal masks for more than 20-odd years since moving to the Pacific Northwest. But I must say I was pleasantly surprised and even moved by some of the contemporary
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Becky Knold's paintings are hard to describe. They're nothing and they're everything. They're abstract, minimalist, colorful but in a subdued way. They're atmospheric color-field paintings with barely discernable forms if any, and no subject matter whatsoever; yet they are clearly landscapes and paintings of buildings. They
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Three years ago I wrote that painter Becky Knold was an up-and-coming late bloomer and galleries should take a look at her. Since then her work has become ubiquitous. Galleries took a look, and they liked what they saw. This week she had openings at two different galleries on successive
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Johanna Drucker is known worldwide for her book art combining poetry, prose, visual art and innovative use of typography. The exhibition "Selected Druckworks: Books and Projects by Johanna Drucker" at The Evergreen State College is a smaller version of Drucker's 40-year retrospective exhibition, "Druckworks," which is currently touring the country.
