Talk about living in your head. Gala Bent’s Matrix for Praxis (Graphite and gouache, 30″ x 22″) conjures an animal that has freed itself from animal nature. Its head is celestial, its body vestigial.
Bent is in Transubstantial at Catherine Person, along with Colleen Hayward, Renee Zettle-Sterling and Heidi Schwegler, opening Thursday night as part of Pioneer Square’s First Thursday Gallery Walk, 6-8.
Also opening Thursday night in the Square:
Made in the U.S.A., group show of gallery artists at Greg Kucera. Sean M. Johnson at Howard House. Marianne Pulfer at Grover/Thurston. Michael Kenna at G. Gibson. Margot Quand Knight and Mirror Mirror at James Harris. Elias Hansen at Lawrimore Project. Adam Satushek at Platform. Jennifer Beedon Snow at Linda Hodges. Sol Hashemi & Jason Hirata at Punch. Chauney Peck and Ben Hirschkoff at Soil. Rachel Maxi at Some Space.You’re So Cool at Ohge.Troy Gua (and 50 collaborators) at Monrach.
Sean Johnson at Howard House:
Opening Thursday outside the Square: Ray Ray Mitrano at Joe Bar. Strange Coupling at Ouch My Eye. Catherine Grisez at Traver Gallery. Julie Speidel and Tracy Rocca at
Winston
Wachter.
Joey Veltkamp from Strange Coupling:
Already open:
Ron van der Ende at Ambach & Rice,
through May 2. James Diez and Michael Dailey at Francine Seders, through April 11. Lush Life 2 at Roq La Rue through May 7, and Alden Mason at Foster/White Gallery, through April 27. Note to Foster/White: Please don’t describe Mason’s work. Your quote: “At age 90, Alden Mason returns to Foster/White Gallery with his ever-enchanting sense of humor and whimsy.” Ever-enchanting sense of humor and whimsy? Shoot me. Mason is much better at locating his terrain. “My paintings are a private world of improvisation, spontaneity, humor and pathos, exaggeration and abandon.” Go with that and end with that.
Alden Mason at Foster/White:
Opening later in the month: 5 x 5 at Grey Gallery, opening April 8. Benton Peugh at Fetherston Gallery on April 9.
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