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I had a very erroneous concept of burlesque before the ladies of Olympia's Tush! Burlesque set me straight. I thought of it as a sleazy and sexist art form that denigrated women and turned men into slavering beasts.I was surprised when women I knew from the theater world began raving
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Viceroy Art Gallery owner Scott Olson told me they like to show young artists who are just getting started. But sometimes they feature more experienced artists. Roz Inga falls somewhere in between. Olson said Inga has been painting for about 10 years. That still qualifies as a relative beginner, and
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The Spaceworks project continues to show innovative works by some of Tacoma's most interesting artists in some of the town's more interesting (if not always easy to see) venues. One of the more fascinating works in the program comes from Michael Kaniecki, a recent transplant from Moab, Utah, who said
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Big Brother is watching. He peers out from the walls of Fulcrum Gallery. In this instance "Big Brother" is the brother of artist Nicki Sucec, whose show at Fulcrum is a homage to her brother and a testament to the variety and creativity that can be unleashed by taking a
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The latest show at Mavi Contemporary - the new gallery next door to The Grand Cinema - features two painters, one photographer and one craftsman. The painters are William Turner and William Quinn, the photographer is Henry Haneda. The craftsman is also Haneda. He makes exquisite handmade objects, including fly
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The perfect show for winter, Glimmering Gone is the new three-part exhibition by Ingalena Klenell and Beth Lipman at the Museum of Glass. The three parts are Landscape, Mementos and Artifacts. Upon entering the gallery viewers browse, as if window-shopping at exclusive gift shops or jewelry stores, a series of
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In last week‘s column I made a distinction between fine art and illustration. That distinction applies to Justin Hillgrove's paintings at Mineral featured in a show with a title both clichéd and appropriate: Black, White and Read All Over.As illustrations for books and movies, or homages to the same, the
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In Street Botany, the latest show at Fulcrum Gallery, science meets art with a little humor thrown in. It features drawings and posters by Maria Jost and an intriguing installation by Jost and Bobby Smith.In wall statements Jost explains that she approaches art from the viewpoint and experience of a
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I've been thinking about Jeff Koons a lot lately. Koons is the heir apparent to Andy Warhol (who was the heir apparent to Marcel Duchamp), and he is one of today's most popular artists. Like Warhol, Koons' life is his art. A team of assistants executed Warhol's work in a studio
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Haunting music permeates the space of the gallery at The Evergreen State College during the exhibition It's Complicated - Art About Home. The music comes from Jason Lujan's video From One Dream to Another, which is eerily beautiful and mysterious, and which sets the mood and theme of the show. The
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Two students in Bea Geller's photography classes at Pacific Lutheran University were finalists in the 2010 West/Southwest Collegiate scholarship competition. PLU art students "rarely have an opportunity to see how well their work does in relation to the work of students at other colleges and universities," Geller said. "By sending their
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Frankly I'm growing weary of recycled art, even if I do admire the underlying environmental consciousness. It's not a new thing; it's as old as Picasso and Duchamp. And most of it is cute or clever at best. There are exceptions, notably some of the artists represented by Matter in
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The Musée National Picasso in Paris is closed for renovations and their huge collection of drawings, paintings and sculptures by Pablo Picasso is going on a world tour - first stop, Seattle Art Museum. Never before have so many works by the master been on display in America, and we
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I reviewed an exhibition of Joe Penrod's intriguing blue-tape shadows three years ago at the now defunct Black Front Gallery in Olympia. The works he's showing at Fulcrum Gallery in Tacoma are exactly the same only more sophisticated. The idea is as profound as it is simple. He traces the cast
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There is not enough hyperbole in my language arsenal to tell you how impressed I am with Illusion/Allusion: Paintings by Barlow Palminteri and Ron Hinson at the Minnaert Center Gallery at South Puget Sound Community College. This is the most impressive art exhibition I've seen this year. To those who have
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There is a quiet and dignified exhibition of photographs in the small entryway of The Gallery at Tacoma Community College. The photographs are pretty traditional and not very exciting, but they're nicely done. One in particular, Lake Washington Bridge by Jim Oliver, does wonderful things with water and shadows. These
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There's some great stuff in the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation show at Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound. This exhibition of nominees and winners of the Foundation of Art Award includes work by the 25 nominees from 2008 to 2010. It is likely the best selection of art from Tacomans you're
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4. MIGHTY TACOMA >>> OCT. 21 We don't yet know what photographs will be in the show Mighty Tacoma: Photographic Portrait 2010, but the title tells us they will reference Tacoma and will be mighty. Billed as an "interactive celebration and creative exercise in commemoration of Tacoma Art Museum's 75th Anniversary," the show
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Remember Dead Artists and Kulture Lab? Remember James Hume and the hair metal band Roadrunner? Every wonder what Hume is up to nowadays? Well, according to artist and curator Lynn Di Nino he's Not Painting Flowers - the title of his new show curated by Di Nino and opening
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The show is called Access Denied, but it should be Access by Invitation Only or Access at Your Own Risk. It's the follow-up to Mineral's popular chastity belt show from a year ago. The walls are lined with artist-designed chastity belts displayed on female-form mannequins. They express 21st century takes