Lucy Pullen situates her work in the unexpected terrain opened up when the disciplines of visual art, philosophy, and physical science meet. Working with engineers and astrophysicists, Pullen created two new sculptures to act as detectors that present cosmic rays as they pass through our earthly environments. Each geometrically specific chamber contains a distinct atmospheric condition. When a cosmic ray passes through The Cloud Chamber  a contrail is formed. When a cosmic ray passes through The Spark Chamber, a spark ignites. 

Exhibited alongside the chambers are drawings and paintings of landscapes, in which the intentionally limited palette emphasizes light and shadow to create form. The juxtaposition allows Pullen to "make analogies" as she says between 'dark' matter and a shadow, aesthetic and quantum events, and a cosmic and an aesthetic mark. READ MORE 

Frank A. Kunishige. Untitled [Aida]. c. 1926. Gelatin silver print on Textura Tissue. University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, MPH208

   

 Shadows of a Fleeting World:  Pictorial Photography and the Seattle Camera Club

North Galleries

February 12, 2011 - May 8, 2011

In the early years of the 20th century a group of talented Japanese immigrants in Seattle took up the practice of pictorial photography. During that time, Japanese-American pictorial photographers were so numerous on the West Coast that they formed large camera clubs, particularly in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle. They produced work that was published widely and exhibited in national and international competitions.

Shadows of a Fleeting World presents over 100 works by Seattle Camera Club photographers and others in the Seattle area who worked in the pictorial style during the movement's heyday.  READ MORE  

Uta Barth. Untitled (05.3). 2005. Chromogenic color prints. Henry Art Gallery, gift of Burt and Jane Berman, 2009.38 A

Uta Barth 

North Galleries 

 
Through May 8

The Henry presents a selection of photographs by Uta Barth from the permanent collection. Compelling in its deceptive simplicity, Uta Barth's art questions the traditional functions of pictures and our expectations of them.   READ MORE

Joe Deal and Views of the Altered Landscape 

North Galleries  

Through March 27, 2011   

This winter the Henry pays tribute to American photographer Joe Deal, who passed away this year at the age of 62. Drawn from the Henry's Monsen collection, this exhibition highlights Deal's significant work in picturing a natural landscape reshaped by human hands.  

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Apron from Pelagonija, Macedonia, Yugoslavia. Margaret J. Hord Collection, 2003.1-185, t2.

Vortexhibition Polyphonica Opus IV  Stroum Gallery
Through March 13  

Opus IV continues to explore the rich relationships that can arise between objects and ideas as it blends the first three versions with a range of newly installed art works. Echoes of the previous iterations form the constant thread with which the new choices resonate. In Opus IV, Curator Sara Krajewski incorporates a number of recent acquisitions from the collection of Safeco Insurance, a member of the Liberty Mutual Group, and the Washington Arts Consortium. Additionally, as part of the polyphonic intention of the exhibition, Curator of Collections Judy Sourakli includes a selection of aprons from the Costumes and Textiles Collection. Together these additions will round out this final iteration of Vortexhibition Polyphonica.