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ArtSEA: Seattle starts 2023 with a scream

Plus, more ways to kick off the new year, from artful calendars to gallery shows to a bottomless pit.

by Brangien Davis/ January 5, 2023

”…Also in Pioneer Square, where the first First Thursday Artwalk of 2023 kicks off this evening, you’ll find more encouragement to release yourself from the shoulds — from the shape you feel pressured to take in 2023 — and instead sink into immediate experiences. At J. Rinehart Gallery, As If (Jan. 5 - 28) is a collection of very large grayscale works by Seattle artist Lakshmi Muihead. Made with graphite, acrylic and plaster, these pieces sometimes resemble slashing rain, sometimes geologic rock formations, but always something too large to fit within our customary human boundaries…”

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