THE SEATTLE TIMES

Art shows to see for Seattle’s first First Thursday of 2023
Dec. 30, 2022 at 6:00 am
By Gayle Clemans/Special to The Seattle Times

”…As the old year transforms into the new, you might be resolving to go see some art! Here are some excursion-worthy exhibitions that are open for the first First Thursday of 2023. 

“Lakshmi Muirhead: As If,” Jan. 5–28, 2023. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Wednesdays–Saturdays; J. Rinehart Gallery, 319 Third Ave. S.; free; 206-467-4508, jrinehartgallery.com

Muirhead’s mixed media works seem minimalistic, but the monochromatic surfaces are built up through texture, labor and thought. In an artist statement, Muirhead writes, “I’m usually wrestling with ambivalence; ideas on maternity, race, family, internal tethers, language, constructs, freedom, exclusion … they are all continually informing my work. The process of mark-making is an act of inquiry for me…” 

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