Every couple years or so (literally), the Seattle Art Museum changes out the installation they have on display at the Olympic Sculpture Park. The next installation round, which runs from August 28, 2010 to March 4, 2012 at the Olympic Sculpture Park’s Paccar Pavilion, will feature the colorful works of Trenton Doyle Hancock. It’s unsure what the installation will look like as of now, but here are some sample of the artist’s work for you to get a feel.

If you’re wondering what the current / last installation by Geoff McFetridge looked like, click here.

Anyway, head on over on the eve of August 27th, and enjoy the following:

Featuring artist talks by Trenton Doyle Hancock, performances by Susie Lee, Library Science, and Seattle Percussion Collective, music by I Heart Shiva and SunTzu Sound, tours with artists, writers, and much more.

SAM members enjoy priority access, a members-only bar, and more. . . . Not a member? Join SAM today.

Tickets: SAM members $12, nonmembers $15, students w/ID $12. This event is open to guests age 18 and over only.

Illuminate the park after dark: first 50 in neon get in free.

Date: 8/27/2010
Time: 8 pm-midnight
Location: Olympic Sculpture Park, Western Ave. & Broad St.

Portland conceptual artist Abraham Ingle’s first solo show is quite a curious one. Starting today at False Front Studio in Portland, Ingle will be displayed his socially-inspired art. The show, entitled If A Tree Falls… consists of all new practice projects which explore notions of presence in the age of “always on.” You should definitely visit this blog post on Ingle’s website to view more of the summary, but I’ll pick and choose a couple of interesting components to the six-part show:

Interruptions is a series of three videos that mix content from social media, drama, and real life to explore interaction. Interruptions was made in collaboration with Dustin Zemel.

A collaboration with The Portrait Booth Project, This is How I See You uses portraiture to juxtapose states of hyper-awareness and obliviousness.

The entire show will be streaming on Chat Roulette the entire time. YES.

This is sure to be a fascinating show.

Two artists, Xia XiaoWan and Nobu Nakanish, have both decided to use thin sheets of material arranged like dominoes to create visual depth. While both explore the use of visuals and space in similar manners, the resulting works are dramatically different, in terms of mood and overall vibe.

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Xiao XiaoWan

Painting From The Inside Series
Xiao XiaoWan’s finished product feels heavy, in a powerful, laboratory science experiment kind of way. It’s reflected in his use of materials as well, opting to go for a heavy plastic.

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Nobu Nakanishi

Time + Space
Unlike XiaoWan, Nakanishi’s finished product is light and airy, in material and subject matter.

Textiles are amongst the most wasteful items human beings consume on a regular basis, so why not turn ugly secondhand clothing into art? Derick Melander does it. Stacks of textiles are oriented by color to create neat vertical columns that practically paintings when viewed from afar, complete with drips and all.

This one’s a bit different, as it was created using vinyl stickers that were collaged onto this bin.

New York is ever crammed full of amazing art. Here are just some of the shows going on right now through mid-June that you, yes you, should really go check out.

Alison Elizabeth Taylor

Alison Elizabeth Taylor is a talented multi-disciplinary artist who lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. She is now showing Foreclosed through June 19th at James Cohan Gallery (533 West 26th Street, New York, NY), a show in which her wood grain patterns capture moments in rural areas.

29 Palms, 2007 - Wood veneer, shellac - 47 X 77 inches

Morning After Pabco, 2006 - Wood inlay, shellac - 41 X 72 inches

T.J. Wilcox

T.J. Wilcox has some huge acetate and foil panels on display at Metro Pictures Gallery (519 West 24th Street, New York, NY) through June 12th!

Hyun Ju Park

Hyun Ju Park’s Out Of Darkness….Light is on display throuh June 14th at Causey Contemporary (92 Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn, NY). Her pieces utilize materials often used in contemporary art — ink, hair, nails — but combine them in a way that shimmers and moves like the sun reflecting off a wave.

Louie Cordero

Frequently gaudy but always interesting, Louie Cordero’s works are now on display at Jonathan Levine Gallery (529 West 20th Street, 9th Floor, New York, NY). Are these imaginary gods and goddesses?

Portland artist Timothy Karpinski is no newcomer to Seattle’s art scene, and First Thursday this month (June 3rd, 2010) marks the date of his solo show at Flatcolor Gallery. On hand will be scores of his delicately paper-cut images, as well as some large-scale pieces as well as building a small sailboat for the show’s theme, Let’s Sail Away.

On his art, Karpinski says:

From a young age ive always been making things. Building forts turned into building skate ramps which lead to building art installations. I love the art making process, from the initial spark of the “idea”, the creation to the finished product. Art for me is very personal and everything i make is a direct reflection on my feelings about this world and my struggle and fascination with trying to understand it and find my purpose within it. I currently live, love and work in Portland oregon where i run Together Gallery and work in my studio till very late at night making art about love. I am also figuring things out :)

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This June will also feature works by Mia Nolting, an artist whose works are visually-appealing, sure, but also just cute, clever, and full of one-liners and typography.

Because Americans aren’t obsessed enough with food already, Scion has an upcoming show (May 22nd through June 12th) curated by Zio Fulcher. It will be taking place in Culver City, with free valet parking (fancy!) and an open bar (fancier!)… with art from Clare Crespo, Jeph Gurecka, Scott Hove, Tamara Kostianovsky, Alan Macdonald, James Reynolds, Martha Rich, and Jeff Vespa. What’s more: The Candy Wrapper Museum and Vintage Cookbook Library! Amazing!

Tamara Kostianovsky uses clothing, ink, shellac, polyester batting, and meat hooks to mimic slabs of meat!

Martha Rich, looking simply at food we all know and love.

Jeff Vespa points out the art of blown-up photos of hamburgers sitting side, by side, by side.

Felt food by Clare Crespo.

Alan Macdonald, slathering food in retro clothing.

Intensely terrifying image from The Candy Wrapper Museum.

Scion Presents: ‘PALATE’ curated by Zio Fulcher from Scion ART on Vimeo.

See more info about the show at http://www.scion.com/space/.

Linder, AKA Linder Sterling, is quite an accomplished lady. The UK musician (influential in the Manchester punk and post-punk scene), fine artist, and performance artist has her hands in all types of pies — or in this case, cakes. Her first solo show at Sorcha Dallas in Glasgow, Scotland uses “dirtied” female forms as its centerpiece.

In Sorcha’s press release of the show, Linder says:

“Instead of continuing with my life-drawing classes, I had drawn the semi-naked women in men’s pornographic magazines. This was as much a political act as driven by curiosity. Pornography had its own debased codes, and my intention was to understand them. Not to ‘borrow’ them, and never to collude with them. But to understand them seemed and seems important.”

The collages, which feature racey women with oddly-positioned moist cakes and flowers, certainly have a juicy sense of humor to them. They’re equally sexy as they are off-kilter.

Also featured in the show are installations, mixed media pieces, and drawings. Fascinating and tongue-in-cheek funny, the show runs until May 22nd, 2010.