curator Barbara Shaiman, artists Marita Dingus and Merrily Tompkins

So!  Not only did we go up north to admire the transformative art of Nick Cave at SAM last week, but we also attended the opening of Transformation(s) at the Seattle Art Museum Gallery.  Transformation(s) is a group show of sculptures, paintings, collages, and installations made from recycled/repurposed/reused/reclaimed materials, including cardboard toilet paper tubes:

artist Chris Crites with his series People I’ll Never Know

Curated by Barbara Shaiman, participating artists are Barbara Barnes Allen, Chris Crites, Marita Dingus, Julie Lindell, Fred Lisaius, Patrick LoCicero, Kelly Lyles, Daphne Minkoff, Stephen Rock, and Merrily Tompkins.  Transformation(s) is up until April 8, 2011

 encaustic collage by Daphne Minkoff

The show got a shout out on Art Zone with Nancy Guppy at the 20:49 mark; see more of Ruby’s pics from Transformation(s) HERE