"Masculine Impressions," the current titillating exhibit to come to Vitruvian Gallery, the gallery devoted to male figurative art, closes tomorrow, so if you've wanted to see it, better hurry. Gary Fisher's latest series of artworks, mostly oil paintings and charcoal drawings, grows from the command "take off your clothes and make yourself comfortable." Fisher's strokes capture models doing exactly that, stretching, flexing and relaxing in a sensual display of masculinity. Closes this Sunday, May 13. Vitruvian Fine Arts Gallery, 734 7th St. SE, 2nd Floor. Visit vitruviangallery.com.
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Intended as a "holiday for space," the annual event Countdown to Yuri's Night celebrates the world's first manned space flight by Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in the most non-scientific of ways: through a zany night of visual art, performance and music. Among the festivities: an art/science exhibit of local contemporary artists at Artisphere's Mezz Gallery focused on "retro-future visions of space"; the stage show "The Wrath of Shock-a-Khan,” featuring drag queen Lucrezia Blozia as Shock-a-Khan, burlesque stars from D.C. and New York, and music by surf-rockers Atomic Mosquitos; and a "lunar" dance party following a performance by the local jazzy-ska band Eastern Standard Time. The atmosphere will be high all night with $5 Stoli drink specials. Saturday, April 14, at 8 p.m. Artisphere, 1101 Wilson Blvd. Arlington. Tickets are $30 at the door. Call 703-875-1100 or visit artisphere.com and c2yn.com.
Local silk-screen artist Glenn Fry's "unrestrained urges" is meant to be "an homage to vintage gay porn magazines." Though tame by today's porn standards -- largely suggestive rather than explicitly sexual -- half a century and another era ago, they were considered pornographic. Fry's art was mostly created from photo shoots with live models re-creating vintage images. The installation traces the early evolution of gay porn, before video and the Internet made it easier to come by. On display through Feb. 18. Vitruvian Gallery, 734 7th St. SE, 2nd Floor. Visit vitruviangallery.com.
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Long View Gallery's Refresh: New Works by Some of Long View's Best offers new works by Mike Weber, Scott Brooks, Tony Savoie, Michelle Peterson-Albandoz, Anne Marchand, Paula Crawford and others. Opening reception is Thursday, July 28, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. On exhibit through Aug. 28. Long View Gallery, 1234 9th St. NW. Call 202-232-4788 or visit longviewgallery.com.
Works by three painters comprise the Gallery Plan B's latest exhibition: Kathy Beynette, offering fun, whimsical narrative paintings, Patrick Campbell, with complex, color-saturated paintings, and Michele Montalbano, whose gorgeous paintings are layered with ghost-like effects. The opening reception is Saturday, March 12, from 6 to 8 p.m. Exhibit remains on display through April 9. Gallery Plan B is at 1530 14th St. NW. Call 202-234-2711 or visit galleryplanb.com.
"Symmetries" features photographs from Ernesto Santalla's collage series, uniquely documenting Washington's record-breaking snows of 2010. Santalla trudged through the inhibitive landscape, camera in hand, capturing monotonous images from the storm, that he's evolved into kaleidoscopic photographs almost like inkblots. Opening reception tonight, Thursday, Jan. 20, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. On display through Feb. 13. Long View Gallery, 1234 9th St. NW. Call 202-232-4788 or visit longviewgallery.com.
Furious Dancing: The Art Exhibit is a group exhibit featuring 18 artists curated by Simone Jacobson and Sonja Kubota Johansson celebrating Alice Walker's new book, Hard Times Require Furious Dancing. Artists represented include Iana Cohen-Matteini, Tanekeya S. Word, Carrie Shiffrin and J. Ford Huffman. Through Jan. 9, 2011. Busboys & Poets, 1025 5th St. NW. Call 202-387-POET or visit busboysandpoets.com.
Furious Dancing: The Art Exhibit is a group exhibit featuring 18 artists curated by Simone Jacobson and Sonja Kubota Johansson celebrating Alice Walker's new book, Hard Times Require Furious Dancing. Artists represented include Iana Cohen-Matteini, Tanekeya S. Word, Carrie Shiffrin and J. Ford Huffman. On display through Jan. 9, 2011. Busboys & Poets, 1025 5th St. NW. Call 202-387-POET or visit busboysandpoets.com.
The prolific and uniquely gifted Brooks -- responsible for the occasional Metro Weekly cover illustration -- unveils an exhibit of all-new paintings. We the People is more blatantly political than typical Brooks, reflecting the political and economic turmoil that takes up the head space of those who are paying attention in today's troubled times. Opening reception is tonight, Friday, Oct. 29, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. On display through Nov. 28. Long View Gallery, 1234 9th St. NW. Call 202-232-4788 or visit longviewgallery.com.
"Memory of a time I did not know…" features works on paper by Miriam Morsel Nathan, Silver Spring resident and former director of the Washington Jewish Film Festival. Through pre-World War II photographs, images, monotypes and screen prints, Nathan seeks to make sense of and connect to her family's history. On display through Dec. 17. Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery, Washington, D.C.'s Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. Call 202-777-3208 or visit washingtondcjcc.org/gallery.
