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Ronald Komara, Hester Ohbi, Lynette Reed, Lynn Rybicki and Bridget Z. Sullivan display their abstract works, through Sept. 5. “Still Life Paintings,” still life paintings by artist Rulei Bu are exhibited, through Sept. 5. 12901 Town Commons Drive, Germantown; 301-5282260, blackrockcenter.org.
Capitol Hill Arts Workshop: “12x12 Elements,” the exhibition presents 24 works that illuminate the physical universe through the four substances of “elements” — air, water, fire, and earth — restricted to a 12-inch by 12-inch finished piece, through Oct. 2. 545 Seventh St. SE; 202-547-6839, chaw.org.
Carroll Square Gallery: “Real Beauty,” Mariella Bisson, Ashlynn Browning, Amber Robles-Gordon and Deborah Zlotsky display their latest works as four different elemental aspects of
Lang Freer, through Sept. 14. “Japanese Screens: Landscapes and Waterscapes,” a collection of Japanese screens from the 15th to 19th century, through Sun. “Off the Beaten Path: Early Works by James McNeill Whistler,” drawings, etchings and watercolors the artist created while he was traversing the French countryside in the summer of 1858, through Sept. 28. “Promise of Paradise: Early Chinese Buddhist Sculpture,” a collection of stone and gilt bronze Buddhist sculptures highlight two flourishing ages, the late Six Dynasties and the High Tang (6th to 8th century). The exhibition’s dramatic focus is the monumental Cosmological Buddha: a life-size stone sculpture covered in intricate representations of
contemporary abstraction, through Aug. 29. 975 F St. NW; 202-624-8643.
Flashpoint: “Between Fact and Fiction,” Adam Hager collects, disassembles and reassembles mechanical objects that he collects, through Sept. 6. 916 G St. NW; 202-315-1305, culturaldc.org. Foundry Gallery: “Hot Glass in the City,” local premier glass artists display stained, fused, blown and flamework glass art, through Aug. 31. 1314 18th St. NW; 202-463-0203, foundrygallery.org.
Freer Gallery of Art: “Bountiful Waters: Aquatic Life in Japanese Art,” an exhibition of ceramics, paintings, prints and illustrated books that depict Japan’s appreciation for the beauty and variety of fish and other species, through Sept. 14. “Chinese Ceramics for Tea in Japan,” a display of Chinese bowls, jars and ceramics acquired by Charles
the earthly realms. It is the only one of its kind in the world, indefinitely. “Style in Chinese Landscape Painting: The Song Legacy,” features landscape paintings from the Song dynasty period, 907-1279, and later works that show an evolution of six different styles, through Oct. 26. “The Nile and Ancient Egypt,” high-quality artifacts from the collections of Freer Gallery are showcased to illuminate the role and importance of water animals for ancient Egyptian religion and afterlife, indefinitely. Jefferson Drive and 12th Street SW; 202-633-1000, asia.si.edu.
Hillyer Art Space: “In Lieu of Longing,” Dane Winkler’s sculptural works contrast work and play, through Aug. 30. “Jettison to Collection,” Casey Snyder’s
paintings explore the illusion of memory, through Aug. 30. “Platforms,” sculptures by Evan Reed blend architecture influenced by literature, through Aug. 30. 9 Hillyer Court NW; 202-338-0680, hillyerartspace.org.
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: “Barbara Kruger: Belief + Doubt,” the entire museum space — walls, floor, escalator sides — is wrapped in text on vinyl by the artist, immersing visitors in halls of voices that address conflicting perceptions of democracy, power and belief, indefinitely. “Black Box: Oliver Laric,” a video installation by the artist explores the concept of authenticity by examining the history CONTINUED ON PAGE 30
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Corcoran Gallery of Art: “American Journeys — Visions of Place,” a new installation of the museum’s pre-1945 American paintings and sculpture collection organized around the theme of the changing notion of place in the history of American art, indefinitely. “American Metal: The Art of Albert Paley,” an exhibition covering Paley’s 50-year career, from his time as a jeweler to his recent large-scale sculptural projects, through Sept. 28. “Mark Tribe: Plein Air,” this exhibition features works by Tribe that explore aerial landscape photography through computer simulation, through Sept. 28. “Sol LeWitt: Wall Drawing #65,” LeWitt’s piece, on loan from the National Gallery of Art, is displayed, through March 15. “Terra Firma: Landscapes From the Photography and Media Arts Collection,” a collection of 40 photographs and one video work related to landscape, through Sept. 28. 500 17th St. NW; 202-639-1700, corcoran.org.
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