Art x NW: In Seattle, sculptures that speak ‘American Vernacular’

Art x NW: In Seattle, sculptures that speak ‘American Vernacular’

In the new show at the Frye Art Museum, one room is laid out like a church. A grove of wooden pews — with curiously upholstered seats — faces a large illuminated sign that flashes red, white and blue. The bulbs are LED emergency lights, arranged in the pattern of an American flag. But the stars and stripes keep shifting … to a cross, a snake eating its own tail and other symbols, as Erykah Badu’s “On & On” plays from a speaker.Art x NW (formerly…