The new gallery season celebrations continue tomorrow, with openings galore. If you can't make the parties at night, take a Saturday afternoon stroll and check out the shows that opened last week.

Friday

>> Lycra's not just for undergarments anymore — now it's art! Visit Project 4 and see how Alex Gutierrez turns ass-molding spandex into a site-specific installation that is "a sort of 'bodyscape' architecture ... that is both prison-like and protective." Who doesn't want to be incarcerated in synthetic materials? Opening reception 6 to 8:30 p.m.

>> If you prefer your art accompanied by incomprehensible theory-laden explanations, Erik Sandberg's "unsettlingly abstract yet immediate and corporeal presences that evoke pictorial tension between the representation of solid three-dimensional form and the painterly articulation of surface qualities," should fit the bill, at Conner Contemporary. Joe Ovelman has the perfect companion exhibit with, no kidding, Sharpie sketches in the back gallery. 6 to 8 p.m.

Saturday

The galleries of 14th Street, which they've now dubbed the Arts Corridor, are making it easy for you to get your Recommended Daily Allowance of contemporary art by holding joint receptions Saturday night, including a party right on the street. All are 6 to 9 p.m.

>> Hemphill Fine Arts is opening an exhibition with two very different artists. Robin Rose makes fascinating patterns with encaustic, or hot wax painting, on aluminum hexcel panels. And this is apparently the weekend for new media, because this is the second time I've had to find a link for alternative manufactured materials. Then there's Sharon Sanderson, whose silkscreen designs (pictured) are practically ready-made for all you ironic T-shirt wearers.

>> No longer accosted by garish signs for mayoral candidates, what's a city-goer to look at on her way about town? Street Scenes, a new public art project, is here to save us from dreary corporate ads by plastering trucks with paintings, videos, and poetry by well-known local artists. See them stationed between P and Q for the reception, but keep your eye open for them roaming the streets later. Though you've missed the fundraiser, see their Web site for donation info for this worthy arts project, and maybe you can even convince the generous Kriston Capps to extend his offer to match donations.

>> Adamson Gallery has an exhibit for those of you who didn't get enough William Wegman at the ongoing Smithsonian American Art Museum show. His popular Weimaraners steal the show with adorable gazes, stretching yawns, and ... enormous leaves on their heads.

>> Married artists Shelia and Nicholas Pye show two films and five photographs (Silent Flurry pictured) at the Curator's Office. Power struggles, dependency, manipulation, and all that fun stuff that comes with contractual monogamy is depicted in art that curator (and Assistant Curator at the Hirshhorn) Kristen Hileman describes as "someone prying your eyelids apart to lick the lens through which you view the world." Sign me up!

>> Socio-political is the key word at G Fine Art. Louis Cameron's carefully crafted military ribbons, mocking color terror chart, and mesmerizing video montage of American flags are the reflection of the new language we've adopted over the last five years. Instead of reflecting, John Beech re-interprets our everyday images into minimalized versions, by painting over urban scenes.

>> Since Irvine Contemporary's new show opened last weekend, you can stop by this gallery all day and into the evening reception. Teo González, who also has work in Corcoran's ongoing Redefined show, presents new paintings that look like rivers of amoebae lazily colliding with each other. If you're the OCD kind, let us know if there really are 226,085 Drops. In the back gallery, Iñigo Navarro Dávila presents his colorful photomontages of people playing with, hurting, watching, and confronting one another.

>> Transformer, whose exhibit we noted last week, is also participating in the joint reception.

And don't forget Flashpoint gallery's new show, which we reviewed last week.