Of the dominant themes in Rudy Fig's paintings, which is sweeter? The young girls -- all glossed-lips, dotted beauty marks and thin necks hugged by chokers? Or the gooey treats -- drippy hot fudge, ice cream scoops and frosted cupcakes? The two combine in Fig's work to produce a rotten-cavity feel, evidenced by the skulls-and-death imagery hidden in her scenes. A 19-year-old "art college flunkie," Fig got noticed last winter by art juggernaut Emma Berg, and was offered a spot in the Fox Tax Gallery's Art-A-Whirl event. For her new show opening at the Argyle Zebra (AZ) Gallery, her candy girls take on a nautical theme. "I pretty much painted for 22 days straight, and it was terrible," Fig says. "I totally didn't go outside to play at all in the month of July." A bit of revelry is long overdue for Fig, so the opening reception should be a blast.

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This traveling group exhibition features experimental printmaking techniques; the twist is that they're done by artists who don't consider themselves printmakers. More than 20 national and international artists -- including a collaboration by Mike Cina and Mike Young of Minneapolis-based graphic design company WeWorkForThem -- contributed a print to the show. Curated by L.A.'s Foundation Projects, the show explores how commercial artmaking processes inform more traditional methods of printmaking and encourages experimentation with traditional fine-art printmaking techniques, such as lithography, etching and block printing. (Free opening reception 8-11 p.m. Saturday 08/02.)

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