Utah Exhibition Reviews published in 15 Bytes, Utah’s art magazine, including reviews of local Utah artists, regional artists, group exhibitions and traveling exhibits of national and international artists.
Being the gentleman that I am, I’ll begin with the ladies first. And if I call a certain group of ladies now showing at Patrick Moore Gallery “broads,” it is not because my standard of gentlemanly conduct has suffered any impairment from opening too many spring-loaded doors; it is because […]
The late Weber State University professor of art, Doyle Strong, had a powerful impact on generations of Utah artists who came of age during the four decades when he was active as an instructor. Opening this weekend at Ogden’s Universe City, Strong’s Legacy will exhibit the work of […]
Last year, Park City’s The Kimball Art Center introduced its first Arte Latino, an exhibition and celebration of Latino art and culture. The second installment of this annual event, Arte Latino; A Celebration of Latino Art in Utah is now on display in all galleries of the Center. […]
by Emily Chaney It’s Saturday, March 18th. Leaving my sweats, television, and usual married-Saturday-night at home, I venture onto Park City’s Main Street. Starting at the top of the street and walking down, I end up in front of Chester’s Blacksmith clothing store. The large windows display images […]
A local Salt Lake City artist has been giving artwork away for free — up to one hundred pieces last year alone. But you won’t find any of that work around town. It has been going to the UK, Australia, Hong Kong and all over the United States. […]
If you haven’t been to the UMFA in a while (and, well, there’s good reason – it’s the only art museum in the state that charges regular admission fees!) then make March your month to go. If you time things right, you will not only be able […]
Walter Benjamin laments, in his essay “The Work of Art in the Age of Its Reproducibility”, that modern works of art have lost their “aura.” Modern images, Benjamin states, no longer have the ability to inspire or create awe in their viewers. . . and I was beginning […]
Lindey Carter, currently showing her work at Phillips Gallery, is one of the gallery director’s happy discoveries. Meri DeCaria came across Carter’s watercolors at the Ogden Farmer’s Market one day and knew she wanted to represent her work. Carter, the triple great-granddaughter of pioneer artist C.C.A. Christensen, grew […]
At first sight, Sean Morello’s two-dimensional works seem too slight to support a title that properly belongs to an encyclopedia. But to view What Art Is as a summary is to look through the wrong end of the telescope. Morello, like Art Danto in “The Transfiguration of […]
“Fritz-followers” were excited to learn of Aaron Fritz’s new one man show at Wasatch Frame Shop, and were lined up and waiting on opening day for a chance to nab a new original. Gallery owner and director Bill Barron explains: “Fritz has a tremendous following considering he’s only […]
by Chris Brooks, Kent Rigby & Shawn Rossiter In the art world, Utah has a reputation as a state of superb landscape painters. Some people are afraid that is the only reputation it has. Though the number of professional and amateur artists working with the landscape may outnumber any […]
For the next six weeks, the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art will transport you to the counter-culture of the 1950s and 60s beat generation. The Museum, located on the Utah State University campus in Logan, is hosting the traveling exhibit Semina Culture: Wallace Berman and His Circle […]
by Tom Hunter Royden Card roams the deserts of Utah with a sketchbook, carving art from the rugged redrock landscape. Winds, rocks and sun are his silent partners as he explores the desert, looking for inspiration. Then, an ocotillo plant shivers in the breeze and waves its long […]
In December, Deseret News art editor Dave Gagon wrote on the Springville Museum of Art’s annual Spiritual and Religious Exhibition. In the piece, Gagon mentioned “Improper Use May Result in Injury or Death,” a work by sculptor Adam Bradshaw that was pulled from the juried exhibition and which […]
I. If it has become a cliché that art usurps the place in modern life once held by religion, it’s an ironic cliché, for of all the subjects and sources of our art, religion is surely one of the least respected. In fact, in its purest sense […]
by Chris Brooks The Art Access galleries this month present two exhibitions that reveal the unique and dual nature of this non-profit organization. Art Access is about providing underserved communities and individuals with disabilities access to the arts. In other words, giving those found on the outside access […]
Salt Lake area artists are very fortunate to have great non-profit galleries to exhibit their work in. Finch Lane Gallery has been one of the most coveted fine art venues for more years than most of the artists that exhibit there have been on the planet, let […]
