Utah Visual Arts articles published in 15 Bytes, arranged by category.
Day Christensen’s bronze sculpture of a giant Apricot near the corner of 500 North and 300 West has been installed for several months, but it was recently celebrated by Salt Lake City officials in conjunction with the opening of the public plaza the sculpture was commissioned to anchor. […]
A muse is what the ancient Greeks called it: the voice that inspires the artist. The Celts had Brigid. For the Christian artist, there’s the Holy Spirit. The Hindus have Saraswati. For Scotty Mitchell, the voices speaking to her came from an entire menagerie. “One morning, while drinking […]
In 1986, I toured a pair of museums on Trafalgar Square in London: the National Gallery, possibly the finest collection in an international field marked by many superb contenders, and the National Portrait Gallery, where I encountered a modern portrait that came to haunt me over the years. […]
In the vibrant streets of South Salt Lake, a new mural spans nearly 180 square meters, serving not only as a canvas of colors but as a medium for critical social commentary. The mural’s imagery is striking—figures wielding tools that symbolize the creation and manipulation of their own […]
“I see curation as a very collaborative process,” says Emily Lawhead, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts’ Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art. Off the bat, it’s clear that Lawhead’s approach to curation is abundantly refreshing and crystal clear. To Lawhead, curation is a communal practice, enlisting […]
You may already be familiar with McKay Lenker Bayer, or at least with her creative mind. She’s the one who decided you should get on your hands and knees with a magnifying glass to look at really small versions of art. What began as a class assignment, and […]
It’s appropriate—and one suspects not by chance—that Bunnie Reiss’ mural for the 2024 South Salt Lake Mural Fest faces the parking lot of Bjorn’s Brew (though it’s actually painted on the side of Elite Auto Sales, 2161 S. State Street). The mural’s themes of nature and animal companionship […]
Salt Lake City artist Trevor Dahl has had a busy year. First, there was his participation in Artists of Utah’s 35×35 show, then his two-person exhibition at FICE Gallery in March, and now his new mural, which just went up at South Salt Lake’s Mural Fest. His mural, […]
At the beginning of this century, webcams began to revolutionize the way we could experience the world: from our computer screens, at any given moment we could see what was happening at various points in the world. The view could be mundane or majestic, all depending on where […]
A late spring storm descended on northern Utah just as the foothills of the Wasatch Front were bursting into bright green and gardens all along the urban corridor were in full bloom. Chuck Berrett’s new mural wrapping three walls of the Cozy Coffee Lounge in South Salt Lake […]
The South Salt Lake skyline has been beautifully enhanced by a striking new mural that pays homage to cultural diversity and natural beauty. Created by Beau Graff, a Senegalese street artist, the mural features a powerful bust of a woman in a vibrant blue headscarf and earthy-toned jewelry, […]
Utah artist Jessica Wiarda has brought a captivating new mural to the South Salt Lake Mural Fest, strategically placed along the S Line (475 E. S Line Corridor). The mural bursts with energy, capturing dynamic imagery that celebrates her Hopi heritage from her matrilineal side. In Wiarda’s signature […]
Created in April, 2024, as part of South Salt Lake’s Mural Fest, this vibrant mural trumpets its joy alongside the State Street on ramp to I-80 east. Created by Egypt, originally from Los Angeles and now based in Arizona, this mural encapsulates the artist’s signature approach to portraiture […]
Ernesto Maranje, a mural artist celebrated for his unique ability to blend natural and mechanical elements, has created another captivating piece on the side of an apartment building in South Salt Lake. This mural features a large, detailed portrayal of a moose, intertwined with elements that showcase Maranje’s […]
Shiya Zeng exhibits unfamiliar magic around the perimeter of what I like to call the Sunset Gallery, at Finch Lane. Then, to show just how magical it is, she contrasts it with a relatively mundane counterpoint that appears to restore her audience to Salt Lake City, though to […]
At the Springville Art Museum’s 2023 Spiritual and Religious Art of Utah exhibition, among the hundreds of excellent works that found their way into what must be one of the largest exhibitions of recent art anywhere, one piece that stood out was by an artist unknown to me. […]
If the only John Wood painting in the gallery was “Shared Experience,” a casual viewer could be excused for thinking him a landscape painter in the Impressionist School. This panel, which is almost twice as wide as it is tall, seems to show a body of water, a […]
