by Geoff Wichert Art Czar, a recent biography of the dominant critic of modern American art, is sub-titled “The Rise and Fall of Clement Greenberg.” I take pleasure in these words, and particularly in the word fall. Every critic dies, every critic is diminished by subsequent discourse; but […]
[portfolio_slideshow] December 29th marked the end of Park City’s autumnal hibernation. Every fall, after a relatively busy summer season climaxing with the frenzy of the Park City Arts Festival, Summit County’s art scene settles, like the bears who used to roam their mountains, for a period of denning, […]
“Capybara Walls and Painting with the Emotionally Ill” is the “tongue-in-cheek” working title for Layne Mecham’s upcoming show at Palmers Gallery, January 19 through February 9, 2007 (Capybara Walls is the gallery title). Mecham is a first class abstract expressionist, a paint slinger who attacks the canvas with […]
[portfolio_slideshow] Alder’s Accounts Tales of LeConte Stewart LeConte Stewart is one of my favorite early Utah artists and regrettably I never met him, even though he only passed away in 1990. I do have a couple of close friends who knew him quite well and between them, regular […]
The December 2006 edition of 15 Bytes features: Jim Rennert’s Studio Space | About Us | On The Spot page 2 The Photographs of Amy Jorgensen page 3 Brian Kershisnik’s Nativity | In Memoriam: Ted Wassmer page 4 Stories of LeConte Stewart | Visual Shock: Recently Read page […]
The November 2006 edition of 15 Bytes features: Charley Snow’s Studio Space | About Us | On The Spot page 2 Sucec, Griffiths, Alvey, Erdmann| Utah 2006: Fine Crafts & Photography page 3 Corey Strange & Robert Taplin| Bluff Art Festival | In Plain Site page 4 Why […]
Feature: Alder’s Accounts Art That’ll Spook You by Tom Alder It may come as no surprise to most Utahns that we are ingrained with superstitions, folklore and other lies—oh, that sounds terrible. After all, most folklore is true, right? Perhaps it is because Utah remains the “Crossroads of […]
The October 2006 edition of 15 Bytes features: Leigh-North Gallery | Shawn Rossiter on the spot | Downtown Rising? page 2 Bryan Larsen Artist Profile | Fall Arts Festivals page 3 Trent Call’s Swinj No.6 | Alder’s Halloween Accounts page 4 Candida Hofer | Photography & The Occult […]
Provo is getting serious about art in its downtown. This summer, the Provo Downtown Business Alliance announced the unveiling of 14 new sculptures in the downtown area. On Aug. 11, the Business Alliance announced the commissioning of a new 75-foot mural to grace the walls of Bingham Cyclery. […]
by Kent Rigby Emerging artists, particularly in the literary world, are sometimes referred to as “young lions,” an appropriate term, given their youthful strength, singleness of purpose and ravenous appetites. Such traits can be equated with young lions out on the prowl, looking for their first “kill.” Young […]
“You just won ten thousand dollars!” Eighty-five artists hoped to receive that bit of good news this July as they anticipated the results of the Utah Arts Council’s Fellowship Competition. And 2006 marks the year of the $10,000 Fellowship Award. Prior to recent board approval, the Fellowship Award […]
photos by Tami Baum When Andrew Smith’s father, well-known sculptor Denis Smith, sold his house in Highland a couple of years ago, it meant not only that Andrew would be losing his childhood home; it also meant he would be losing his studio, which he shared with his father. Andrew […]
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