St. George
December 6, 2024 – March 8, 2025
Opening Reception:
- Date: Saturday, December 14, 2024
- Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
The St. George Art Museum is proud to present Sacred Landscapes by Gilmore Scott, a Diné (Navajo) artist celebrated for his vibrant, dreamlike paintings that blend traditional Native American motifs with elements of abstraction and representation.
Gilmore Scott’s work honors the natural world through stylized, playful forms and an extant color palette. From the heat of the desert floor to agave plants and coyotes adorned with constellations, his paintings serve as visual meditations on the beauty and power of nature. Scott’s repetitive use of line and color brings an energetic force to his canvases, fusing tradition with innovation.
Conceptually rooted in Navajo traditions, Scott’s work transcends aesthetics by highlighting the challenges faced by Indigenous communities while celebrating their resilience and contributions to American culture.
Location:
St. George Art Museum
175 East 200 North, St. George, UT 84770
Hours:
- Monday – Saturday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Closed Sundays
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I don’t think it gets any better than this. On one end of the spectrum, an Impressionist shows us what we see . . . mist, dust, sunlight, surface, and shadow. The veil. On Scott’s side, we see what we know lies hidden in Nature. We see it with the clarity of a vision. He pierces the veil to represent knowledge, whether scientific, or spiritual, or both. Water droplets are spherical . . . put enough together and you get a cloud, but the spheres in the cloud also recall the water cycle . . . rain fall, thirsty living creatures, downstream by gravity, more life in the ocean, evaporation at every point, windblown clouds, and again, rain fall. Color is a code. Perspective is a code. Taxonomy is a code. It’s all here. Take a deep breath and you can smell the water and the dust, partners in a miracle. It’s the desert, where Nature goes naked, offering to share.