Brad Slaugh is a bit of a jokester. You see it in the postcards for the semi-annual open studios event he runs at Poor Yorick Studios (which he has operated for 15+ years): the card inserts the skeleton of Denmark’s famous court jester into an iconic work of art; or […]
Utah is often spoken of as a cultural monolith, even a theocracy, where church and state are inexorably intertwined. While recent legislation reminds us of the enormous sway the hierarchy of the LDS church does exert over state politics, it should not be forgotten that there has also […]
A fondness for pina coladas and getting caught in the rain is the reason we see Brad Slaugh in front of the 5th in a series of night scenes he has been working on during the year he is spending walking around the hilltop towns in Central Colonial […]
It’s the Salt Lake Gallery Stroll tonight, and since we’re heading into the holiday season, you can expect to find a lot of group shows with small work out there. But that’s not the case at all the galleries. At Sugar Space you can catch the closing reception […]
At thirty-three feet long, Brad Slaugh’s Feast just barely fits into his studio. It may be the most monumental mural drawing created in Utah in recent years (1998). Pieced together from 48 pastel drawings, the work makes it difficult to achieve optimal viewing distance — even in the artist’s sizable […]
Tracy Strauss and Brad Slaugh, one of the artist couples featured in Carol Fulton’s article in this month’s edition of 15 Bytes, will be showing at the end of March in the Poor Yorick open studio event. In this 15 Bytes Extra, Carol takes a closer look at […]
Today is the Salt Lake County Art Committee’s Open House at the Salt Lake County Building (2100 South and State). Every year the County government provides money for the purchase of artwork to add to its public collection, begun in 1985. A volunteer committee, made up of artists, […]
A meandering in the thoughts and life of a 15 Bytes editor, including a coda, glossary and pronunciation guide and mention of artists as varied and talented as Brad Slaugh, John Erickson, Marjorie Mclure, Sandy Brunvand, Stefanie Dykes, Bob Kleinschmidt, Ed Bateman, and Amedeo Modigliani. An art police. […]
Salt Lake City artist Brad Slaugh On the Spot . . . 1) What are you reading lately? The New Yorker faithfully and four separate half-read books promiscuously: Everything and More: a History of Infinity by David Foster Wallace (bogged down in the math) A Heartbreaking Work of […]
by Kim Duffy photos by Jamie Clyde A number of Salt Lake City artists call 530 West 700 South their home. Brad Slaugh, who created the space, calls it Poor Yorick Studios. How came the studio to be named Poor Yorick? It’s named for King Hamlet’s jester Yorick, […]
Brad Slaugh is a Salt Lake City native and graduate of Boston University who paints in a unique photo irrealist style. He also runs Pragmatic Academy and Poor Yorick Studios.
