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UCACA purchases Sri Whipple drawing

Clash of the Titans by Sri Whipple

Clash of the Titans by Sri Whipple

UCACA, the Utah Committee for the Advocacy of Contemporary Art, has purchased its first piece of art, a drawing by Sri Whipple. The group now seeks to place the drawing in a public collection somewhere in the state.

Founded in 2006, UCACA’ s mission is to increase the proportion of contemporary art on view in public collections in Utah. Traditionally, decisions about what artwork to acquire for  collections have been made by non-artists. UCACA, whose membership is open to both artists and non-artists,  seeks to contribute an artist’s perspective to the process of deciding what artwork is displayed in public venues.
Each year, UCACA members contribute funds and select a contemporary work by a Utah artist to donate to a public collection in the state. The organization’s first meeting of 2008 is February 13th at 6 pm. Artists and representatives of public collections interested in participating in the process can view the drawing at www.ucaca.org or contact UCACA through its President, Trent Thursby Alvey 801-550-1548 trentalvey@xmission.com.

Sri Whipple was born in 1973 in Los Angeles and raised in Utah’s Salt Lake valley since the age of three.  From youth he had a keen interest in art history with a heavy lean towards the masters (Caravagio, Vermeer, Bosch, VanDyke, etc…). Whipple’s obsession with the masters has always been balanced with a love of pop culture, comic books and animation.  After graduating from the University of Utah in 2000 with a BFA in fine art, with an emphasis in painting and drawing, he worked to marry the two traditions. Whipple says, “In my art I unite the masters’ craft and symbolic narratives with cartoon surrealism and subconscious mysticism to create esoteric metaphors for the modern Man”. He can be contacted at 801-808-5876, sriwhipple@gmail.com or at the Captain Captain Studios on 825s. 500w. in SLC, Ut. .

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