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December 2011
Utah's Art Magazine: Published by Artists of Utah
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530 North 500 West, Salt Lake City, photo by Laura and Matt Chiodo
50 W. Truman Ave., Salt Lake City, photo by Laura and Matt Chiodo
370 South 500 East, Salt Lake City, photo by Laura and Matt Chiodo
2nd Ave. and G street, Salt Lake City, photo by Laura and Matt Chiodo
Smoke Break 418 East 300 South, Salt Lake City, photo by Laura and Matt Chiodo
Ensign Floral 500 South 600 East, Salt Lake City, photo by Laura and Matt Chiodo
530 North 500 West, Salt Lake City, photo by Laura and Matt Chiodo

In Plain Site: Salt Lake City
Art Lake City
Discover the Artistic Side of Salt Lake City


This month, Laura and Matt Chiodo, curators at Salt Lake's Alpine Art, hit the streets of Salt Lake, cameras in hand, to capture the lively street art scene around the capitol city.

Discovering the art all around you is the impetus behind our new project, ART LAKE CITY, an extension of our In Plain Site series. This month we'll be busy uploading the images from this series to a new website where you'll be able to search neighborhoods in Salt Lake City and discover great art -- street art, official public art projects, yard art and more -- around every corner. This will be the groundwork for our Art Lake City app, which will be rolling out in 2012. The beta version of the app will use GPS technology on your smart phone to identify your location; then the app will provide you with a map of the area, identifying nearby art, including our images and history of the art. And that will be just the beginning of a powerful tool that will help tourists and locals alike discover the artistic side of Salt Lake City, and eventually all of Utah.

City Academy 200 South 550 East, Salt Lake City, photo by Laura and Matt Chiodo
 
House of Chuckles 240 East 300 South, Salt Lake City, photo by Laura and Matt Chiodo
House of Chuckles 240 East 300 South, Salt Lake City, photo by Laura and Matt Chiodo
 
House of Chuckles 240 East 300 South, Salt Lake City, photo by Laura and Matt Chiodo
Yardstick 50 East 300 South, Salt Lake City, photo by Laura and Matt Chiodo
 
House of Chuckles 240 East 300 South, Salt Lake City, photo by Laura and Matt Chiodo
Yardstick 50 East 300 South, Salt Lake City, photo by Laura and Matt Chiodo
Yardstick 50 East 300 South, Salt Lake City, photo by Laura and Matt Chiodo

On the Spot
Salt Lake's Jared Clark


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eRight now at my bedside there is evidence that I have been reading The Brothers Karamazov, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Roald Dahl: Tales of the Unexpected, and a biography, Benjamin Franklin: An American Life.

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Over my mantel sits a heavy diptych I made years ago by cutting and mounting an old rusting steel billboard onto old plywood panels. Originally it was 10 X 12 feet and made of 18 panels and painted with white out and beeswax - so these two are the last in my possession. I sold the rest off cheap when i moved out to grad school in 2005 to afford gas for the Uhaul. There is also a strange sculpture by Brian Christensen (BYU Sculpture Professor), a non-life-size elephant made of marble, an equally small elephant made of painted plywood, and things related to the two cellos in the house like sheet music, rosin, and bows.


I got to catch Christian Marclay's "The Clock" at the LACMA this summer. I was excited to get the chance after hearing about it from friends in New York when it was first shown and then the buzz about it at the Venice Bienale. It's a 24 hour video piece that collages film segments of clocks, watches, and time references and it is all synced with real time. It's completely mesmerizing and difficult to tear yourself away. I hope to someday watch the other 23.4 hours I missed.

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design elementMy first thought was DeKooning but that's because I was just reading about his MOMA retrospective and want to go there. If I think about it the answer is....Chagall. I would love to meet him and sit for him while he gave me grandfatherly advice about life and love in his happy Russian accent. I'd like to see what distortions he would make and if he added any floating items to the painting. Speaking of distortions Answer #2 is Alice Neel. Answer #3 is the great Bruce Smith (x-BYU Professor).

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design elementMy parents weren't much for hanging art but my father, being an archaeologist, had this large rubbing on canvas of a carved stone artifact from Mexico that was framed and hung in our home since my earliest memories. It proved to me the mythos of my father-as-Indiana-Jones. It's still up and I still believe in my father's exciting secret life as Indiana.

 
15 Bytes: About Us
Our editorial contributors this edition
Simon BlundellSimon Blundell is a Salt Lake native and has studied art, communication, journalism, design, and advertising. He has a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) and continues to explore photography and art in all its aspects. He loves music, literature, film, good food, travel, and motorcycles.

Laura and Matt Chiodo Laura and Matt Chiodo have lived in Salt Lake for six years, having moved back after art school in Southern California. Matt is currently the Gallery Curator for Alpine Art.


Ehren ClarkEhren Clark studied art history at both the University of Utah and the University of Reading in the UK. He is now a professional writer.


John HughesJohn Hughes is an award-winning artist and teacher who has been painting the landscape both in and out of the studio since 1983. He maintains a studio in Taylorsville and teaches students in private workshops and in a course at Salt Lake Community College.


Gerry JohnsonGerry Johnson was an engineer in a past life. A former film, now digital photographer, his work over the last 3 years has been "to capture the 'moments of beauty' that surround each of us in our daily lives, and present them to the viewer in a way that they can also experience the spirit of beauty."

Sue MartinSue Martin holds an M.A. in Theatre and has worked in public relations. As an artist, she works in watercolor, oil, and acrylic to capture Utah landscapes or the beauty of everyday objects in still life.


Edward ReichelEdward Reichel, author, writer and composer, served for many years as the primary music critic for the Deseret News, and currently writes for a number of publications including Chamber Music America. He holds a Ph.D. in composition from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Zoe RodriguezZoe Rodriguez, a native of San Francisco, is a full-time photographer and designer. She is currently working on What I Thought I Saw, a book project that challenges our perceptions of how we see people.

Shawn RossiterShawn Rossiter, a native of Boston, grew up on the East Coast. He has degrees in English, French and Italian Literature. He dropped out of a Masters program in Contemporary Literature to pursue a career as an artist. He founded Artists of Utah in 2001 and is editor of its magazine, 15 Bytes.


Sarah ThompsonSarah Thompson is a retired physician and psychiatrist, as well as a writer and a fan of the arts. Her writing has been published in a variety of magazines and textbooks and she is currently working on a short story and a novel.

Will ThompsonWill Thompson is a local photographer who specializes in work that is textural, intimate, and speaks to the space in our subconscious that seeks peace and tranquility. His work ranges from portraiture to abstract fine art.
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