Making Up Stories: Fatima Ronquillo at Meyer Gallery
Geoff Wichert daydreams about Fatima Ronquillo, whose works are on exhibit at Meyer Gallery beginning Friday, March 30.
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Geoff Wichert objects to the term critic. He would rather be thought of as a advocate on behalf of those he writes about.
Full Steam Ahead: Laura Sharp Wilson at House Gallery
If you’re wondering what to see during Gallery Stroll this evening, take a look at Geoff Wichert’s preview of the Laura Sharp Wilson retrospective at House Gallery.
You’ve Got Art: FAX at the UMOCA
by Geoff Wichert What is the FAX machine? It’s a teleportation device. It’s the beginning of the Internet! —Aaron Moulton, Senior Curator of Exhibitions, UMOCA, in an interview on KCPW. Aaron Moulton is wrong about the relation of the Fax, or facsimile machine, to the Internet. While the […]
Brian Usher and Teresa Kalnoskas
Geoff Wichert traces the search for form in exhibits by Brian Usher and Teresa Kalnoskas at Park City’s Julie Nester Gallery.
Peeking Into the Palace of Art
Gallery group shows recall double bills at the movies: if the contrast between artists contributes to a better understanding of each other’s works, or resonances enrich a common sense of purpose, the group show serves artists and audience alike. For the arts writer, though, they present a […]
Dayle Record at Charley Hafen
For most photographers, finding the right moment to press the shutter is crucial. Dayle Record, whose large, color photographs of the Great Salt Lake, Singular Images: The Lake I Love, are currently on display in Charley Hafen’s cozy, brick-and-glass jewel box of a gallery, handles the critical moment like a painter who first draws her subject, then waits until the sun is right to limn the light and capture the defining moment.
New Frontier 12
A review of Sundance’s new media exhibition New Frontier 12 at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art.
Philip Glass Turns 75
Throughout history, success has often been linked in the popular imagination with unfair choices: Alexander the Great had to choose a brief life and undying fame or a long life in unending obscurity. Talented women have usually had to choose between art and family. In our era, the […]
EVOLUTION (MEGAPLEX): Part of New Frontier 12 at UMOCA
Context: from Friday, January 20 through Saturday, May 19, the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (formerly the Salt Lake Art Center) will be presenting New Frontier 12, an extension of the Sundance Film Festival. During this time visitors will experience the best efforts of today’s video artists to […]
Jorge Rojas: Waxworks
Geoff Wichert reviews Jorge Rojas’ exhibit of wax encased works now up at Mestizo Gallery.
Maximilian Werner’s Crooked Creek
Review of Crooked Creek, the newly published novel by University of Utah professor Maximilian Werner.
Stopping in at Jimmie’s
Geoff Wichert takes a look at the incarnation of Jimmie’s at the Westgate Lofts.
Frank McEntire’s reliQUERIES
Geoff Wichert previews Frank McEntire’s reliQUIERIES exhibit, up this month at Nox Contemporary.
Jim Williams: The Beginning of Now
For years Jim Williams has been turning every inch of his house into a work of art. For one week a portion of it comes into public view.
What We’re Working On
The most exciting art event of the past month, the one that drew the largest, broadest, and most enthusiastic crowd of Utah art lovers—young and old, amateurs and pros, from those who can’t stop making art to those who just love to look—wasn’t the opening of an […]
The Smithson Effect
Geoff Wichert’s review of the exhibition at the UMFA.
Rio Gallery’s Homage
In an exhibit at Salt Lake’s Rio Gallery thirty Utah artists say thank you.
Eric Samuelsen’s Borderlands
A review of Eric Samuelsen’s Borderlands, the sold-out play now at Plan B Theatre.
Imitation: What We’re Working On
If you follow our daily posts you might have noticed the Deseret News article cited in yesterday’s Mixed Media that considers two Salt Lake exhibitions under a common theme: inspiration. Because we save the good stuff for our monthly edition, the dailies and weeklies occasionally scoop us, at […]
