Contemporary Art in Rural Utah
The CUAC is evicted and Green River’s Epicenter hosts Richard Saxton’s multi-media project The Majestics.
Christian Jankowski’s Casting Jesus
Images of Christ are abundant in residences worldwide, with various styles and portraits to choose from. But how much do we really think about the inspiration for such images? Because Christian imagery has become standard, viewers seldom think of the contemporary ‘industry’ of religious art. In the documentary […]
superHUMAN and New Mystics at the CUAC
Geoff Wichert examines two new shows at the CUAC that explore works that tap into various cultural narratives, from the super heroes of comic books to the mystic shamans of primitive cultures.
Sweetness Sells: Heather Barron at Phillips Gallery
Ehren Clark wonders what it is about Heather Barron’s paintings that makes her one of the best-selling artists in town.
Triffids Land at Leonardo
Philip Beesley’s installation at The Leonardo may not always work as hoped, but Alexandra Karl still finds the work enchanting. Read her article in the July 2012 edition of 15 Bytes.
Richard Russell’s Shakespeare
You can see his works this summer at the Utah Shakespeare Festival. Read what it took to get them there in the July 2012 edition of 15 Bytes.
Gallery Fare at the Festival
by Geoff Wichert I’m suspicious of anything calling itself an art festival. It doesn’t really matter whether it’s Pasadena’s world-renowned Pageant of the Masters, with dressed-up volunteers posed in three-dimensional tableaus based on famous paintings, or the local fair, anywhere, at which children get their faces painted while […]
Mestizo’s Dollar Daze
Read Geoff Wichert’s review of Esperanza Cortes’ and Michael Pribich’s Dollar Daze at Mestizo Art.
David Baddley’s Not Home
David Baddley’s Not Home exhibit is reviewed by Alexandra Karl.
Alpine Art’s Best in Show
We love our furry friends. Pedigreed pooch or rescued mutt, feisty feline or handsome horse – pets come in all shapes, sizes, and species, and artists participating in this month’s exhibit at Alpine Art capture pets’ personalities in paint and photography. A portion of all proceeds from the […]
Brian Christensen at Finch Lane
A review of Brian Christensen’s exhibit of sculptures and installations at Finch Lane Gallery.
Claudia Sisemore and Friends
Though over the past couple of years we’ve been able to capture interviews with a number of Utah artists, we have a ways to go before we’ll catch up with Claudia Sisemore.
Daniel Everett at the UMFA
Travel should change your vision. So should an art exhibit. When the two combine, well . . . life is good. I recently spent time in Cyprus, a trip that serendipitously served as a fruitful primer for the Daniel Everett exhibit now up at the UMFA. Cyprus is […]
The Eye of the Beholder: Actual and Alternate Awards at the Spring Salon
I’ve been in conversations where artist friends tried to figure out the best way to get into juried shows. I was surprised to learn it’s not simply a matter of what they consider to be their “best” work. Eager to get into prestigious shows, and hopefully win an […]
Jeffrey Hale’s Portraits
Ehren Clark sits down with Jeffrey Hale to talk about his approach to portraiture.
The Puzzle Pair: Linnie Brown and Marinus Wolf’s Crossword Craze
Father and daughter artists Linnie Brown and Marinus E. Wolf base their current show, Related, on the theme of crosswords. Their paired pieces illustrate questions and answers from the trivial puzzles, one artist exploring the answer as the other poses the clue. It all started from Linnie’s opinion of […]
Mary Toscano’s Worry Lines
A review on Mary Toscano’s Worry Lines at the Main Library. It’s all about space.
Joe Carter’s Sentimental Journey
Manufactured objects begin their existences already possessing—and possessed by—a history. Even the latest digital wonder evokes a potential deluge of memory: early computers, radios, land lines, and wind-up phonographs are just some of the connections the latest cell phone may make. Earlier machines project memory in both directions: […]
Glimpses of Decoration and Life: Ric Blackerby and Mary Boerens Sinner at Art Access
Geoff Wichert muses on decoration, craft, art and life with a review of Ric Blackerby and Mary Boerens Sinner at Art Access.
