Utah Visual Arts articles published in 15 Bytes, arranged by category.
Less than a century ago, Abstract Expressionism brought the United States squarely into the dramatic center of world art for the first time. Pollock, de Kooning, Kline, Motherwell, Mitchell, and their peers formed the spine of a reinvention that evolved from the earlier revolt of Picasso, Matisse, Miro, […]
Skippy, Stinky, Rootie, Panama, and Tulula are just a few of the very colorful characters that inhabit Tim Peterson’s relief prints, on display Jan. 17 – Feb. 18 at the Salt Lake City Main Library. You’ll want to go to the reception on Jan. 22 to learn the […]
In Tyler Swain’s paintings, a peach or apple will receive the same devoted gaze as one might find in the portrait of a loved one. Whether single pieces of fruit, or pairs and trios of produce, his still-life paintings raise these simple natural objects into icons of visual […]
In this high-paced society today, it is easy to feel lost in the ever-changing culture surrounding us. Advances in technology bring us together in many ways yet also keep us from connecting to the world around us in a more traditional sense. This inevitability of change in […]
“Sights & Sounds” by Daniel Roache, at the Utah School for the Deaf & Blind in Salt Lake City The artists who recently completed three public-art projects for the state of Utah appear to be as interested in the possibilities found in the sheer scope of the works […]
by Frank McEntire“Whimsical and humorous or elegant and monumental, Richard Johnston’s sculptures are always refined. Seemingly unyielding metals are finessed to draw out their cool, flexible, even fluid character. With considerable attention to detail, the artist delights in inventive points of articulation: notches cut in the metal, circular […]
“Morning’s Table,” 28″ x 28″ oil Home-decor magazines, with their adoption of the fruit still life as a staple of “kitchen art,” may have dulled our appreciation for the dynamic, emotional, and thrilling aspects of produce-based subjects, but Springville artist Leslie Duke, with her intricate mark-making and lively […]
by Sherl Gillilan William Henry Dethlef Koerner (American, born in Germany, 1878–1938), Madonna of the Prairie, 1921, oil on canvas, 43.5 x 35.5 inches (frame), Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, Wyoming, USA, Museum purchase, 25.77 I am not a western art aficionado, maybe because I’ve lived […]
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“Resonating Nexus,” by Wendy Wischer, West Valley City. Courtesy the artist. University of Utah sculpture intermedia professor Wendy Wischer has been chosen as one of Epicenter’s Frontier Fellows in the eighth year of the program. Fellows come from a variety of disciplines and include designers, poets, visual artists and folklorists. […]
Hayden Gunter holds a handmade decoration destined for the Utah tree. For almost a century the lighting of the National Christmas Tree in President’s Park in Washington, D.C., has been a part of the American holiday tradition, and this year, as part of the 95th Tree Lighting display, […]
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Photo by Chiana Rossiter, December 2017. Created in November 2017 by Salt Lake City artist Josh Scheuerman, this mural stretches along an entire building on 800 South and features the colorful redrock landscape of Bears Ears. Discover more art with our Art Lake City map In Plain SiteWith […]
Anna Betbeze’s hide-like abstractions in Dark Sun cling to UMOCA’s gallery walls, sagging slightly as they loom over the viewer with a deranged, yet mysteriously beautiful presence. Betbeze’s irregular painting surfaces are wool rugs that the artist burns, tatters and douses with ink and industrial acid-dyes. Vibrant colors […]
The Statewide Annual Exhibition invites all Utah artists to submit their work—the art itself, not slides—the accepted works to be shown as a group in the Rio Gallery. Each year’s exhibit tackles a loosely defined subset of art, three or four specified media, all work made in the […]
James and Mirabel Rees In the rush of the holiday season it can be easy to get caught up in the commercialization of the winter. However, the holidays are also the best part of the year to spend time with family, express gratitude, and look for ways to […]
One of the many benefits of a juried exhibition that pulls from artists across the country is the potential for variety in the technique and motivation displayed. As The University of Utah’s biennial PaperWest exhibition comes to a close this month, we’re reminded of that potential through work that ranges […]
Compiling faculty shows is a balancing act between honoring the artists’ personal styles and still telling a story with an exhibition. An artistic gem in this genre can be found in Sanpete County, in the form of the 2017 Snow College Visual Arts Faculty Biennial Exhibition. It’s a hodgepodge […]
“After the Flood” ca. 1940, oil on board, 28″ x 36″ Winston Churchill, who wrote history when he wasn’t busy making it, once quipped that history is written by the victors. He might have written instead that it is only through the writing of history that a victory […]
