Utah Visual Arts articles published in 15 Bytes, arranged by category.
by amanda moore 15 Bytes sat down with the four major candidates in the Salt Lake City mayoral race to get their views on arts in Salt Lake City. We asked each of them the same set of questions, and although each expressed general support, their answers varied […]
Bevan Chipman, a friend to many of us at 15 Bytes and a champion of the visual arts in Utah, died Saturday after a long struggle with prostate cancer. You can view some of his paintings at his website. Read about his role as a collector here and as […]
Art Access is a gallery with a purpose: a mission abbreviated in its name and personified by the photo of collaborating artists Joe Adams and Brian Kershisnik displayed in their foyer. Yet because of the generous interpretation of that goal—a reading as broad-minded as the mission itself—pursued by director […]
Most of us who live along the Wasatch Front are familiar with Kimball Junction, located at the site of the original Kimball Ranch in Summit County. A white frame house which can be seen from I-80, and is adjacent to the main sandstone Kimball home, was used as […]
What’s your idea of eating out? Do you hit the drive-thru window while you’re out running errands? Do you wait in long lines, grab your food, find a seat and then shovel it in before you need to hit your next destination? Or maybe you try to enjoy […]
by Zoe Rodriguez I’ve loved Joseph Alleman’s work ever since I came across it three years ago, so I thought I knew what his Logan studio would look like. Super tall ceilings, white walls and big windows… something you’d see in a magazine, I guess. I was dead […]
You can find Salt Lake City artist Karl Pace in his studio at the Poor Yorick Open Studio, September 28th & 29th. What hangs above your mantel? The artwork above my mantel changes frequently, but usually there is a monotype that my wife, Martha Klein, has done or a […]
The art of the Western world has thrived because it has existed in a generally recognized and appreciated visual vocabulary. Generally speaking, a Carravagio will elicit similar effects from most viewers. A Raphael will allow reverence, a Rembrandt awe and wonder. Poussin is calm. David conveys intense desire to act, […]
Many are aware of classical art, but most are unaware of the fullness of the tradition, whose elements are so fundamental to the basic structure of painting, sculpture, and architecture. It was a tradition that had its genesis with the Greeks, the Romans, subsequently the Renaissance revival, and […]
by Sean Francis One of the most magnificent works in the retrospective of visionary artist Benson Whittle now at The Museum of History and Art in Fairview is a wooden screen/pierced relief that treats a deep and ancient myth: Apollo’s thwarted pursuit of Daphne. Carved and coaxed out from a […]
Friends compare her to the Travelocity Gnome, the red-capped garden figurine that appears in travel snapshots all over the world in the company’s ad campaign. Wong is more local than her bearded counterpart, but equally ubiquitous. Wherever she goes she is herding people (friends or strangers) into groups, […]
On July 18th, Tom Alder, Vice President of Zions Bank Private Mortgage Banking, played host to over twenty-five artists, art lovers and art professionals at the Zions Bank headquarters in downtown Salt Lake City. Alder, who writes a regular feature for 15 Bytes, invited contributors to the ezine […]
Doug Braithwaite is known around the state for his plein-air landscape paintings, which have won numerous awards. Brandon Cook reviewed the artist’s recent exhibition at the Eccles Community Art Center in Ogden for our June edition. What hangs above your mantel? I have a 1986 etching called “Chripalis : […]
I can’t remember the last time I went to an exhibition devoted solely to sculpture (I know it wasn’t here in Utah), and I’m positive I’ve never been to West Valley City to look at art; but I accomplished both this month when I made my way through […]
Paul Heath’s studio is in his home. No, Heath’s home IS his studio. He does much of his painting on the floor of his living room. That room also hosts racks and racks of paint tubes, brushes, reference materials and other art materials. Artwork adorns the walls, sits […]
Changes in technology can bring about changes in expression in the arts. The art historian and critic Ernst Gombrich felt that the two main forces in stylistic change were technological improvements and social rivalry. Think about how the advent of the electric guitar changed music. Would rock have […]
There’s a relatively new quilt in town. The prodigal granddaughter of a bed quilt, the art quilt (sometimes referred to as textile or fiber art) now graces the walls of galleries, museums and corporate offices. After forty years of struggling for acceptance, the art quilt is now a […]
Through the month of July, the Central Utah Art Center is displaying an exhibition entitled Open Secret:Undisclosed Works of Kent Wing, Alex Bigney, Frank McEntire. In this month’s edition of 15 Bytes, Frank McEntire spotlights his fellow exhibitors. Kent Wing was born close to the Mexican border in the […]
Through the month of July, the Central Utah Art Center is displaying an exhibition entitled Open Secret:Undisclosed Works of Kent Wing, Alex Bigney, Frank McEntire. In this month’s edition of 15 Bytes, Frank McEntire spotlights his fellow exhibitors. Alex Bigney was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Both of Bigney’s […]
