Invisible Logic at the Gittens Gallery Why a column on higher education? Because I think very often there is a wide gap between the art community at large and the art communities of our colleges and universities. There are so many resources available to artists through these institutions […]
photos by Gerry Johnson Step through the doors of the recently opened 15th Street Gallery, in Salt Lake’s Sugarhouse neighborhood, and you’ll immediately feel transported to New York or the chic shops of Las Vegas. Sleek, minimalist décor is present throughout, complete with track lighting and white walls, […]
Painting mocking modern artists, by David Howell Rosenbaum, courtesy Clayton R. Williams The course my art history research takes often leaves me emotional. I cannot comprehend the sacrifice that artists must make in order to put their talent and message out there. Maybe I’m too much of a […]
It’s often said that every artist can recall an early, transformative encounter with art or art-making. Often it emerges from the mist of childhood sensations as the first clear memory. In Seoul, South Korea, it was the tail end of the 1960s when Kathryn Stedham was born to […]
a photo essay by Simon Blundell Provo artist Ryan S. Brown maintains his workspace in the Coleman Studios building along Provo’s University Avenue (117 N. University Avenue). The large studio features wood floors, brick walls, a sitting area, and plenty of light. Here Brown instructs students enrolled in […]
The Forger’s Spell by Edward Dolnick The Man Who Made Vermeers by Jonathen Lopez Art forgers have frustrated and fascinated the art world for years. The critics whose reputations can be ruined by false attributions, and the collectors who find themselves holding a painting worth less than […]
Over the years we’ve had repeated requests to expand 15 Bytes coverage to include arts other than the visual — dance, music, the theatre. While much new media in the visual art world blurs the boundaries between what was once simplly the “plastic arts” and its cousins, the […]
NFOM: Sundance Art Scene In a world designed to escape personal realities for just a few hours at a time, the Sundance Film Festival hosts a collective exhibition of artists from around the world at its New Frontier on Main. Acting more like Sundance’s documentary competition, several of […]
At the beginning of this year we asked professional astrologer Christopher Renstrom if he would read the future of Utah’s art world. But to do a reading a date is necessary, and how does one date the birth of Utah art? For the earliest pictographs we might be […]
This week’s book review originally appeared in the April 2009 edition of 15 Bytes. We are revisiting the review in conjunction with the UMFA’s current exhibit, The Continuing Allure: Painters of Utah’s Red Rock, which will be covered in this month’s edition of 15 Bytes Painters of Utah’s […]
Spiral Jetta: a road trip through the land art of the American West by Erin Hogan The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London 2008 In the 1960s and 70s, artists were drawn to slogans. “Art is dead” was followed by “Museums are where art goes to die.” […]
Photojojo!: Insanely Great Photo Projects and DIY Ideas By Amit Gupta and Kelly Jensenreviewed by Amanda Moore Photojojo! Is a great book for the flickr addict, scrap booker and diy enthusiast. The book is separated into two halves. The first half is all about unique crafts and presentations […]
Ever wonder how artists work on giant “canvases,” like the sides of buildings, whole rooms, or gymnasiums? Start to finish, it’s a process that not only involves art, but also fundraising, negotiations, diplomacy, and problem solving. This I learned from Kim Martinez, who teaches a course in mural […]
Despite early signs of improvement in some sectors of the American economy, there is no denying we remain in recession. When unemployment is on the rise and houses are threatened with foreclosure, luxuries like collecting contemporary art often take the first hit. For this reason, I asked three […]
Liu Xiaodong’s “Hotbed,” 2005 The Salt Lake Art Center invites you to sit and contemplate their current exhibition of contemporary Chinese art. In Displacement: The Three Gorges Dam and Contemporary Chinese Art four artists respond to the Three Gorges Dam project, a massive engineering feat that, while harnessing the Yangzi […]
In the ghost town of Lucin, Utah, about nine miles east of the Nevada border, the sun rose at 7:56 a.m. and set at 5:11 p.m. on December 21st. This date marked this year’s winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. For just over nine hours this […]
Self Retrato with Bandana by Daniel Ochoa, oil on panel, 36 x 36 Daniel Ochoa is an Anglo-Spanish artist from the San Francisco Bay Area who lives on the border of two cultures, between which he moves adroitly—if not necessarily comfortably—and who extends this experience in paintings that are […]
by Cristin Zimmer Virginia Woolf, Edith Wharton, Georgia O’Keeffe, Lillian Hellman, Emily Dickenson. Not one of these creative forces in the arts had a child. Sure their influential work continues to inspire, and as a 30-year-old graduate student in fine art, I can only hope for as much […]
Marxism. Fanciful naïve art. Vernal. I doubt any of us would be able to connect these three terms were they to appear on one of those comprehensive college entrance exams requiring you to conclude how they are all related. But I like that they are all connected, probably […]
Stewart Seidman creates expressive acrylic works on canvas and with recycled FedEx envelopes that once served as his paint palettes, transforming everyday materials into compelling contemporary art.
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