Gavin, over at Gavin’s Underground, stopped in at Trent Call’s Captain Captain studio recently and talked with the artist about zines, solo shows, art vending machines and ping pong. Read the interview at: http://community.kutv.com/blogs/games/archive/2009/02/04/3680381.aspx
The artist’s eye is revered as if it were a sacred object, a visionary orb that sees all, externally and internally. Rembrandt saw the soul of the sitter as well as the form. For many artists — good artists — this tool bridging the object and the subject […]
It’s time again to vote for SALT LAKE CITY as a TOP 25 ARTS DESTINATION in the mid-sized city category. Salt Lake City has been included in the TOP 25 list of AmericanStyle Magazine for three years in a row. It’s easy to vote . . . and […]
The second installment of the Salt Lake City Arts Council’s public art project Flying Objects will be coming to the streets of Salt Lake this spring. Twelve sculptures by fourteen Utah artists were selected to be placed near cultural institutions in the city. The artists selected are: Marcee […]
For January Gallery Stroll Gavin’s Underground headed over to Art Access, where he interviewed the two exhibiting artists: Daren Young, who brought in his mixed media art entitled HOMO/evocative, and self-taught photographer Julia Voye with her collection of up close works. Check it out here: http://community.kutv.com/blogs/games/archive/2009/01/21/3663531.aspx Daren Young […]
Michael Kimmelman, writing in the New York Times, had this to say about Andrew Wyeth, who died in his sleep earlier today (Friday, January 16th): “Andrew Wyeth, one of the most popular and also most lambasted artists in the history of American art, a reclusive linchpin in a […]
Susan Burgess sent us this photo of her with Tom Mulder, the subect of this month’s Artist Profile, in Orvieto, Italy.
During the past few months, I must have had an average of ten phone calls per week either telling me who to vote for or asking my opinion about the important matters of the day. One of those important matters, as evidenced by frequent references, was the idea […]
(SEE PART I OF THIS ARTICLE HERE) Though united in the creation and development of a state organization to promote the visual arts in Utah at the turn of the twentieth century, the artists in the state were not immune to the type of personal jealousies and aesthetic […]
What decides our fates? Greek Sophists thought it was character: who I am would determine what I am. Astrologers argue that when we are determines who we are. Once upon a time, where we lived made many choices for us, but is that still true? With the coming […]
“Sweet Departure” by James C. Christensen The exhibition is titled simply “Woodbury Invitational.” A more provocative title, however, might aptly read “Metaphysical Visions: Five Artists’ Journeys into the Sublime.” The exhibit is a display of five internationally famed artists of the highest caliber — their disparate styles woven […]
Where other artists study the qualities of clay and paint, Dan Steinhilber spends his time in the local home supply store, exploring the properties and artistic possibilities of polyurethanes and PVC piping. As can be seen at the exhibit of his works currently at the Brigham Young University Museum […]
by Captain Captain collective | photos by Skylar Nielsen Losing someone is never easy, and cleaning up what they left behind can be a daunting and melancholy task. In the fall of 2008 a group of local artists at Captain Captain Studios began to talk of putting on an exhibition for […]
What is Pop Shops? The answer is not entirely clear, and that is, essentially, the point. Its creators call it an exploration of “the relationship between fine art, social activity, and retail consumerism in a temporary, constantly transforming space,” adding that there are “no preconceptions about what it […]
In our December 2008 installment of Alder’s Accounts, which profiled Donald Beauregard, we failed to include an image of the artist with the story. Here is a photograph of Beauregard courtesy of the Springville Museum of Art; And to make up for our editorial oversight we’ll add another […]
Most exhibitions in Provo open on the first Friday of the month during the Downtown Provo Gallery Stroll, which is either days before or days after the release of the new issue of 15 Bytes on the first Wednesday of the month. This makes it difficult for us […]
Matt Glass, a drummer who has played in a number of local bands and recent graduate of the Photography department at Weber State, makes unsettlilng photographs with a touch of comedy. He describes his Apocrypha series as ” cinematic, baroque, apocalyptic and cool.” He has two upcoming shows, […]
Local artist Alex Bigney, who teaches at Utah Valley University, has just published a book entitled Talking to Tesla. Over the past four years the painter has undergone experiences that have profoundly impacted his art and changed his life. In a series of uncanny dreams the enigmatic and now […]
The Utah Division of Arts and Museums (what you might know better as the Utah Arts Council) has announced its 2009 Visual Arts Fellows. Colby Brewer of Salt Lake City and Josh Winegar of Ogden have each received a $10,000 award and a place in the 2008/2009 Visual […]
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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