Walter Benjamin laments, in his essay “The Work of Art in the Age of Its Reproducibility”, that modern works of art have lost their “aura.” Modern images, Benjamin states, no longer have the ability to inspire or create awe in their viewers. . . and I was beginning […]
Lindey Carter, currently showing her work at Phillips Gallery, is one of the gallery director’s happy discoveries. Meri DeCaria came across Carter’s watercolors at the Ogden Farmer’s Market one day and knew she wanted to represent her work. Carter, the triple great-granddaughter of pioneer artist C.C.A. Christensen, grew […]
If you’ve been to see the Robert Motherwell: Te Quiero exhibit at the Salt Lake Art Center, you’ll have noticed the ubiquitous writing on the wall – quotes from the artist, historical perspectives and cultural commentary. The man responsible for the writing is Jay Heuman |0|, who just […]
Husband and wife artists Clay and Rebecca Wagstaff from Tropic, Utah, showing this month at Finch Lane Gallery. Rebecca: 1)What hangs above your mantel? We don’t have a mantel, but there is a very nice, large, graphite drawing by Clay Wagstaff in the living room. 2) If you […]
Sometime last fall I picked up Art and the Power of Placement, an insightful and scholarly work written by Victoria Newhouse and published by The Monacelli Press. At the time, I thought I would review the book for our recently introduced column “Recently Read,” but days before 15 […]
Coming from the San Francisco bay area with fifteen years of art experience under her belt, Julie Nester easily saw a niche to fill in Park City when she moved here in April of 2004. Nester wanted to represent artists from major art markets with styles that […]
At first sight, Sean Morello’s two-dimensional works seem too slight to support a title that properly belongs to an encyclopedia. But to view What Art Is as a summary is to look through the wrong end of the telescope. Morello, like Art Danto in “The Transfiguration of […]
“Fritz-followers” were excited to learn of Aaron Fritz’s new one man show at Wasatch Frame Shop, and were lined up and waiting on opening day for a chance to nab a new original. Gallery owner and director Bill Barron explains: “Fritz has a tremendous following considering he’s only […]
by Melanie Steele On a typical weeknight in Helper, Jamie Kirkland can often be found surrounded by five or six of her artist cohorts and a sizable stack of poker chips. In the five short months that she’s lived in this small southeastern Utah town, she has become […]
by Chris Brooks, Kent Rigby & Shawn Rossiter In the art world, Utah has a reputation as a state of superb landscape painters. Some people are afraid that is the only reputation it has. Though the number of professional and amateur artists working with the landscape may outnumber any […]
by Chris Brooks During the Holidays I read Jonathan Harr’s The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece published by Random House last year. Harr, a magazine writer and journalist, is best known for his bestselling non-fiction work A Civil Action, which was made into a movie […]
For podiatrist, Dr. Steven L. Hansen (1913-1997), an appreciation for early Utah art began as his parents began collecting pieces from George Wesley Browning and Paul Fjellboe. In the 1950’s Dr. Hansen established his office in the Judge Building on Main Street in Salt Lake City, Utah. […]
Contemporary Design and Art Gallery, located at 30 E. Broadway in Salt Lake City, opened its doors in December of 2004. Run by Michael Melik, known to some as the “Art Magnet,” the 1,500 square foot space specializes in art new to Salt Lake City, by international, national, […]
For the next six weeks, the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art will transport you to the counter-culture of the 1950s and 60s beat generation. The Museum, located on the Utah State University campus in Logan, is hosting the traveling exhibit Semina Culture: Wallace Berman and His Circle […]
Several times a year, St. George artist L’Deane Trueblood receives phone calls from various states, asking her to participate in outdoor sculpture shows. One day in 2003, after receiving one of those calls, she thought to herself, “We could do one of those here.” Utah is known in […]
by Tom Hunter Royden Card roams the deserts of Utah with a sketchbook, carving art from the rugged redrock landscape. Winds, rocks and sun are his silent partners as he explores the desert, looking for inspiration. Then, an ocotillo plant shivers in the breeze and waves its long […]
In December, Deseret News art editor Dave Gagon wrote on the Springville Museum of Art’s annual Spiritual and Religious Exhibition. In the piece, Gagon mentioned “Improper Use May Result in Injury or Death,” a work by sculptor Adam Bradshaw that was pulled from the juried exhibition and which […]
I. If it has become a cliché that art usurps the place in modern life once held by religion, it’s an ironic cliché, for of all the subjects and sources of our art, religion is surely one of the least respected. In fact, in its purest sense […]
Nathan Florence is a man open to options. Florence, whose work was on display at David Ericson Fine Art during the month of December, is a Utah native who studied art in Philadelphia and spent time traveling in Europe before returning to his home state to pursue his career […]
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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