Book Reviews | Current Edition | Visual Arts

New Book on Brian Kershisnik Explores the Artist’s Three-Decade Search for the Metaphysical in the Physical

[dropcap]Brian[/dropcap] Kershisnik could be called the Mormon Norman Rockwell – if Rockwell had painted like Chagall and Mormons were still called Mormons – they aren’t supposed to be, I know, but can’t for the life of me recall what replaces the term so recently declared out of favor […]

Exhibition Reviews | Visual Arts

Paranoid Protection: Keeping an Eye on Daniel Everett’s Security Questions

[dropcap]Reflected[/dropcap] subway systems, upside-down metropoli, bomb threat questionnaires—these are just a few of the elements at play in Daniel Everett’s Security Questions, currently at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art. The exhibition includes a range of media, from looping videos to installations that, according to Everett, “address the […]

Exhibition Reviews | Visual Arts

Diving in the Headlines with Sandy Brunvand’s Divisive Landscapes

As our most dynamic organ, the brain is at once remarkably expansive and persistently conservative, constantly aiming to preserve its energy. The ever-increasing pace of social media has nurtured this trend of mental conservation—instead of reading and prioritizing media according to its supposed importance or significance, we often […]

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