{"id":37387,"date":"2018-01-26T13:59:25","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T19:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=37387"},"modified":"2018-09-13T23:15:53","modified_gmt":"2018-09-14T05:15:53","slug":"whats-new-frank-mcentire-starts-the-new-year-with-a-new-studio-and-already-needs-more-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/whats-new-frank-mcentire-starts-the-new-year-with-a-new-studio-and-already-needs-more-space\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s New: Frank McEntire Starts the New Year with a New Studio, And Already Needs More Space"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Frank McEntire in his new studio.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Frank McEntire is a gatherer;\u00a0he\u2019s an assemblage artist and they just can\u2019t help\u00a0themselves. He thought doubling the square footage of his studio last year would help with his enormous collection of stuff, so while he is still located in an old warehouse on a dirt road built as part of a World War II military base in Kearns, he now has bigger quarters to work\u00a0in \u2014 though still not big enough for all THAT.<\/p>\n

McEntire renovated\u00a0the new space, built\u00a0an upstairs and even\u00a0purchased the large semitrailer he used for storage, but things remain tight because his\u00a0raw materials still\u00a0exceed the space he has available.<\/p>\n

In 2018, however, McEntire\u00a0has some\u00a0outstanding goals, a couple of which might actually serve to reduce his inventory:<\/p>\n

He is preparing\u00a0First Response<\/em>, a solo exhibit at Nox Contemporary in\u00a0April. Any sales, of course, will reduce what he has to take back and store in the studio.<\/p>\n

And McEntire would like to have a book published about himself and his work: \u201cIf Tony Smith can do it, well . . .\u201d\u00a0says McEntire. Smith\u2019s\u00a0a great pal of his. The sculptor, independent curator, arts administrator and former director of the Utah Arts Council was the art critic for\u00a0The Salt Lake Tribune<\/em>\u00a0and also wrote a book on V. Douglas Snow (University of Utah Press, 2013) and turnabout is fair play. But that doesn\u2019t clear out his\u00a0studio.<\/p>\n

Spontaneous Memorial<\/em>, however, an interactive exhibit about 9\/11, has been shown somewhere in the United States\u00a0nearly every year since 2004;\u00a0in 2018\u00a0it will be seen\u00a0at the Bountiful Davis Art Center. Since fresh elements are added each time, this expanding body of work needs to be documented and archivally stored. That would really increase studio space. \u201cIt provides an opportunity for reflection and a means for patrons to express their views about the terrorist attack and its continuing destructive aftermath; after all, those military-industrial complexes around the world need to be fed,\u201d says McEntire.<\/p>\n

So this year could prove to be \u201cthe bomb,\u201d as they\u00a0say in Kearns.<\/p>\n

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Assemblage works by McEntire on view at his studio.<\/p><\/div>\n

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