{"id":37667,"date":"2018-09-12T11:14:53","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T17:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=37667"},"modified":"2018-12-26T14:37:20","modified_gmt":"2018-12-26T20:37:20","slug":"dennis-hopper-shoots-dennis-hopper-in-jann-haworths-new-mural","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/dennis-hopper-shoots-dennis-hopper-in-jann-haworths-new-mural\/","title":{"rendered":"Dennis Hopper Shoots Dennis Hopper in Jann Haworth’s New Mural"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You’ll find Jann Haworth’s new mural in the parking lot of Pictureline, 305 W 700 S, Salt Lake City.<\/p><\/div>\n

A half-mile of masking tape, gallons of exterior paint, dozens of rollers and brushes and some not-entirely-successful lessons in operating a scissor lift \u2014 that\u2019s what it took Jann Haworth to create her recently completed mural facing the Pictureline parking lot in Salt Lake City\u2019s Granary District.<\/p>\n

Haworth\u2019s is one of a number of murals going up in the neighborhood, part of a Redevelopment Agency of Salt Lake City (RDA) and Salt Lake City Arts Council project spearheaded by Derek Kitchen, who leads the RDA board of directors and represents the Granary area on the City Council. Artists who wanted to participate in the open, competitive call, funded by $147,060 in RDA monies, had to approach local businesses with their idea and get approval for the image from the owners and RDA.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>In Haworth\u2019s case, the artist had to work both with AC Electric, on whose wall the mural appears, and Pictureline. The influence of the latter is readily apparent in the image \u2014 iconic actor Dennis Hopper is shown looking through a viewfinder at a younger version of himself, who in turn is looking at a teenage version of Hopper, who is framing up a shot of his egg and sperm. Pictureline\u2019s Jens Nielsen also provided practical and conceptual support. \u201cJens came in with the scissor lift\/wonderful moral support and at-value adds on two critical composition ideas,\u201d Haworth says. She was also aided by Alex Johnstone, a game developer, film director, adjunct professor at the University of Utah and her son. \u201cAl did some ace tech work on the photoshop work pulling all the images we wanted to use together as only he can do \u2014 with acute attention to the light sources and positioning.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSuffice it to say: the collaboration between the three of us was a big, big plus,\u201d says Haworth.<\/p>\n

This is the second mural Haworth has completed this year, but she\u2019s not sure she has quite earned the street cred necessary for graffiti union membership: a crew of a dozen family and friends helped with the monthlong project; there was ice cream and water available; and the north-facing wall provided plenty of shade.<\/p>\n

But if this whole art thing doesn\u2019t work for Haworth, she\u2019s at least developing some additional vocational skills. Sort of. \u201cI can now drive a scissor-lift,\u201d she says. \u201cExcept I can’t drive it backwards \u2014 I tried to take Daisy [Blake Perry, Haworth\u2019s daughter] to her car by scissor-lift across the parking lot and didn’t realize I was in fact in reverse mode and, yes, hauled all over the place and finally gave up and she walked the rest of the way.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The 11 murals funded by the program will be completed by mid-September, with a public celebration and tour event scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 29 at Atmosphere Studios, 336 W. 700 South, 5-8 pm. Other artists involved <\/em>include: Ruel Brown; Trent Call, Michael Murdock <\/em>and Gailon Justus; Jacqueline Thy Graves and George Thompson; Cara Jean Means; Evan Jed Memmott; Jacob Nielsen; Jared Norby and Laurie Bray; Josh Scheuerman; Nick Sokoloff; and Joseph Toney.<\/em><\/p>\n

Discover more art with our Art Lake City map<\/p>\n

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