{"id":65791,"date":"2022-10-26T14:38:30","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T20:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=65791"},"modified":"2022-10-29T15:04:42","modified_gmt":"2022-10-29T21:04:42","slug":"farewell-to-nox-james-madison-lisa-delong-midvale-mural-controversy-sunny-taylor-jack-baumgartner-embodied-ecologies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/farewell-to-nox-james-madison-lisa-delong-midvale-mural-controversy-sunny-taylor-jack-baumgartner-embodied-ecologies\/","title":{"rendered":"Farewell to Nox, James Madison, Lisa Delong, Midvale Mural Controversy, Sunny Taylor, Jack Baumgartner, Embodied Ecologies"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>10\/25 Southwest Contemporary: Salt Lake City Bids Farewell to John Sproul\u2019s Beloved Nox Contemporary<\/strong><\/p>\n

John Sproul is well known to many in the Utah arts community. A gregarious, if soft-spoken figure, Sproul crafts textured paintings that encase human figures in layers of pigment, inviting a rumination on both the formal qualities of his artmaking and the psychology of his subjects alike.<\/p>\n

Until November of this year, Sproul also owned and operated\u00a0Nox Contemporary<\/a>, one of Salt Lake City\u2019s foremost art spaces. Just as its emergence on the scene in 2010 came during a period of artistic possibility, many lament Nox\u2019s impending closure at a time when enthusiasm in Utah\u2019s artistic landscape is once again accelerating.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>10\/22 BYUtv Artful: James Madison \/ Lisa Delong<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lisa DeLong uses geometry to reflect the order of the universe through artistic traditions rooted in sacred beliefs. James Madison is a Tulalip carver who keeps his culture alive with every totem pole he carves.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>10\/22 SL Trib: Midvale neighbors discuss \u2018inappropriate\u2019 mural: Is it a man\u2019s arm or a female breast?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The mural is hard to miss when passing Midvale\u2019s Main Street. It may not be the brightest or the largest, but it\u2019s the talk of the town.<\/p>\n

The earth-toned piece, on a tattoo shop\u2019s outer wall, depicts a woman embracing a man, while a dark presence in a cape and wings creeps nearby.<\/p>\n

Whether children should be exposed to the piece depends on the eye of the beholder. Some neighbors brought the matter to the City Council. As they described its \u201cpornographic\u201d hints, they asked Midvale officials to cover it or have it removed. For others, however, any suggestion that the piece is sexually explicit seemed \u201cfar-fetched.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>10\/17 SLUGMAG: Embodied Ecologies: Where Disability Meets the Natural World\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The art in\u00a0Embodied Ecologies\u2014an exhibit and meditation on the ways that disability, health, and the environment intertwine\u2014takes many forms: sculpture, painting, poetry and mixed-media. A film, flickering with the nostalgia of analog, layers footage of artists at work over blue-hued landscapes. The emotion in the gallery ranges from grief and despair to passion and euphoria. Colors span from the dull browns of anthropogenic decay to the brilliant pinks, yellows and greens of ecstatic nature.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>10\/15 BYUtv Artful: Sunny Taylor\/Jack Baumgartner<\/strong><\/p>\n

Abstract painter Sunny Taylor learns that joy and sorrow are intertwined like bittersweet vines, and that there is beauty in experiencing both. Jack Baumgartner recognizes his divine identity as much through painting as he does through farming.<\/p>\n

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