{"id":69641,"date":"2023-10-16T09:46:34","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T15:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=69641"},"modified":"2023-11-18T11:09:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T17:09:55","slug":"father-and-son-show-at-finch-lane-is-a-marvelous-fun-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/father-and-son-show-at-finch-lane-is-a-marvelous-fun-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Father and Son Show at Finch Lane is a Marvelous Fun House"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One of Trent Call’s comic-inspired works (left) and one of the Droll Dolls, collaborative work by Trent and Clint Call. Image credit: Shawn Rossiter<\/p><\/div>\n

Trent Call is a little bit \u201cDisney;\u201d Clint Call is a true Geppetto \u2013 a wizard with wood. Together, son and father have a hell of a show going down at Finch Lane.\u00a0Best in show? Probably the numerous, notable, and intricate hanging kinetic pieces along the walls on which the two collaborated.<\/h4>\n

I wanted to steal the wooden automaton duck \u2013 so Brit, replete with bumbershoot and four-in-hand tie, webbed toes tapping as he waits sort of impatiently for the bus \u2013 what\u2019s Brit for bus? Anyway, it\u2019s a marvel. Be sure to peek inside and see the inner workings at work \u2013 every bit carved out of wood except for the screws. All the automatons are mostly unadulterated by metal, the insides visible and as artful as the exteriors and the concept. One of the \u201cDroll Dolls\u201d is named Lucy and she is a joy. They are very personable, these automatons by the Calls, and their feet move, too! (Semi-creepy.) Oh, bring quarters: There are art vending machines. I got a Sun God sticker. Ra. Ra.<\/h4>\n
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Clint Call’s “Reassembled Dog” surrounded by other works by Call and his son Trent, at Finch Lane Gallery. Image credit: Shawn Rossiter<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cReassembled Dog,\u201d a large wooden work by Clint Call is a showstopper, so lifelike you want to pet the creature. But you probably shouldn\u2019t, without permission. The curve of the tail, the sturdy legs, the happy face . . . a good dog.<\/h4>\n

\u201cBrief History,\u201d above the fireplace, represents things that Clint has enjoyed during his life. \u201cTools, furniture, a notebook, a used piece of wood . . .\u201d<\/h4>\n

A Salt Lake City native, Clint Call, 74, graduated from the U of U with a BFA in 1977 (he studied under Richard Johnston, Steve Connell, Tony Smith, George Dibble \u2013 that great group of educators — and attended summer classes at the Art Barn). He holds an MFA from Montana State, and won the Northwest Crafts and Sculpture competition. He was awarded a solo show at the University of Washington in 1979. (After high school he spent six months in the Army and realized then that he wanted to pursue art.) He retired in 2019 after 34 years of designing furniture and custom architectural pieces with his partner, Janet Call, an artist who also did sculptural graduate work at Bozeman (she in metal and he in wood, says their son, Trent). Clint realized retirement meant, \u201cI can make art again!\u201d And so, he has been.<\/h4>\n