{"id":73642,"date":"2024-02-13T13:13:11","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T20:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=73642"},"modified":"2024-02-13T18:28:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T01:28:30","slug":"alison-d-neville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/alison-d-neville\/","title":{"rendered":"Alison Neville at 35&#215;35"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-73642 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/alison-neville-2\/neville-34\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"290\" height=\"290\" src=\"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/06\/neville-34-290x290.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-73844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/06\/neville-34-290x290.jpeg 290w, https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/06\/neville-34-120x120.jpeg 120w, https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/06\/neville-34-360x360.jpeg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-73844'>\n\t\t\t\tAlison D. Neville, &#8220;Parachuting Beavers,&#8221; 2023, diorama in tuna can, 4 x 3 x 4 in.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/alison-neville-2\/5199493-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"290\" height=\"290\" src=\"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/06\/5199493-1-290x290.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-73843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/06\/5199493-1-290x290.jpg 290w, https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/06\/5199493-1-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/06\/5199493-1-360x360.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-73843'>\n\t\t\t\tAlison D. Neville, &#8220;Last Tasmanian Tiger,&#8221; 2023,\ndiorama in sardine can, 4 x 3 x 3 in.\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/alison-neville-2\/neville\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"290\" height=\"290\" src=\"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/06\/NEVILLE-290x290.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-73842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/06\/NEVILLE-290x290.jpeg 290w, https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/06\/NEVILLE-120x120.jpeg 120w, https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/06\/NEVILLE-360x360.jpeg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-73842'>\n\t\t\t\tAlison D. Neville, &#8220;P.U.T.I.N.(Pigeons United to Interfere Now),&#8221; 2020, diorama in salmon fillet can, 4 x 6 x 6 in.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This series of miniature dioramas by Alison Neville visualizes &#8220;select scenes from our long relationship with our fellow and sometimes not-so-fellow fauna,&#8221; says the artist. &#8220;Each one represents a situation based on real events researched through online media sources. Many are truly atrocities and some are subtly horrible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Parachuting Beavers&#8221; refers to an incident in Idaho in the 1940s, when wildlife management teams tried to manage wildlife populations by capturing beavers from one area and parachuting them into another. P.U.T.I.N. (Pigeons, United To Interfere Now) is a radical group that released the MAGA-hat wearing pigeons in Las Vegas in 2020\u2014as a protest against the 2020 Democratic debate and in favor of Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">On &#8220;Last Tasmanian Tiger,&#8221; Geoff Wichert wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/index.php\/echoes-of-aura-in-slccs-presidents-art-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in a recent review<\/a> that &#8220;the work\u2019s appeal lies in its ability to become so much larger in the mind than its physical size, an effect largely due to the amount of effort required just to see it. Its small size, intricate detail, and even the presence of a glass dome usually covering it (though sometimes removed for the photographer) require considerable movement on the part of the viewer to fully apprehend it. The effort to see it parallels the effort required to grasp what befell the Tasmanian Tiger, along with so many other living things. A work of art brings the viewer closer, even inside the event, but paradoxically, in the same encounter, precisely reconstructs its remoteness in time and place. Its ability to do both is what makes the original so compelling.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Neville graduated magna cum laude in 2016 with a Bachelor\u2019s of Fine Art from Weber State University. She lives in Bountiful, Utah, and works at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art as the K-12 Education Manager.<\/p>\n<p>You can listen to Neville talk about the development of her diorama work in this video, recorded as part of the 2020 <em>35&#215;35<\/em> exhibition:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"35x35: Alison Neville\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/415283677?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1250\" height=\"703\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/index.php\/alison-neville-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ MORE ABOUT THE ARTIST AND VIEW MORE OF HER WORK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Artists of Utah\u2019s 35\u00d735<\/em>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/saltlakearts.org\/programs\/visit-finch-lane-gallery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Finch Lane Gallery<\/a>, Salt Lake City, through Feb. 23<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; This series of miniature dioramas by Alison Neville visualizes &#8220;select scenes from our long relationship with our fellow and sometimes not-so-fellow fauna,&#8221; says the artist. &#8220;Each one represents a situation based on real events researched through online media sources. 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