Giving
everyone their fifteen bytes
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In This Issue
Dave
Hall & Family/ News Nibbles -P2
Shawn
Rossiter/The Art Mayor -P3
E Street Gallery/On The Spot/In the Vault -P4
Mainly Art/
Do You Know This Artist? -P5
Gallery
Preview/ Mixed Media/AoU News -P6
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September 2003 |
Published Every Six Weeks by Artists
of Utah, a non-profit organization.
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Exhibition Profile : SLC
Squash Courts
& Tupperware Parties: Dave Hall & Family
by Laura Durham
On October 17 and 18 Squashworks will exhibit Four Generations
of American Painting, featuring the artwork of
Dave Hall
, his father Vernon Hall, his grandmother Esther Bailey Hall, and his
great-great grandfather Thomas H. Snow.
And to answer your question, no,
Squashworks
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gallery;
it’s a place where you play squash.
But for these two nights, artwork will dominate the squash courts.
“I play a lot of squash,” artist Dave Hall explains. “Craig Bennett
who is the owner of Squashworks said, ‘Let's do a show here’ so we're
going to open it up for two days and put the work right on the courts.
My idea was originally to do it with my dad, but it just made sense to
show his mother's stuff and my great-great grandfather’s. It just
had a good feel to it right from the start.”
After a twenty-year career in education, Hall decided to pick up a
paintbrush and take an art class. In fact, that was the first
time he even picked up a paintbrush. About ten years ago he found
himself going to galleries in Salt Lake and Park City, and it was only
four years ago that he took a community ed art class at Roland Hall St.
Marks where he taught physics. That class triggered a whirlwind
of changes and fortune for Hall and his new career – and most of his fortune
has come just this past year. Long story short: First show,
16 paintings sold, second show 12 paintings sold, gains representation
from Meyer Gallery in Park City, Phillips Gallery in Salt Lake and now
in Jackson Hole and Montana as well.
You know what, let's make the story long.
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Exhibition Profile : SLC
Making it All Come Together:
an interview with Shawn Rossiter
by
Dee Moffett
DM: You are having two shows almost back to
back. You're about to take down one called Venice & Tuscany at the
Halles Gallery and now you're having a one-man show at Chroma Gallery.
But when I look at the works in the two shows I'm surprised by how different
they are.
SR: Yeah, the Italian show was all landscapes,
done in the manner I guess I'm best known for. There were paintings
done in my rather fauvesque style but there were also some others that
were the tightest things I've ever done.
DM: And yet from what I see of your work
for the upcoming show they are very different: abstract, loose; pastels
rather than oils. It seems a big change. What made you decide to work
in this way?
SR: I don't know. I think if you ask
an artist a question like that there are probably a dozen answers.
DM: Okay, how about one.
SR: Well, poverty.
DM: Poverty?
SR: Yeah, I was broke (believe it or not
this AoU gig doesn't pay that well). I couldn't afford to buy more canvases
or paints so I was rummaging around my studio looking for something to
work with. I had this set of 120 sennelier demi-pastels that I had bought
in a more flush time. So, they were just sitting around, and paper is much
cheaper than canvas, so I just went to town with them.
DM: Other reasons?
SR: Sure, if I free associate I'm sure I
can find all kinds of things that came together to have me doing what
I'm doing.
DM: Okay, let's free associate. . .
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Public Issues : Salt Lake
Political Landscapes
by Lisa Scopes Oliver
As the seasons start their metamorphosis once again and shades
of fall begin coloring the hillsides, an artist’s thoughts turn to contemplate
many things: capturing the landscape on canvas, finding alternate venues
to display their works, and, possibly most important this fall, deciding
which Salt Lake City mayoral candidate will best support the arts.
Artists and city government alike are both in agreement with
the idea of increasing an arts presence in the city. However, the specific
implementation of this task tends to be cumbersome, extremely time-consuming
and a difficult challenge at best. We have spoken with three mayoral
candidates to discover how they plan to help the arts in Salt Lake City.
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