Up & Upcoming: Salt Lake Area Galleries
What's Up and Upcoming This Month
Compiled by 15 Bytes Staff. Unless otherwise noted, UPCOMING shows begin June Gallery Stroll, June 16th, with a reception 6 to 9 pm.
SALT LAKE ART CENTER UP: Bold, Bad & Dangerous marks the 75th anniversary of the Salt Lake Art Center. Work by 22 artists celebrates thegallant and generous spirit of forward-looking individuals who founded the Center and have served as its custodians over the years. The artwork has been donated by the artists and will be available for a silent auction at the Art Center's annual fundraising event held June 10th. Featuring the artwork of Chester Arnold, David Baddley, Gary Barton, Susan Beck, Anna Campbell Bliss, Cris Bruch, Dana Costello, Madelyn Garrett, Kazuo Kadonaga, Brian Kershisnik, Frank McEntire, David Ruhlman, Tony Smith, Will South, Paul Stout, Bonnie Sucec, Cordell Taylor, Kaye Terry, Darl Thomas, Stephanie Wilde, Sam Wilson and Koichi Yamamoto.
UPCOMING: Material Culture:The Fine Art of Textile opens June 23rd. ALSO: Looking Back: 75 Years of the Salt Lake Art Center June 23rd through October 14th in the upstairs gallery. The Salt Lake Art Center was founded in 1931 as the Art Barn, and opened in its first home in Reservoir Park across from the U of U campus in 1933. This exhibition is small, but celebrates the 75 years of its existence, there and in its downtown location. The 24 artists included in the show have been important and influential over much of the seventy-five year life of the Salt Lake Art Center, as well as in the broader arena of Utah’s cultural community. Many taught at the Art Barn or the Art Center, some were students there, or speak of having been influenced in their artistic growth by exhibitions or other events. Most have had solo exhibitions there more than once, and all of them, to some degree, have considered the Art Barn and the Art Center their artistic “home.” Curated by Allen Dodworth, director of the Center from 1976 to 1981, artists include Lee Deffebach, Gordon Cope |0|, Richard Johnston, Earl Jones, Don Olsen, Doug Snow, LeConte Stewart, Anna Campbell Bliss.
PATRICK MOORE GALLERY UP: The New American West, paintings by Mark Knudsen of the badlands of Utah. Knudsen enjoys depicting the gray and ochre sand hills and buttes of the area around San Rafael Swell (as well as some other scenes, including Antelope Island). |1| His design and paint application remains true to the stark dry landscape that inspires him. These very long horizontal paintings are executed on hardboard. The exhibit includes some smaller works, very affordable works on paper and a new body of abstract paintings on paper. ALSO: In the red gallery, abstract expressionist paintings by Cary Griffiths. |2| Griffiths employs abstract expressionist technique (most notably the drip style of Jackson Pollock) in works of starck contrast using mostly unmixed hues blue, red, black white and gold. UPCOMING: Glass Art Guild of Utah Annual exhibition features works from over thirty Utah artists working in glass.
KAYO GALLERY UP: down to this featuring work from emerging artists Nathan Craven, Cameron Major and Cory Oberndorfer |3|. These artists are three recent graduates of Weber State University. Forming a show of cultural eye candy, Craven, Cameron and Oberndorfer gear their work towards conveying ideas of human interaction, social status and personal identities while breaking down cultural taboos. Whether it’s religion, pop iconography or the use of alcohol as social lubricant, the shared conceptual interests of these emerging artists help mold three solid bodies of work. UPCOMING: Invisible Coterie featuring work by Camilla Taylor.
WASATCH FRAME SHOP UP: Sotto Voce photographs by Brandon Allen thru August 17th |4|. Allen's use of the Italian word for "whisper" in his exhibition title reflects the artist's current body of work. As he says, "The images have a certain air about them: they’re not deep; they don’t persuade the viewer toward some socio-ethical cause. They don’t try to reveal the inner man, or conclude the mysteries of love and hate. They’re not even the complex expressions of a frustrated artist. In fact, they’re quite the opposite; they’re still." Allen uses the time honored silver print method for his images which depict quiet landscapes and object of decay.
ROSE WAGNER ART GALLERY UP: Celebrating the Freedom of the Soul and the Spirit, mixed media works by Marah Brown Rohovit through June 30th. Born in Kansas in 1942, Marah Brown Rohovit moved to Utah in 1972 where she continued working in painting and ceramics. In the early 1980’s she returned to painting full time and expanded her mediums from oil and acrylic to also include watercolor, pastel, oil pastel and charcoal. It was at the time that she began working on paper, which combined with the new mediums, allowed her a more spontaneous and fluid approach to her work. More recently she has expanded her mixed media approach to include drawing on paper and applying those drawings and other items to her canvases.
SPECIAL EVENT: Child of Giants, a lecture by Daniel Dixon, son of Maynard Dixon & Dorothea Lange Friday, June 30th at 7 pm. Tickets available at Abravanel Hall, Capitol Theatre and the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center.
A GALLERY UP: The New Boys, new paintings by four of "A" gallery's newest emerging artists: Jeff Ashcroft, McGarren Flack, Brian Koch and Eric Thompson thru June 30th. Opening reception June 8 6 to 8 pm. An exhibition of four talented realist painters explorying landscape and figurative compositions in a detailed, realistic manner.
MODERN8 GALLERY UP: James Shuman and Ben Howell thru June 14th. Even as a young child James Shuman enjoyed using a wide variety of art materials, from colored pencils to acrylic & metallic paint. As time has passed, Shuman’s work has become larger and his focus more precise. “At times I enjoy being visually spontaneous; at other times my creative process is extremely methodical,” says Shuman. “I am interested in the revelation of the mysterious. Art is unlimited and my goal is to leave behind artifacts that touch upon my time spent on earth. Art is a process that is ever changing. It is a journey in which the ending isn’t revealed. It contains a great deal of mystery, much like life itself.”
LEIGH-NORTH GALLERY UPCOMING: First Annual Fine Art Collectors Sale & Exhibition June 16 – July 31, 2006. Collector quality American fine art from the 19th and early 20th centuries will be on display including examples of Hudson River School landscapes, Impressionism, still-lifes, marine & seascapes, and historic Utah art.During our sale we will offer a special 15% discount on works priced at $1,000 or higher. Artists featured include: Albert Bierstadt, Pruett Alexander Carter, Samuel Colman, Robert Spear Dunning, Emile Albert Gruppe, William M. Hart, Aldro Thompson Hibbard, Claude Raguet Hirst, William Rickarby Miller, James Gale Tyler, Florence Ellen Ware (3 works), Alexander Helwig Wyant, Mahonri Young (2 works) |5|, and others…
UTAH ARTIST HANDS:
UP: FIESTA group exhibit featuring Ruby Chacon, Guillermo Colmenero, David Maestas, Pilar Pobil, José Riveros, and Michael Trujillo. UPCOMING: Trees, a group exhibit featuring trees by established and emerging Utah artists.
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ART ACCESS GALLERIES: UP: Art Access's annual fundraising event, 300 Plates. UPCOMING: Paintings and mixed-media work by Sandra Brunvand in the Art Access Gallery (see page 3). Art Access II features the woodcut prints of Blanche Wilson. Wilson was born in Salt Lake City in 1922. She received a BS from Weber State University and an MA from BYU and taught at the Utah School for the Deaf and Blind for 21 years. The artist first experienced woodcuts when she was a high school student. She explains her love of the medium, "The process is painstaking and there are no short cuts. After making detailed color sketches, selecting block size, planning the sequence of color printing and preparing the first block, the real work begins. It is carving, printing, carving, printing, correcting, etc. The whole process is stimulating, time consuming and difficult. After the first good print is pulled from the blocks, however, it is very much worth the effort."
TANNER FRAMES: UP: Collage oriented works by Travis Tanner, Shawn Rossiter and Peder Singleton.
GALLERY 814 (814 East 100 South) UP: Unprocessed Edible Art with a side order of Organic Furniture, featuring paintings by Erin Berrett and furniture by Kimberly Christensen. Through June 10th. M-F 8:30 - 5 or Saturdays by appointment.
PHILLIPS GALLERY: UP:Jean Arnold & Francesc Burgos. Jean Arnold's abstracted paintings of the urban landscape from a moving point of reference (see page 1). Finely crafted modernest sculptures in earthenware and porcelein by Francesc Burgos. UPCOMING: David Crown, Meri DeCaria and Gerald Purdy.
UTAH CENTER FOR THE ARTS UP: Opening this Saturday, June 10th, Urban Decay is the SLC Photo Club's group exhibition of twenty-five photographers including Bruce Newman, Doug Sims, Gardner Underhill, Hien Tran, Jerry Staton, Robyn Poarch, Steven Robertson, and Renee Lee.
WOMEN'S ART CENTER:UP: Paper Dolls, the Center's 2nd Annual Fundraising event June 9th thru July 7th.
UNKNOWN GALLERY UP: Rusty Gargoyle Revival, works by works by Ashley Moosman, BIROE and Bill Haggard. Ashley Moosman, a young talented painter from the central US who has relocated to Utah. Her work walks the line between realism and abstraction, with loose paint strokes and vibrant colors, she expressively paints scenes of life around her.
The work of BIROE, a young artist originally from Bath, England is influenced by graffiti artist from all over world, both modern and primitive . Bill Haggard the illusive urban artist, is a local favorite amongst the streets and train yards of Salt Lake City. His current work is a transplant of street art into the gallery. From broken skateboards, pieces of trains, to found signs; Bill continues to maintain his street creed while making it accessible to the gallery patron. UPCOMING: Rictus-Mortar, works by Bill Robbins, Max Grundy and Bill Fuhst.
RIO GALLERY UP: Untitled, a collaborative exhibition between thirty Utah artists and the patrons who view their work. (see article May edition). UPCOMING: Design Arts 2006, a juried exhibit featuring a variety of design by artists across the state of Utah.
THE GALLERY AT LIBRARY SQUARE: Constructing Self: Thirty Self-Portraits, an invitational exhibit of self-portriats created by Utah artists and presented by The City Library and the Utah Arts Festival in honor of the 30th anniversary of the Festival. (see page 1)
MAGPIE'S NEST (39 N “I” St; 363-7764) A River Runs Through It: Paintings and objects having to do with rivers, fish, fishermen, fly-fishing, flies, lures, and fun.
MICHAEL BERRY GALLERY (163 E 300 S) UP: “Historical Prints of Utah Territory 1850 – 1897.” And a special exhibit of antique rints fo the Pacific Northwest’s Columbia River Gorge. UPCOMING: Experimental Watermedia, a group show.
HORNE FINE ART UP: Roman Holiday, a new series of paintings by Karen Horne. (see page 5)
LOCAL COLORS ARTWORKS (570 S. 700 East, second floor at Trolley Square, next to Rocky Mountain Chocolate801-583-0500) UP: John Collins, Painting, Monika Gerszewski, Painting, Jim Simister, Ceramics, Mike & Penny Stevens, Glass. UPCOMING: Presenting new works by local artists Catherine Hostetter, painting Jennifer Boyle, Jewelry Kristy Braby, Jewelry.
UTAH MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: UP: Revisiting Utah's Past, on view at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts through July 23, 2006. (see March edition) ALSO: Hyunmee Lee (see April edition) and Design Your World Children's Art Exhibition by Bad Dog Rediscovers through June 18, 2006. Rooted in Tradition: Art Quilts from the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum chronicles the history of the art quilt movement from 1980 through the present and brings the quilt decisively from the bed to the wall. The 64 quilts in this collection reflect the change from the traditional craft of quilt making based on the repeated block to the free-spirited, sometimes edgy art form of today. Work by the 52 artists in this collection represent the best in American art quilts of today.
PALMERS GALLERY (378 W 300 S Suite #3) UPCOMING: Temple: An Installation by Namon Bills.
TRASA UPCOMING: Solestitia, an evening-long community celebration of Midsummer Night. Saturday, June 17th, 2006, 8 pm – 2 am. This eclectic evening features music and projections by John deJong, a live sound work by artist-in-residence Mathieu Ruhlman, and live music by Theta Naught, the Räuber-Prinz Ensemble, and Merryl. The event will also feature site-specific performances by resident companies Movement Forum and Paradigm Dance Project, along with a silent art auction curated by Kenny Riches of Kayo Gallery to benefit Artspeak Magazine. Solestitia is the first event in a multi-phase fundraising campaign to support the Pickle Company’s growing Artist-in-Residence program. With an emphasis on innovative, contemporary work that sparks critical dialogue, this program provides funding, studio and exhibition space for performance, sound, video and visual art projects. Admission is $15 at the door (cash or check only, 21 and over), with all proceeds going to benefit TRASA urban arts collective, the non-profit 501(c)3 arts and education program that sustains the Pickle Company. The evening will begin with string music, summer hors d’oeuvres, and a cash bar serving hand-crafted cocktails, and will slowly degrade into fire, edgy sound and dance performance, and hard drum-and-bass.
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CONTEMPORARY DESIGN & ART GALLERY UP: The artists of Spectrum Studio. UPCOMING: Essence of Woman pursuit by Arthur Roberg. Paintings and photographs by Utah artist, designer, sculptor, photographer.
VISAGE SALON (2006 S. 900 E., 860-4333) UP: Digitally by Whitney Lauren Robinson Stubbart
ART BARN/FINCH LANE GALLERY UP: Through July 28: Amy Adams, mixed media / found objects and Steven Lockett, prints and drawings.
SALTGRASS PRINTMAKERS UP : Etchings and Monotypes by Koichi Yamamoto .
SLGA EVENT: The Salt Lake Gallery Association is pleased to host a free screening of the film "The Triplets of Bellville" in collaboration with Gallery Stroll and the Salt Lake Film Society. On Friday, June 16th, Gallery Stroll participants can request a free theatre voucher at any participating Salt Lake Gallery Association business. The film will be shown the following afternoon, Saturday June 17th at the Broadway Theatre (111 East 300 South) at 3 PM. In addition, the Salt Lake Film Society will display an exhibit, curated by the SLGA, in the Broadway Theatre lobby from June 1st - June 30th, with a reception on Gallery Stroll, Friday, June 16th from 6-9 PM. Contributing members include Ken Sanders Rare Books, Magpie's Nest Gallery, Palmers Gallery, Philips Gallery and the Pickle Company.
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