UP: 35th Annual Quilt Show, a display of color, pattern, creativity and skill is showcased through the creative medium of quilting. Submissions by Utah quilters are judged by a panel of talented artists and quilters based on quality in workmanship, design, color, originality, and general appeal.
Through September 2008.
Brigham Young University Museum of Art UP:
Masterworks of Victorian Art from the Collection of John H. Schaeffer, an exhibition of British works from the Victorian period from the private collection of Australian businessman and entrepreneur John H. Schaeffer (see
May edition). Through August 16.
ALSO:
Dismantling Geneva Steel: Photographs by Chris Dunker. For three years Utah artist Chris Dunker (see
March edition) documented the dismantling of the Geneva Steel Works in Vineyard, Utah, through the lens of a large-format camera. His photographs utilize color, light and scale to explore the formal elements of the vacant industrial structures and to articulate a sense of loss and morning for an industry that profoundly shaped the life of Utah County throughout the twentieth century. Through November 1.
AND:
Turning Point: The Demise of Modernism and the Rebirth of Meaning in American Art, explores how two groups of American artists in the late 1960s rebelled against Modernist abstraction by creating artworks that directly challenged Modernism's theoretical tenets. The 30 objects in the exhibition will include large abstract paintings by Modernist adherents Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitski, and Frank Stella; Purple Illusions by Amy Clay and Tanya Bowerbank en, Donald Judd and Robert Morris; and conceptual works by Terry Atkinson, Robert Berry, Ian Burn, Douglas Huebler, Joseph Kosuth, Mel Ramsden, Lawrence Weiner and Sol LeWitt. Through January 30.
BYU Harold B. Lee Library Exhibits UP: Mark Hedengren, " New York Street Performers" and "The Financial District" through September 30. Hallway Gallery, level 2
AND:Zack Taylor. "From Darkness: Collodian Images" through August 29. Level 3, across from the Sampler Reading Room
Woodbury Art Museum UP:
The da Vinci Experience an interactive exhibit of over 60 machines inspired by the drawings of Leonardo da Vinci that allows visitors a chance to see the master's genius up close. Many of the machines allow for a hands-on educational experience, where children and adults can learn how Leonardo solved problems and imagined the future (see
July edition). Through October 4.
