Up & Upcoming: Salt Lake Area
Up & Upcoming This Month
Prepared by 15 Bytes staff. Unless otherwise noted, UPCOMING shows begin February Gallery Stroll, February 15, 6 to 9 pm. For official Gallery Stroll information visit www.gallerystroll.org. Please send listings for this page to gwichert@artistsofutah.org
Modern8 GALLERY. UPCOMING: The Still Life Project, mixed-media photography by Josh Winegar, who has an MFA in photography from Columbia College, Chicago, and a full time teaching position at Weber State U. The base images are found photographs originally documenting and memorializing various hunting excursions, on which the artist paints and draws, seeking "dichotomies of violence & beauty, life & death, energy & stillness, and hope & despair.'(image above)
AND: Landscape oil paintings by Russ Gray, a graphic designer with a BFA from the U of U. Based on his travels to Machu Picchu in Peru and two months living in England, his paintings show the peaceful side of the city and surrounding countryside.
UMFA UP: Suitcase Paintings: Small Scale Works by Abstract Expressionists
When most people think about Abstract Impressionism they think big --- big ideas, big emotions, big action and big scale. This UMFA exhibition of about sixty works presents another side of Abstract Expressionism. These artists -- Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline, and Joan Mitchel to name a few -- also made small-scale paintings of intense beauty that exhibit all the bravura and energy found in their larger and more acclaimed works. The body of work presented in this exhibition at the UMFA suggests two forgotten truths: first, that Abstract Expressionism works rather well in a small format, and second, many terrific artists from the period who are not well known deserve to be. Special arrangements have been made to supplement this show with a stunning black and while oil on paper, titled Triad, that Jackson Pollock painted in 1948. Through March 29.
AND: Forgotten Splendor: Echo and Weber Canyons. This exhibition, including privately held and rarely seen photographs and promotional materials, recalls the impact of Western landscapes on the world's imagination. UMFA visitors will be able to take a virtual tour of Echo and Weber canyons in 3-D via vintage stereopticon views. Through April 13. ALSO: Susan Swartz Natural Revelations. (see page 7).
(A)PERTURE GALLERY UP: Hunger As Metaphor. The premiere of this new gallery features an installation of photos by owner/artists Anne Cummings Anderson and Heidi Gress, exploring the many manifestations of hunger. Proceeds will benefit the Utah Food Bank and help raise awareness of their programs beyond the holiday season. The gallery will be open during Gallery Stroll, after which Anderson and Gress will be "working with local artists to showcase their work on a private and public scale." Through February 15.
ART BARN/FINCH LANE GALLERY UP: Three exhibits continuing through February 22. Joe Jacoby's exhibit is in three parts: The Idea Book -- a sketchbook "attacked with exploration, freedom, & uninhibited documentation of thought:" to create large-scale paintings with a similar feel; Dreamscapes/Modern Cave Paintings -- in which ideas are represented through simple, symbolic representations to create complex narratives; Gravity Dot Series -- in which the artist applies force to material to cause a change in form: "material change reflecting a specific combination of natural processes." AND: Laurel Casjen's Touring: In a New Light, an exhibit of photographs taken with a digital camera that responds to infrared light (see page 1). ALSO: Voice, the Visual Art Institute Student Exhibit in the Park Gallery. This exhibition, created by students age 5 to 18, comes from a collection of "Imagination Drawings" that the students make at the beginning of each class.
KAYO GALLERY UP: Oil paintings by Brenda Wattleworth. UPCOMING: Round Four, an annual group show of emerging artists. This year's theme is small works, and all art displayed will be 12 x12 inches. Confirmed artists include U of U art students Gregory D. Bernini- muscular abstractions in ink and watercolor-and Jaleh Afshar, known for pop surrealism and lowbrow style. AND: A Tribute to Battered Women, featuring local photographers Cat Palmer, Emily Allen, & Penelope Moore
ART ACCESS GALLERIES UP: Gifts, auto-biographical paintings of Alice Perreault. AND: Bagging Birds. Carol Sogard's installation of 130 plastic birds. Through February 8. UPCOMING: The State Street Project. State Street--a.k.a. US Highway 89, from the Idaho border to the Arizona line--took 8 artists on a road trip that provided a representative cross section of Utah, leading to this portrait of the State that, like all art used to do, combines an historical record with personal self-expression. The 8 include painters Sarah Bigelow and Liz Wilson, painter-printmakers Namon Bills and Steph Johnsen, teacher-artists Steven Stradley and Justin Wheatley, photo-journalist Steve Hardman, and curator and public gallery director Shawn Stradley. At Art Access through March 14, the Street Project will then tour to Bountiful and Davis, Kanab, Springville, Logan, and probably beyond. AND: The New Orleans Project. This multi-media exhibition features poet Melissa Bong, photographer Alice McNamara, and audiographer Beth Hoffman's response to visiting and working in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Through March 14.
WOMENS ART CENTER UPCOMING: Field Showing, presented by the Dance Theatre Coalition, Monday, February 18th at 7pm. Visual and performance works will be shown by: Amy Caron, Courtney Colvin, Jim Frazer, Michelle Patrick, Linda Peer, Larissa Trout, Amie Tullius, and Tiffany Wilkinson. Works shown represent developments during a 5-week multidisciplinary artist workshop. This workshop specifically uses the "Fieldwork" method, which will be explained and demonstrated at the showing on the 18th. Click here for more information about Dance Theatre Coalition's Field Workshops.
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PHILLIPS GALLERY UP: Joe Carter & Lindsay Frei. For a recent review of Lindsay Frei's work see our April 2007 edition. Through February 8. UPCOMING: New works by Michael Hall. In 2007, Hall was recognized for his work by the Drawing Center.
SALT LAKE ART CENTER UPCOMING: Three Decades of Paintings by Gaylen Hansen, a Northwest painter whose oddly configured animals and occasional human figures recall the later, cartoon-like realism of fellow Abstract-Expressionist Philip Guston. Look for edgy narratives with humor and heart. Through May 31.
THE UTAH ARTS ALLIANCE THIS MONTH: Design For a Cause Mardi Gras Mask exhibit and auction. Masks created by the Utah creative community will be the focus of events throughout the month, including display, voting, and sale during the Gallery Stroll. The event is part of Team Turtle's annual fundraising for the MS Walk: contact Amy Mayberry at 891-3853.
ALVIN GITTINS GALLERY (375 S. 1530 E. UofU Art Dept. 581-8677) UPCOMING: I ‘Heart’ Art, an exhibition of work by current University of Utah graduate students including M@ Allred, Annie Boyer, Chad Crane, Lewis Crawford, McGarren Flack, Zane Lancaster, Jeremiah Moore and Sarah Moyer. Opening Reception February 14th 7-9 pm. Through February 28.
GALLERY AT LIBRARY SQUARE UP: The Orangutan Project a photo essay by Utah native George Frandsen. The Orangutan Project aims to exhibit orangutans around the world, showcasing them in their last three remaining habitats. Through March 1. AND: Wild and Free: The Wild Horses of Utah. Photography by Ted Van Horn, who has spent the past three years in the west desert photographing wild and free horses. Through March 1.
PALMERS GALLERY UPCOMING: New Artworks by David Maestas, Joyce Braon, and Fred Hunger. One painter, one painter & glass artist, and one steel sculptor, all three showing abstract works sharing an intent and a sympathetic feel while evoking the western landscape. Through March 14.
ART AT THE MAIN UP: Group show featuring all 15 member artists with a "Seasons Inspirations" theme. Through February 13. UPCOMING: Whimsy Through Art, An Exhibition featuring the acrylic paintings of Joan Zone. Through March 15.
DON BRADY DRIVE-THROUGH GALLERY (1301 S 2100 E 801-582-4300) UPCOMING: Storm's Coming, an installation and first collaboration by Elmer Presslee and Xkot Toxsik. Though the gallery never exactly closes, the best times for viewing are said to be between dusk and 3 am.
ELUSIVE WAREHOUSE SHOW UPCOMING: For one night only CJ Prestman Auto Sales (2865 S State) will feature work by Brodyism, Kier Defstar, Endur, and Ben Wiemeyer and others along with music by with Nico Caliente, The Fey, Show Me on the Doll, Miles Crockett, DJ Hozho, DJ Yoda, DJ SP> and more! No cover, live art, raffle! February 15 6pm - 2am.
CHARLEY HAFEN GALLERY UP: Cacti: Different Takes on a Prickly Subject, recent images by John De Jong. UPCOMING: The Prospect of Spring, figurative paintings in oil by Cori Redstone. One of the revelations at Art Access's recent Partners show, paints subjects who are "beginning life all over again." When she writes in her statment that "Beauty is realized" by those who struggle, pursue interesting lives, and transcend circumstance, does she mean they recognize beauty, or that they make it real? February 15 - March 10.
ADDICTED CAFE (511 W 200 S, 532-1453): UPCOMING: Qi Peng's series entitled Monochromes will feature the artist's first paintings, done in 2004 in Philadelphia, comparing them with the experimental minimalism of his colorless monochrome abstractions. The larger scale of this work will be featured for the first time in these lyrical and poetic works which have pure texture "without" any "color."
RED BUTTE GARDEN UP: The Nature of Sustainable Art, an indoor exhibit featuring ten artists who sustainable and recycled materials. Reception Saturday, February 9, 3 to 6 pm. Regular Garden Admission.
CAFE NICHE UP: New and re-mastered photographic images and pigmented ink on various media by Walt Zwierzycki; acrylic projection on canvas by Steven Peterson; and paintings by Marty Stenerson and Ellen McConnell.
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IAO GALLERY UP: Winterpride Art Show, an array of new works by Utah artists. Reception Februrary 9th 7 - 9pm. Through February 28.
UTAH ARTIST HANDS UPCOMING: Postcards from Utah, Utah landscapes by gallery artists in honor of the gallery's 6th anniversary.
PICKETT FAIRBANKS GALLERY UP: Landscapes, cityscapes, and waterscapes in pastel by Jennifer Worsley, Through Febraury 13.
THE PICKLE COMPANY is working on a couple of large installations. Stay tuned for some-thing big.
SPRAGUE BRANCH LIBRARY
UP: Tree Silhouettes by Brett Johnson. Black and white photography exhibit. Through February 18.
UTAH CULTURAL CELEBRATION CENTER UP: Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats, featuring 30 photographs by Michael Cunningham with excerpted interviews by Craig Marbery. Through February 28.
RIO GALLERY UP: This is Our Land: Discovering America & the World Through Original Illustrations from Children's Books. Featuring 80 illustrators from the United States and other countries. Presented by Meridian International and the Library of Congress. Through February 27.
NOBROW COFFEE UP: 421 New work by Jesse Canales and Shalee Cooper. Through February 13.
VISAGE SALON STUDIOS (2006 S 900 E) UP: Multiple media artist Kristopher Scott celebrates nature and the human figure. Through February 13.
HORNE FINE ART
UP: Art Lovers' Sale. New landscapes by Phyllis Horne & Ken Baxter, wine paintings by Judith Mehr, cityscapes by Karen Horne
WILLIAMS FINE ART UPCOMING: New arrivals including works by David Meikle, John Collins, John Berry, Colleen Howe and others. February 28 5 - 8 pm.
LUCKY PIRATE DENIM BAR & SUGARHOUSE COFFEE (1045 E 2100 S) UP: Recent prints by Leia Bell.
Through the end of February
pARTnership GALLERY (534 S 500 W) UP: Oil, mixed media and acrylics by Howard S. Clark, Jeffrey Cobabe and John Cobabe.
TIN ANGEL CAFE UP: Architectural Details, photographs by Guy Wheelright.
TANNER FRAMES UP: Paintings by Travis Tanner.
ALICE GALLERY AT GLENDINNING UP: Selections from the State Fine Art Collection, featuring recently conserved paintings by artists such as Lee Greene Richards, Francis L. Horspool, John Hafen. Through March.
GALLERYUAF UP: Walter Reichert, Landscape Photographs from the Canadian Rockies. Through February 6th.
HIGHLIFE GALLERY (245 E Broadway) UP: Metal sculptures by Scott Whitaker. AND: Photographs by Weston Hall. Through Feb 15
RED LIGHT BOOKS (179 E 300 S) Mixed media activist Qi Peng takes down the sexist public image of Picasso with images appropriated from pornography.
ARTOPIA (note new address: 60 Exchange Place) UP: The displaced Sugarhouse gallery offers Randall Nigonosiah, Tracy O'Brien, and MASO.
OASIS CAFE (151 S. 500 E.) UP: Gifts, new Works by Heidi Adkins. Through February 28.
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