Up & Upcoming: Salt Lake Area
Up & Upcoming This Month
PHILLIPS GALLERY UP: Connie Borup. Slices of nature enlarged and cropped to show their abstract patterns (see page 1). UPCOMING: Moving Water, new landscapes by Dave Hall in conjunction with the publication of a book by the artist by the same title.|0| A book signing will be held during Gallery Stroll.
ART BARN/FINCH LANE GALLERY UP: A mixed media installation by Pam Bowman juxtaposing the rhythms of daily ritual in China against the rhythms of daily ritual in the United States. Two specific neighborhoods– one in Nanjing and the other in Provo–are portrayed. Included are video and mixed media collage. AND: Women of Rock and Ice: Photography by Anne Spencer, including large format black-and-white images of women who do extreme outdoor activities "made to show that women are beautiful and inspiring role models in the mountains. They are not what the media presents as beauty or what society presents women should be." Through Thursday, July 23.
UMFA UP: Splendid Heritage: Perspectives on American Indian Arts. 145 objects from the Native people of the Northeast Plateau and Plains in the 18th and 19th centuries. Through January 3. AND: Then & Now: Selections from the Permanent Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art. UMFA’s strong permanent collection of modern and contemporary art has been reinstalled and is rotating through key works from the last five decades. Featuring a not-to-be-missed video presentation by acclaimed British artist Phil Collins, entitled baghdad screentests (see page 7). Through September 4.
PALMERS GALLERY (378 West Broadway [300 South]. UP: New Mixed Media Artwork by Monika Del Bosque and Justin Wheatley. Both artists' work instill the sense of an unknown narrative in their paintings. Del Bosque often embeds relics of the domestic into the surfaces of her works. Recipes and excerpts from antiquated child rearing books are often used. Wheatley abstracts nature to such a degree that he shows the spiritual in the mundane. His most recent body of work consists of large, glowing, acrylic transfers of homes (see page 3).
SALT LAKE ART CENTER UP: Not Just Another Pretty Face, the Center's annual fundraising gala and exhibition (see page 6). AND: All American: Defining Ourselves in a Time of Change, 13 regional and national artists whose work embodies the characteristics and traditions that define us as a nation. |1| UPCOMING: Harmed, a body of work by artist Stephanie Wilde (Boise, ID) is about the corporate greed of the few and its devastating effects on the many. July 18 - October 10.
SIGNED & NUMBERED UP: The Birds, works by 35 invited artists exploring feathered themes. UPCOMING: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, thirty printmakers exploring Lewis Carrol's famous novel |2|.
ALPINE ART UP: Deconstructed, the individual and collaborative work of the artists known as the Oyster Pirates including Sri Whipple, Jason Wheatley, Shawn Webber, Steve Larson, Joel Mejia, Michael Page, James Lichnovsky and Christian Rothenhagen.
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UTAH CULTURAL CELEBRATION CENTER:
UP: The Face of Utah Sculpture V, opening with a reception June 11, 6 - 8:30 pm. This fifth annual exhibition takes a look at over forty Utah artists working in three dimensions. Through August 4.
HORNE FINE ART UP: Highlighting summer pleasures with Karen Horne's paintings of sunlit patios at restaurants such as Tuscany, Market Street Broiler, and Sage's Cafe. Celebrate the Utah Arts Festival over the years with paintings of the Library Square and Gallivan Plaza events. And if wilderness is more to your taste, head out on the road with Phyllis Horne and Ken Baxter to celebrate serene alpine retreats, rippling lakes, and red rock. Through July.
SAM WELLER'S GALLERY ON THE MEZZANINE (Sam Weller's Bookstore, 254 S. Main, 328-2586) UP: The Video Show: videos by Brian Patterson, Shantel Bennett, Milad Mozari, and Jared Steffenson are on view on the mezzanine during regular business hours (see June edition). Through July 10. UPCOMING: Dos Oestes ("Two Wests"): Works by Brittany Ann Edmiston and Ben Kilbourne. Two perspectives on the psychological and physical landscape of the new west. Artist reception on gallery stroll Friday, July 17th 6-9pm. Show runs July 17th through September 11th.
ART AT THE MAIN UP: Searching for the Abstract Interior, abstract paintings by Cary Griffiths. UPCOMING: It's a Bloomin' Desert, new landscapes by Debra Marin, presents works completed during the unusually wet spring which produced exceptional color in Utah's desert environment.
CHARLEY HAFEN GALLERY UP: Curvaceous Clay, smooth and elegant, wheel thrown vessels by clay artist Rob Marquardt.
ART ACCESS GALLERIES
UP: Urban Artifacts 2D: a group exhibition by Trent Alvey and others (see page 1). AND: in Art Access II Gallery, Mixed media by Blake and Cat Palmer. UPCOMOING:
SAANS PHOTOGRAPHY GALLERY (173 E. Broadway, 328-8827) UP:Earthscape Show 2009: an open-entry, juried show of landscape, seascape, and cityscapes.
KEN SANDERS RARE BOOKS UP: Original artwork from numerous artists featured in the long-awaited and gorgeously illustrated book, Painters of Utah's Canyons and Deserts, by Donna Poulton and Vern Swanson.
PATRICK MOORE GALLERY ( 2233 S 700 E; 801-484-6641) UP: Sixth Annual Gathering of Glass, presented in collaboration with the Glass Art Guild of Utah.
UTAH ARTS ALLIANCE UP: LIFE / DEATH / BIRTH; ONE CYCLE – THREE ARTISTS, works by emerging Utah artists: Andrew Christensen, Kelly Larsen and Daniel Walker.
Through August 1.
SLC MEYER GALLERY (350 S 200 E #100; (801) 363-0993) UP: Two Worlds by Utah photographer Joel Addams. This show will feature intimate photographs of daily life in Buddhist and Hindu Nepal as well as Islamic Morocco. Addams work depicts the resiliency of the cultures and the dedication to beautification of one's living space.
GARFO UPCOMING: MICRO / macro
an exhibition that promises to challeng perspective and observation via scale. Each participating artist was asked to create at least two works: one miniature, and one oversized--literally or conceptually--investigating the idea of micro and macro size relationships. Artists include: Nolan Baumgartner, Andrew Callis, Katherine Jones, Matthew Jones, Patrick Munger, Ben Wiemeyer. Opens Friday, July 10, 2009, 6-10pm
July 17, 6-9 p.m.
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EVERGREEN FRAMING CO. & GALLERY UP: Light-hearted encaustic painter Alison Armstrong and forgotten objects painted by Kevin Hogge.
WILLIAMS FINE ART UP: Featuring landscapes by David Meikle and works by Kent Christensen. Also new arrivals by Minerva Teichert, LeConte Stewart, Erin Berrett and Walter Rane.
UTAH ARTIST HANDS UP: Ben Behunin. Pottery sale and book signing of his new book, Remembering Isaac.
TIN ANGEL CAFE UP: Lisa Nichols' Transitions.
LDS CONFERENCE CENTER UP: Eighth International Art Competition. Work by 200 plus artists from around the world. Through October 11. (see April edition)
COFFEE CONNECTION UP: Sarah Kappos, Jeff Robinson, Sarah Hasleton, Shane Fox and Chauncey Secrist.
SOUTHAM GALLERY UP: New works by Richard Boyer, Elva Malin, Linda Curley and A.D. Shaw.
RED KILN UP: Invoking the Divine Goddess, Cowgirl, and Pottist, recent works by Randi Lile.
LOCAL COLORS
UP: Music and Flowers, featuring paintings, photography, pottery, glass, jewelry and fiber by the various members of the gallery.
STATIC SALON UP: Bregelle Whitworth Davis, whose acrylics resemble silk screen.
TANNER FRAMES UP: New prints by Jared Nielsen.
THE RED ESPRESSO (509 E 300 S) UP: Paintings and prints by Margaret Willis.
MICHAEL BERRY GALLERY (163 E 300 S; 521-0243 ) UP: The Intermountain Society of Artists' Spring 2009 Show and live tango music.
KAYO GALLERY UP: Windy City Show: Gil Leora, Ellen Heck, Nina Friday, and Stacey Earley, all Chicago artists. UPCOMING: David Habben, Amber Heaton and Claire Taylor
CAFE NICHE UP: Edge of Reality. Walt Zwierzycki’s images exploring the limits of photographic perception as well as his more traditional fine art landscapes and urban scenes.
A GALLERY UP: Works by Wynter Jones and Fiona Phillips.
BEANS AND BREWS UP: National Parks and Protected Places by local photographer, Bethany Ebling, featuring a series of color and black and white archival photographs highlighting the natural beauty of our nation.
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