THREE OPENINGS, ONE NIGHT!

WED, AUG 31, 5:00 - 8:00 PM 

Join us on the the evening of August 31as we celebrate the life of beloved Utah painter V. Douglas Snow, launch our new Locals Only Gallery with a room-sized installation by native artist Jared Clark, and showcase the next round of contemporary video art in our Looped series with work by Danish artist Nikolaj Larsen and Austrian-educated artist Jamie McMurray.

FINAL LIGHT: V. DOUGLAS SNOW IN RETROSPECT

AUG 31 - OCT 22, 2011

Organized by guest curator Frank McEntire, Final Light presents defining works from Snow's career, featuring more than 35 paintings from private and public collections across the West.  A painter, printmaker, and professor, Snow lived and worked in Utah's red rock country for over half a century. After studying at Columbia University and the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Snow returned to his home state of Utah to paint Capitol Reef's mountains and mesas. Snow became a nationally recognized artist at the age of 30 when he was featured in Life magazine and his work is included in major collections including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, the Springville Museum of Art, and the Museum of Art at Brigham Young University.  

  

Salt Lake Art Center is honored to host this co-located exhibition with the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, showcasing a large body of work at both institutions. 

 

Supported by Bonnie Phillips, JEPS Foundation, Stremmel Gallery, and Cathy and Larry Bagley.   

 

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V. Douglas Snow, Reprise, 1994, oil on canvas, Courtesy Susan Snow and Stremmel gallery.  

LOCALS ONLY GALLERY
BILD: JARED LINDSAY CLARK 

AUG 31 - DEC 17, 2011

Salt Lake Art Center is pleased to announce that Jared Clark is the inaugural artist for,the Locals Only Gallery, our newest initiative to promote local artists as they engage the contemporary art world.

A graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, Salt Lake City artist Clark will install a new work from his Bild series, which employs scavenged materials to create site-specific sculptures.

The title of this series, which is both the German word for a painting as well as a homophone for the English word "build," references ideas of imagery as well as ideas of construction. Clark's piece, a monumental installation composed of urban and domestic objects, takes as its springboard the tenets of Minimalist primary sculptural forms, including confrontation with the viewer in real space in ways that demand consideration of the relationship between sculpture and the scale of the human body.

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LOOPED: ENDURING

AUG 31 - NOV 3, 2011 

On September 23, 2005 Jamie McMurray began 365 Performances, a project in which he did a performance action every day for the duration of a year. As McMurry himself describes, "All of the collecting, cataloging and recording very quickly became and integral part of the work, as it allowed for constant review and examination during its actual existence as a work of performance."

In Nikolaj Larsen's video My Cat and I the artist holds a cat in his arms for several minutes as he attempts the impossible task of creating a motionless portrait. The cat's increasing agitation juxtaposed with Larsen's deadpan expression makes for an amusing contrast while setting up an examination of the constructs of video and photographic portraiture. 

Both works will be on display in the Art Center's entry foyer as part of our Looped series of contemporary video art.

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Above: Jamie McMurray, 365 Performances, 2005-2006, Video Installation for Monitor; Below: Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen, My Cat and I, 1999 Video Installation for Monitor.

FALLEN FRUIT OF UTAH

CLOSING SEP 17, 2011

Come visit Fallen Fruit of Utah before it closes on September 17 and delve into a fruit-oriented scavenger hunt for all ages.  Just ask the front desk attendant for a scavenger hunt clip board on your way into the gallery.

Fallen Fruit of Utah is a collaboration with museums and individuals around the state about the role of fruit in Utah's history, led by artist collective Fallen Fruit.  

"Nor shall you glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather the fallen fruit of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the needy and for the stranger."  Leviticus 19:10. 

And don't miss the Nocturnal Fruit Forage on September 10!  Info below in Events. 

Sponsored by American Express with media support provided by KCPW and SLUG Magazine.   

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NOCTURNAL FRUIT FORAGE  

SAT, SEP 10, 7:00 PM

The artists of Fallen Fruit return to Utah one final time on Saturday, September 10 to lead a Nocturnal Fruit Forage. Meet on the corner of 9th South and 9th East at 7 PM. Bring a picker and some old grocery bags as the Fallen Fruit artists show you where to find free fruit in the public domain. 

EVENING FOR EDUCATORS:
PLANTING THE SEED: GARDENS, GROWING, AND AGRICULTURE IN ART

THU, SEP 8, 2011, 6:00 - 9:00 PM 

Join educators from across Utah at Salt Lake Art Center on Thursday, September 8 at 6 PM for a Statewide Art Partnership (SWAP) event. Salt Lake Art Center will be presenting Planting the Seed: Gardens, Growing, and Agriculture in Art in conjunction with our exhibition Fallen Fruit of Utah. The evening will feature a keynote lecture with Hikmet Sidney Loe of Westminster College, a tour of our current exhibition with L.A.-based artist collective Fallen Fruit, and two break-out workshops.

CREATIVITY IN FOCUS FILM SERIES
THE GATES 

FRI, SEP 9, 2011, 7:00 PM 

Literally decades in the making, The Gates chronicles the intricate process of completing the 7,503 saffron-colored gates and fabric panels used in "The Gates, Central Park, New York City, 1979-2005." Directed by Antonio Ferrera, Albert Maysles, David Maysles and Matthew Prinzing, the documentary captures the soaring majesty of the project, along with its impact on thousands of amazed (and occasionally skeptical) witnesses who flocked to snowy Central Park to experience it over the course of 16 days, Feb. 12 - 27, 2005.  

 

Presented in partnership with SLC Film Center. 

 

JORGE ROJAS: TORTILLA ORACLE 

FRI, SEP 16, 2011, 7:00 - 10:00 PM 

It is often said that art has the power to transform an object, a moment, or even a person from something ordinary to truly extraordinary--and rarely is a chance to experience one such transformative moment presented so clearly. 

 

Join us to celebrate Mexican Independence Day with Salt Lake artist Jorge Rojas as he conducts live "Tortilla Oracle" readings at a private event hosted by Brian & Christine Seethaler and James & Katie Roberts. Twelve to fifteen  people will have their Tortilla Oracle read by Jorge Rojas. Tickets are $100.00 per person.

FOURTH ANNUAL URBAN GALLERY 

AT NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE  

FRI, SEP 23, NOON - 8:00 PM

SAT, SEP 24, 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM

The Salt Lake Art Center and 337 Project present the Fourth Annual Urban Gallery, an event supporting Neighborhood House, Utah's oldest provider of daycare services for low-income families.  Watch as top local artists create a major public art installation on the eight garage doors in the Neighborhood House parking lot at 1050 West 500 South in Salt Lake City.  Children's activities, food, and a beer garden for the adults will be offered.