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Title: Romey Stuckart: Paintings
Personal Creator: Romey Stuckart
Description: The panhandle of northern Idaho is home to some of the most spectacular scenery in North America. Sparsely populated, the small communities east of Sandpoint that border Lake Pend Oreille are backed by forests that stretch across the Cabinet and Selkirk mountains until they merge with the Canadian Rockies. To stand in these densely forested mountains, among the firs, pines, and birches, can be both moving and somewhat daunting. Here nature is wilderness. In 1987, when Romey Stuckart first moved to Hope, Idaho, her response as a painter was to adopt these woods as her subject matter. This exhibition of paintings from 1990 to 2002 acts as a record of her response to her chosen environment, as literal depiction of nature in paintings up to 1992 and then the shift to the organic, abstracted paintings that followed. Exhibition held in the Street Level Gallery space.
Subjects: Abstract, organic, Abstract paintings, Salt Lake Art Center, Landscape paintings, paintings, mountains
Local Identifier: 14-0282

Title: Examining Hospice Care in Utah
Personal Creator: Salt Lake Art Center
Description: A free public symposium. Eight internationally-recognized photographers and filmmakers were commissioned to create new work about the emotional and collaborative experience of working with hospices and hospice care. Each immersed themselves, over an extended period of time and in different cities, in the world of the people who know it best: patients, families and health care providers. "Hospice: a Photographic Inquiry" held March 31 - June 10, 2001.
Subjects: Salt Lake Art Center, hospices, film, deaths, Aging, patients, photography
Local Identifier: 14-0305

Title: Stephen Schultz: Paintings and Drawings
Personal Creator: Stephen Schultz
Description: In viewing this exhibition, what is immediately apparent is that Schultz's paintings are over the top in the best sense of dramatic presentation. The scale of the largest paintings seem bigger than life, setting for mythic narration, where no painted form or gesture is lacking in meaning. If we equate these paintings to that of the theatrical stage, then his props are those of the painter's studio of the dream, and the painted gestures are those of the evolution of the self and the yearning for human interconnectedness. Exhibition held in the Main Gallery space.
Subjects: drawings, dreams, life, Salt Lake Art Center
Local Identifier: 14-0280

Title: Utah X/I: Video Art from Utah
Personal Creator: Amy Caron; Kerri Hopkins; Brian Patterson; Peter Stempel;
Description: Contemporary Trends in Video Art. The Salt Lake Art Center, in partnership with the SLC Film Center and the Utah Humanities Council, presents the recent videos of artists selected for UTAH X/I, an investigation of contemporary video art being created in Utah. UTAH X/I was originally curated by Anne Watson for SLC Film Center’s Sidewalk Cinema, the Art Center's presentation includes works by four video artists. Inspired by Documenta X, an international art exhibition that takes place every five years in Germany, UTAH X/I stretches beyond the conventional idea of exhibition space. Exhibition held in the Auditorium space.
Subjects: Salt Lake Art Center, video art, Project 337, art education
Local Identifier: 14-0156

Title: Making Waves: Controversial Art in Utah
Personal Creator: Cassandra Barney; Tom Bettin; Ilya Bolotowsky; Manuel Alvarez Bravo; Angelo Caravaglia; Sam Collett; Cyrus Dallin; George Dibble; Carole Alden Doubek; Irene Fletcher; Scott Generic (Scott Smith); Alvin Gittins; james T. Harwood; Brent Herridge & Associates; Richard Johnston; Earl Jones; Michelle Macfarlane; Bejamin Media; Karl Momen; April Motley; Sara J. Northerner; Don Olsen; Denis Phillips; Jim Pridgeon; Henry Rasmussen Annie Redwiskers; Lee Greene Richards; Frank Riggs; Heather Romney; ViviAnn Rose; F. Anthony Smith; Trevor Southey; Unknown;
Description: "Making Waves: Controversial Art in Utah" is an unprecedented examination of those works that have, over the past century, caused public outcry, drew the threat of censorship or were censored in some way in Utah. The purpose of the exhibition is a three-fold. First, to examine the nature of community standards in our state, the ways they changed over time and the influence they have on expression in the arts. Second, to celebrate freedom of expression by exhibiting works that tested societal boundaries during the periods in which they were created or exhibited. Third, to encourage public dialogue about controversy, censorship and compromise. Works have been chosen based on three principal criteria: the extent to which they reflect the attitudes of the times in which they were created; the extent to which they reflect a range of controversial subject matter; and the aesthetic and artistic quality of the works themselves. Exhibition held in the Main Gallery Center.
Subjects: sculpture, censorship, expression, installations, Salt Lake Art Center
Local Identifier: 14-0445

Title: Reading Between The Lines: Image and Text by Contemporary African American Artists
Personal Creator: Beverly Buchanan; Howardena Pindell; Clarissa Sligh; Deborah Willis;
Description: "Reading Between The Lines: Image and Text by Contemporary African American Artists" brings the visual image and the written word together in art works of great directness and elegance by four of today's most progressive artists. For them, the incorporation of text and image is a natural result of deeply introspective and intellectual approaches to their lives and communities. Each artist utilizes these distinctive elements to fulfill her natural role as visual artist, story teller, educator, historian and cultural healer. Each artists has looked deep within herself and her community, and has turned a critical eye toward history, social norms, contemporary race relations, political events, figures and promises. The artists explore a wide range of issues including relationships, family, community, gender roles, AIDS and global politics. Interwoven throughout their work are also issues more clearly defined by American race relations including slavery, the Civil Rights Movement, past and present stereotypes, media representation, ethnic identity and contemporary race relations. These exceptional artists explore diver and vital issues with wisdom of a teacher, the craft of a story teller, the frankness of a journalist, the understanding of a sociologist and the anger of a protester. Exhibition held in the Main Gallery space.
Subjects: photography, prints, social issues, politics, gender issues, Civil rights, ethnicity, Salt Lake Art Center, African Americans
Local Identifier: 14-0313

Title: Doublespeak
Personal Creator: Daniela Comani; Rebecca Campbell; Carlee Fernandez; Julie Lequin; Carlin Wing; Wendy Red Star; Mary Reid Kelly; Barbara Kruger; Julie Orser; Fourth Height; Urs Bigler; Jennifer Nelson;
Description: Doublespeak features artworks by an international roster of contemporary women artists who utilize strategies of layered or multiple meanings to address politically, sexually or socially difficult subject matter. This exhibition will examine feminine perspectives on politics, war and gender, including exploration of the role of women as authors, victims, bystanders, soldiers, commentators, and caretakers. Each of the artists in Doublespeak comes from a perspective of dual-identity in one way or another (in terms of culture, religion, sexual identity, etc.). The exhibition draws its initial inspiration from the work of female Vietnamese poet Hô Xuân Hu’o’ng, a pioneer more than 200 years ago in the use of literary double-entendres that engaged philosophical quandaries of life and death as well as daily conflicts between men and women. Writing in Vietnamese, Hô ultilized the tonal nature of the language to create poems that had one meaning when read with a given tonality, and an entirely different, discreet meaning when read with the alternate tonality or pronunciation. There is a long history of women using codes to get their message across – from the centuries-old language Nüshu, used by Chinese women in the Hunan province, to the secret quilt codes of the Underground Railroad during the American Civil War. This exhibition offers contemporary examples of such cultural codes. Exhibition held in the Main Gallery Space.
Subjects: Political issues, Sexism, identity, codes, Salt Lake Art Center
Local Identifier: 14-0169

Title: Objects of Adoration and Mystery
Description: A black tie event and auction benefiting the exhibitions and programs of the Salt Lake Art Center held on June 23, 2001. The event includes live auction, cocktails and silent auction, seated dinner, dessert and dancing in the Sculpture Court.
Subjects: Art auctions, Parties, Salt Lake Art Center
Local Identifier: 14-0301

Title: Jack Dollhausen: A 30-Year Start
Personal Creator: Jack Dollhausen
Description: An early innovator of computerized art, Washington artist Jack Dollhausen creates intriguing, often humorous sculptures that actively engage the viewer. Created between 1968 and 2000, 26 dynamic sculptures convert the normal functions of electricity into elaborate statements of musical and interactive complexity. Exhibition held in the Main Gallery space.
Subjects: interactive, Salt Lake Art Center, Electricity
Local Identifier: 14-0289

Title: Blue
Personal Creator: Sharon Alderman; Robert Arneson; James Baker; Chris Barlow; Wulf Barsch; Edith Carlson; Ron Clayton; Lee Deffebach; E. David Dornan; Pat Eddington; Lewis Francis; Christopher Gittins; Hans Hofmann; Karen Horne; Derek Jarman; Ellsworth Kelly; Frank McEntire; Michael Mogus; Peggy Moore; Robert Motherwell; K.C. Muscolino; Reuben Nakian; Judith Neaman; Doug Ohlson; Don Olsen; Fairfield Porter; Ron Richmond; Edward Ruscha; Henrietta Shore; Trevor Southey; Harry Taylor; Richard Van Wagoner; John Welch; Ling Zhou; Francis Zimbeaux
Description: Color conveys meaning. Blue is the color of things infinite--of the ocean and the sky. Without shape or line, unattached to any object, the color blue can make us feel space, freedom, distance, openness and continuity--abstractions rooted in thousands of years of equating the limitless with blue. To see color, we need history, science, myth, religion, literature, psychology and a great many other disciplines, for the meaning of color is deeply ingrained in the evolution of our collective experience and traditions. The exhibition explores the symbolic, emotional and purely formal nature of all colors by focusing on one color, alone: blue. Exhibition held in the Main Gallery space.
Subjects: symbolism, emotion, blue, psychology, paintings, Salt Lake Art Center
Local Identifier: 14-0470

Title: Crossroads: A Teen Response to Life in Salt Lake City
Personal Creator: Salt Lake Art Center; Spy Hop Productions
Description: A diverse group of high school students from throughout the Salt Lake Valley came together to create "Crossroads: A Teen Response Life in Salt Lake City," a two-part exhibit consisting of photographic works and a multimedia collaboration between the Salt Lake Art Center and Spy Hop Productions, a local non-profit Media Studio. "Crossroads: A Teen Response Life in Salt Lake City" was comprised of over 600 photographs that give give the viewers a "real-life" look into Salt Lake's youth culture. Exhibit held in the Street Level Gallery space.
Subjects: photography, Youth, multimedia works, Teenagers, City & town life, Salt Lake Art Center
Local Identifier: 14-0271

Title: Branded and on Display
Personal Creator: Terence Gower; Donna Nield; Haim Steinbach; Clay Ketter; Ashley Bickerton; Yuken Teruya; Conrad Bakker; Louis Cameron; Brian Ulrich; Siebren Versteeg; Ai Weiwei; Michael Blum; Diller + Scofidio; Tempi and Wolf; Laurie Hogin; Ryan McGinness; Zhao Bandi; Pierre Huyghe; Amy Barkow; Hank Willis Thomas; Amelia Moore;
Description: Virtually every activitiy in our lives is experienced through purchases, from bassinets to caskets Our landscape is studded with logos, brand names, and billboards - inducements to participate in a culture defined by the acquisition of commodities. This exhibit, Branded and on Display, examines the work of artists who explore the meanings and consequences of branding and display tactics in their responses to this pervasively marked environment. Exhibition held in the Main Gallery space.
Subjects: Surplus commodities, Logos, Strategic planning, Salt Lake Art Center, branding, marketing
Local Identifier: 14-0151

Title: Battleground States
Personal Creator: Daniel Albrigo; Absalon; Bas Jan Ader; Matthew Barney; Tobias Bernstrup; Robin Black; Nayland Blake; AA Bronson; Heather Cassil; Nicole Eisenman; Felix Gonzalez-Torres; Jonathan Horowitz; Trishelle Jeffrey; Amy Jorgensen; Asma Kazmi; Terence Koh; Annie Leibowitz; David Levine; Matt Lipps; Georges Minne; Carlos Motta; Takashi Murakami; Shirin Neshat; Bertrand Planes; Genesis Breyer P-orridge; Dean Sameshima; Jack Smith; Trevor Southey; David Wojnarowicz; Patrick Tuttofuoco; Guido van der Werve;
Description: Battleground States brings together artists who critically engage with the discourse of visual culture and gender studies. Through video, sculpture, installation, and photography, these works explore ideas of how figuration and identity are connected. The exhibition begins with Utah artist Trevor Southey as his process of self-realization has made him an art historical pivot when discussing gender politics within the culture of Utah. The narrative continues by presenting generations of artists across the globe, leading the viewer along a path of self-realization in which concepts of coupling or completing the self are represented as spiritual quests. Battleground States analyzes the space between traditional gender duality by exploring alternative forms such as the third gender, a generally foreign concept in Western culture. In their non-Western roles, these alternative identities denote a space for possibility and transcendence. The exhibition moves towards notions of the “post-gender” as a way to better understand how our cultural diversities open up interpretations of a third space. Exhibition held in the Main Gallery space.
Subjects: Salt Lake Art Center, gender issues, dualism, identity, narratives, viewers
Local Identifier: 14-0123

Title: 1998 Utah Arts Council: A View of Nine
Personal Creator: Amy Adams; Jennifer Hillam Barton; Drex Brooks; Wayne Chubin; Downy Doxey-Marshall; Andrew Glantz; Brian Kershisnik;
Description: The Utah Arts Council: A View of Nine, Fellowship Finalists in the Visual Arts. Amy Adams; Jennifer Hillam Barton; Drex Brooks; Wayne Chubin; Downy Doxey-Marshall; Andrew Glantz; Brian Kershisnik; Fuifuilupe Niumeitolu & Joseph Ostraff; Kaiti Slater.
Subjects: Salt Lake Art Center, Artists
Local Identifier: 14-0464

Title: David Ruhlman: A History of the Hidden World
Personal Creator: David Ruhlman
Description: David Ruhlman’s mixed media paintings are visual palindromes reflecting the circular nature of beginnings and endings. A History of the Hidden World is an exploration of double entendres, surreal metamorphosis and natural phenomena. These themes relate to apocalypticism and how this mysterious fantasy spawns concepts of beauty and transcendence. Drawing on French playwright Antonin Artaud who used strange and disturbing effects to perplex his audience, Ruhlman’s work depicts peculiar and anthropomorphic motifs that lead viewers through hidden worlds. The artist experiments with form, color and texture, resulting in his own unique visual language. Recurring images of rams, reptiles, birds and fragmented figures tell stories that are not linear, but rather are repetitive trajectories of whimsical fable. A History of the Hidden World is a mirror to another dimension where meaning and imagination are wound together in layered knots of symbols and forms. One is able to trace an undiscovered history that continually reflects back on itself, neither beginning with a starting point nor providing a final conclusion. What is left is a new world order that does not implicate perfection or organization in the traditional sense, but allows for an unruly explosion of continual wonder and possibility. Exhibition held in the Locals Only Gallery space.
Subjects: History, Salt Lake Art Center, apocalyptic art, visual and representational concepts
Local Identifier: 14-0130

Title: Sophie Matisse: Be Back in 5 Minutes and Zebra Stripe Paintings
Personal Creator: Sophie Matisse
Description: This New York City artist has created paintings that combine a conceptual point of view with historically acknowledged masterpieces from the art of painting. The "Be Back in 5 Minutes" paintings use subtraction as the conceptual device through the elimination of the people and animals from the original compositions, while the "Zebra Stripe" paintings make use of addition by the confluence of two painted realities and the reintroduction of people and animals in the copied museum art. Exhibition held in the Street Level Gallery space.
Subjects: masterpieces, additions, art history, Surrealist, Salt Lake Art Center
Local Identifier: 14-0242

Title: Friese Undine: Machiavelli and the Bottle
Personal Creator: Friese Undine
Description: Undine is fascinated with propaganda and more overt activities of persuasion: brainwashing, coercion, enticement and threat. In this exhibit, what might Undine's intention be? Proselytism? But for what? And certainly satire. This artist obviously wants us to think about the everyday uses of force, and especially the rhetoric we use to justify our actions to those less powerful than we are. Like every satire from the classical Greek "Satyricon" to Voltaire's "Candide" to "Saturday Night Live," Undine's work attacks society in order to improve it, ironically a hopeful act. Whether we are shocked or we laugh or both, we should not leave this gallery feeling neutral. If giving people easy answers is the function of propaganda, asking people hard questions is the function of art. Exhibition held in the Street Level Gallery space.
Subjects: propaganda, politics, philosophers, irony, Salt Lake Art Center
Local Identifier: 14-0317

Title: Unseen Shores: The Post-Vietnam Era from the U.S. Navy Art Collection
Personal Creator: Monica Allen-Perin; Chip Beck' Fred Harris; Gene Klebe; Hughie Lee-Smith; Paul C. DeLorenzo; Robert Adam Malin; Erik Marshall Murray; John Charles Roach; Robert G. Smith; Edward (Ted) Wilbur; Morgan Wilbur; Frank E. Zuccarelli
Description: "Unseen Shores" fills a void in the now traditional contemporary art world that typically favors avant-garde artworks of large scale in a non-referential style and/or with a theoretical foundation and/or in a technologically-innovative medium. These twenty-eight artworks, draw from the U.S. Navy Art Collection, reveal a surprising autonomy in art-making and acquisition in the official embrace of this (and other) branches of the United States military, despite suspicions to the contrary. There is a remarkable cross-section of subjects and styles from expected watercraft and aircraft, to the unexpected -- diversity of gender and race; civil engineering and rescue operations; off-duty leisure -- carving out a space in contemporary art for a realist mode of representation, existing as a hybrid between the objectivity of documentation by intricate theories and not dependent on the novelty of trendy materials. Exhibition held in the Street Level Gallery space.
Subjects: Military air pilots, Portrait paintings, Salt Lake Art Center, paintings, military personnel
Local Identifier: 14-0224

Title: Taboo
Description: A black tie or exotic attire event benefiting the Salt Lake Art Center held on June 11, 2005. The event includes cocktails and hor d'oeuvres, live auction, silent auction, formal dinner in the main gallery space, dessert and dancing.
Subjects: Art auctions, Parties, Salt Lake Art Center
Local Identifier: 14-0253

Title: New Narrative: Warhol, Stella, Marden, Fitzpatrick
Personal Creator: Andy Warhol; Frank Stella; Brice Marden; Tony Fitzpatrick;
Description: The exhibition features printmaking by four American masters. The exhibition has been made possible through the generosity of Chicago based Art Enterprises Ltd., which previously toured the exhibit under the slightly different title, "A New Narrative: Marden, Fitszpatrick, Stella, Warhol." The work in this exhibit is the same, but the curatorial renaming is a matter of popular realignment. Tweaking the title notwithstanding, the real purpose of the exhibition is the focus up on the printmaking activity of these four major American artists. The printmaking medium itself offers artists the ability to produce a series of prints as an edition. Images closely related as to subject often suggest narrative-like sequences. These prints stand alone, outside of literature, and yet literature and its mate, narrative, do play a significant conceptual role. Exhibition held in the Main Gallery space.
Subjects: Screen prints, Etchings, Lithography, Relief prints, Salt Lake Art Center, prints, portraits
Local Identifier: 14-0221

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