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Battleground States
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 Identifiers
14-0123
Contemporary Trends in Video Art
Title
Contemporary Trends in Video Art
Personal Creator
Miranda July; Ximena Cuevas; Steve Reinke; Paul Mcarthy
Description
Video as a medium in the visual arts dates back to the 1960s, with artists previous to this time working in film. A unique quality of film and video in the visual arts is the timed sequence, which allows for the construction or deconstruction of narrative. In today's media savvy society, film and video footage is readily available in varied formats, and is often appropriated, collaged into, and/or manipulated within new contexts by contemporary artists. Exhibition held in the Projects and Main Gallery spaces.
Subjects
narratives, autobiography, Kidnappings, Eavesdropping, Video recording, collages
Local Identifiers
14-0143
Material Culture: The Fine Art of Textile
Title
Material Culture: The Fine Art of Textile
Personal Creator
Susan Taber Avila: Lia Cook; Jean hicks; Wendy Huhn; Elaine Reichek; Judy Singer
Description
There is accord between the anthropological definition of material culture and its application to this exhibition. These six artists have produced artworks that not only meet, but exceed the criteria. All use textile and associated techniques, but each is a solitary and significant representative of one technique without duplication. All are included for their common threads and divergent techniques. Exhibition held in the Man Gallery and Projects Gallery spaces.
Subjects
Textile art, Textiles, culture, hand sewing, textile working processes and techniques, abstraction, narratives, Salt Lake Art Center
Local Identifiers
14-0233