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Then & Now: Selections from the Permanent Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art
Through September 20, 2009
This exhibition of modern and contemporary art from the UMFA’s permanent collection brings together key works from the last five decades. The 1960s and 70s saw sweeping changes in society and politics, as well as in the realm of art, with many artists responding to pressing political concerns. Then & Now highlights parallels between art and societal events both of the past and of our own moment, featuring a special video presentation by acclaimed British artist Phil Collins, entitled baghdad screentests (2002).
Karl Bodmer: Beyond the Frontier
February 27 - June 21, 2009
Explore the lives of native people and wild landscapes of the American West in this exhibition of large-scale prints by artist and adventurer Karl Bodmer. The exhibition features an original copy of Travels in the Interior of North America, a journal published in 1839 that documents the New World expedition of explorer Alexander Philipp Maximilian through Bodmer's artwork. View impressive aquatint engravings of Bodmer's drawings and sketches, and discover the new nation of America as seen by European explorers.
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The Later Works of William Utermohlen
November 1, 2008 - January 11, 2009
After a long career working as an artist, William Utermohlen was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 1995. The Later Works exhibition chronicles his paintings from his diagnosis in 1995 to 2000 when he lost the ability to create art. A collection of primarily self-portraits, these works provide a visual narrative of the artist's experience with Alzheimer's disease and dementia. The portraits express sadness, anger, anxiety and resignation, and are visually rich, intriguing, and haunting all at once.
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An Innermost Journey: The Art of Shauna Cook Clinger
Through February 15, 2009
Remarkable artistic skill, deep-rooted passion and personal revelation fuse to create the body of art in the exhibition, An Innermost Journey by Utah artist Shauna Cook Clinger. The exhibition is a survey and celebration of Clinger's career and artwork, through an evolutionary collection of the artist's large-scale paintings created over the last thirty years.
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Art Since 1960: Selections from the Permanent Collection
Through February 8, 2009
This installation of modern and contemporary art from the UMFA's permanent collection brings together key works from the last five decades. The exhibition narrates a succession of diverse movements and styles since the 1960's, emphasizing special concentrations within the UMFA's holdings.
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Utah's Premier Artists: 19th Century Selections from the Mark & Nancy Peterson Collection
Through January 2008
The Mark and Nancy Peterson exhibition is comprised of a selection of extraordinary 19th Century paintings from their private collection that spans 150 years of Utah Art. These paintings were collected over a thirty-year period and represent the most important artists and images of this unique frontier period in Utah’s history.
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Monet to Picasso from the Cleveland Museum of Art
June 23, 2008 - September 21, 2008
In summer 2008, the UMFA presented the highly acclaimed exhibition Monet to Picasso from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The show featured 100 years of European masterworks and the UMFA is privileged to be among only four North American venues selected to host this marquee international touring exhibition. The works on display in this show have never been to Utah before.
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Crossroads: 5 Perspectives on Art
April 19, 2008 - May 18, 2008
Five talented artists on the cusp of graduating with a Masters Degree in Fine Arts from the University of Utah- a crossroads in their career- showcase an incredible diversity of work in this 2000 square foot exhibition. Featured artists are Jeremiah Moore, McGarren Flack, Zane Lancaster, Matthew Allred and Sarah Moyer. Their paintings, drawings, photographs and a mosaic offer up a different perspective on art and human understanding. From a painted commentary on our health-ambivalent society to the vibrant and shining tiles of uplifting of a community mosaic, the eclectic works in this mixed-media exhibition offer powerful visual translations of the individual thoughts and experiences of each potential graduate. Join us as we celebrate the creative ability and impressive accomplishments of these up-and-coming artists!
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January 25, 2008 - April 20, 2008
Motorists zipping along Interstates 80 and 84 in Northeastern Utah are seldom aware they are traveling through what was once one of the most famous landscapes in the world - Echo and Weber Canyons. In 1860 the famed British traveler Sir Richard Burton exclaimed, “Echo [C]anyon has but one fault: Its sublimity will make all similar features look tame.” By the late nineteenth century the canyons of Echo and Weber, Utah, the “Gateway” to the Intermountain West, were considered a veritable showcase of geological phenomena.
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Sheila Pepe, Colby Brewer & ME!!
March 21, 2008 - April 24, 2008
Be a part of art, a 14,000 cubic feet art installation to be exact. This art installation will a participatory experience, aspiring artists, knitters- anyone with a desire to be a part of something big will be needed to complete this sculpture, drawing, and installation hybrid.
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Natural Revelations
January 11, 2008 - April 13, 2008
UMFA is pleased to host a solo exhibition of large-scale acrylic landscapes by well known artist Susan Swartz. Swartz has been painting for over forty years on both American coasts, Southern France and Africa. She was commissioned to do commemorative artwork for the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games and was the recipient of the “Mansion Artist of the Year” award by Utah Governor Michael Leavitt. In April 2005 she was invited to be a visiting artist at Harvard Divinity School. In December 2005 she was published in a collectors book by Gibbs Smith titled Painters of the Wasatch Mountains–which illustrates the distinct painting development regarding the American West’s Wasatch Range emergent in the 19th century, succeeding the Hudson River School in the East.
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Suitcase Paintings: Small Scale Work by Abstract Expressionists
January 19, 2008 - March 29, 2008
When most people think about Abstract Expressionism they think big --- big ideas, big emotions, big action and big scale. Many of the groundbreaking abstract expressionist painters of the post World War II years were famous for pushing the limits of scale, using the canvas as a field (sometimes literally) to act upon. However, this exhibition of about sixty works presents another side of Abstract Expressionist. The artists exhibited in this show created lesser-known, small-scale, paintings of intense beauty that exhibit all the bravura and energy found in their larger and more acclaimed works.
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Cinderella: Masks, Magic and Mirrors
September 2, 2007 - March 31, 2008
Working with materials from Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas, this exhibit explores such key themes as servitude, disguise, false worth (the vain stepsisters), and real worth (at first recognized only by the fairy godmother), as well as such familiar and celebrated Cinderella motifs as pumpkins, shoes, jewelry, and beautiful clothing. Co-curators Virginia Catherall, Megan Hallett, and Audrey Thompson focus on "Masks, Magic, and Mirrors" to highlight questions of self-knowledge and self-deception (mirrors), unreliable knowledge of others (masks), and the wisdom (magic) needed to appreciate real worth.
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Picturing the West: Masterworks of 19th Century Landscape Photography
October 6, 2007 - December 30, 2007
Picturing the West is an exhibition of over 32 stunning nineteenth century American Western landscape photographs. Featuring works by such artists as Carleton Watkins, William Henry Jackson, Eadweard Muybridge and F. Jay Haynes, Picturing the West allows viewers the rare opportunity to directly compare and contrast different techniques of photographing the Western landscape.
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Andy Warhol's Dream America: Screenprints from the Collection of the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation
October 4, 2007 - January 6, 2008
This splendid opportunity to see up close and personal approximately 100 screenprints by internationally acclaimed artist Andy Warhol is not to be missed.
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Passion For Form: Selections of Southeast Asian Art from the MacLean Collection
June 9, 2007 - September 23, 2007
Passion for Form: Selections of Southeast Asian Art from the MacLean Collection, a delightful traveling exhibition will be hosted by the UMFA in the Changing Exhibitions Gallery from June 7 to September 23, 2007. This exhibition showcases the myriad shapes and forms distinct to Southeast Asian art.
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Natural Beauty (“Khwaam ngaam thaang tham chaat”)
June 9, 2007 - September 23, 2007
Natural Beauty (“Khwaam ngaam thaang tham chaat”) This companion exhibition to Passion for Form runs concurrently in the Changing Exhibitions Gallery, June 7 to September 23, 2007. This exhibition explores the history and tradition of Theravada or “Old Way” Buddhism which is infused in with the culture of Thailand and Cambodia.
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Head Trip: Around the World in Forty Hats
April 14, 2007 - August 12, 2007
What do an American bicycle helmet and a Native American Plains Feathered Headdress have in common? Both are worn for protection. How about a Misango Mayaka Hat from the Democratic Republic of Congo and a Dutch lace cap? Both reveal the wearers’ social status.
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April 6, 2007 - September 9, 2007
A wide variety of audiences will marvel at the artwork and paper engineering of Robert Sabuda. Sabuda’s intricate design and vivid use of color capture on paper a world of enchantment. He illustrates, often writes, and also formulates the special effects for his books.
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The Quintet of Rembrance
March 2, 2007 - May 15, 2007
This video installation by artist Bill Viola is one of four works which comprise the Quintet Series created for the Passions Project. In this work, Viola uses today’s technology to translate the timeless themes represented by artists throughout history, into a new medium.
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Brian Kershisnik: Painting From Life
February 16, 2007 - July 1, 2007
UMFA is proud to present an exhibition of paintings by celebrated artist Brian Kershisnik of Kanosh, Utah. Kershisnik has earned a nationwide following for his moving and metaphoric paintings of people in moments of quiet transcendence. His works capture both human vulnerability and elation. Nuances in relationships, particularly marriage come through in his paintings.
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The Guild of Book Workers 100th Anniversary Exhibition
February 10, 2007 - March 19, 2007
The Guild of Book Workers 100th Anniversary Exhibition highlights recent works of many of the best bookbinders and book artists in America. Entries run the gamut from traditional bindings and historicstructures, to pop-ups and other playful book forms, to purelysculptural works. Leather bindings stand alongside works fashioned from aluminum or PVC. Text and imagery are produced by numerous printmaking methods, calligraphy, photography and digital output. This exhibition is presented in conjunction with the Marriott Library Book Arts Program.
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