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Show The Daily Utah Chronicle - Friday, January 17, 1992 Page Eight Discover the secrets of Loge Gallery and the imagery of Wilson's vision tension in the viewer because there is no single place to focus. By Linda Engh Chronicle Art Critic In case you are unaware of the Loge Gallery, which is located upstairs in the Pioneer Memorial av lifer Theater, now would be the perfect time to pay it a visit to see what artist Sam Wilson has been up to. It is fitting that Wilson, who is also an art professor at the University of Utah, is showing his work at the Loge because both are little known treasures in local art circles. I When you first encounter Wilson's work, you might think it's about masks, fish, pheasants or maybe Madonnas. You might even think it's about questioning the use ::1J of frames around a canvas, back to Robert thinking Rauschenberg's work at the beginnings of Pop. But Wilson's work is about none of these things. Two words will help describe Wilson's work: diversity and fragmentation. Wilson is not working from an individual N 0 perspective (although he might not agree with this); his work has a universal appeal similar to that found in Robert Mapplethorpe's or even Picasso's work. However, he is not creating a new pictorial reality as Picasso did. What he is Sam Wilson's eclectic art is on display at the Loge Gallery. giving us is his view of how society is today by including disturbing imagery not unlike the kind used by Mapplethorpe in his photography. The society he is showing us is complex to the point of being disordered. Wilson comments on many aspects of society and attempts to fit the diversified pieces together. That seems to be the reason for the The works are crowded and busy in much the same way society is today; chaotic Several of Wilson's mixed-medi- a works are made, in part, from strips of painted canvas coupled with pasted linen. This technique images, gives his work relief-lik-e almost as if they are carved from the canvas. He doesn't hesitate to reshape the canvas into a multitude of configurations as an exploring child would, figuring out how the pieces fit together. His works entitled, "Self Portrait As An Immodest Censoring Device," and "The Tired Old White Guy, His Warrior Queen and The Primitive Dandy A Carnivore..." demonstrate a disregard for a defined canvas structure which is common with many contemporary artists today. As I said, the attention to framing the work went out with Rauschenberg. The other, equally important, aspect of Wilson's work is in his titles. They are not really titles in that they don't define the work. His titles are as important as the work it self, often seeming to stand as works in and of themselves. Wilson seems to be saying that the work of art alone is not enough but neither are the written words on their own; or he might be using each one to enhance the other. In one "title" he writes, "High Desert Melodrama, It Was Under so-call- ed Pheasant Skies This Political Farce, My Self Imposed Thermals Created Another Pheasant Uprising." His long and obscure titles again comment on a fragmented society, a society in of found in which many fragmentation things might have of lack order the his works such as in "The Smiling Totem" and "111 and Mannered Totem." There are bright, bold colors present in his works. One titled "Double creates Self-Portrait- ," relationship, or they might not. Sam Wilson's work will be displayed in the Lose Gallery until January 25. Gallery hours are from 10 A.M. to 8:30 P.M. This exhibit is well-wort- h seeing. INSTITUTE INFO "LDSSA HELPS YOU SERVE" Tuesday - Sunday, January 21 to 26th TUESDAY 1ANUARY 21 Service tables will be set up in the Institute of Religion lounge from 8:30 am to 1:30 pm to give you information about Service Week and other service opportunities. NOON DEVOTIONAL - Institute Chapel Special Guest Speaker Dr. Lowell Bennion and featuring the Institute Choir. During the entire week, please bring food for the homeless to the Institute Lounge. 4V 'MET WEDNESDAY TANUARY 22 Service tables will be set up from 8:30 am to 1:30 pm. BLOOD DRIVE - Institute Lounge 4 pm to 8 pm "Battle of the Bloods" THURSDAY TANUARY 23 CHILDREN'S FAIR - Meet with 80 kids from the FOR DELIVERY GALL: 537-737- Neighborhood House in the Central Institute Cultural Hall from 12:30 - 3 pm. 3 775 East 400 South mm in mm 4 Medium 1 Pepperoni Pizzas 1 ; coupon FRIDAY TANUARY 24 SCAVENGER HUNT - Food for the Homeless Scavenger Hunt. Meet on campus at the Union lobby at 1 pm. $ $2Qoo Please ILiLUV Please mention coupon when ordering. One coupon per party per visit at participating Pizza Hut Restaurants and Delivery Units. Not valid mention coupon when ordering. One Pina per party per visit at participating DELIVERY offer. w. 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With your ticket you will receive the name of a handicapped student that you and your date will be in charge of picking up and ensuring that they have a wonderful evening. Directions to the barn will be on the back of the ticket. SUNDAY TANUARY 26 FEED THE HOMELESS - Under the 4th South Viaduct. Meet at the Institute at 7:30 am. LDSSA |
