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Show SCENE The Park Record. Editor: Scott Iwasaki Arts@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex.113 AUDITIONS FOR ‘MERCURY’ Salt Lake Acting Company will hold auditions for “Mercury” by Steve Yockey from noon to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 21, and from 5-10 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22, at Salt Lake Acting Company, 168 W. 500 North in Salt Lake City. Equity and non-Equity Actors need to make an appointment and come with a headshot and resume. Scripts are available to read at the Salt Lake Acting Company and actors are encouraged to read the script before auditioning. Rehearsals will begin Sept. 11. The show will run from Oct. 11 to Nov. 12. To schedule an audition, call 801-363-7522. PARK CITY WRITING CENTER AT THE PARK CITY LIBRARY The Park City Writing Center is held from 3-6 p.m. on the first and third Wednesday of the month at the Park City Library, 1255 Park Ave. The free sessions are open to writers of all levels. Writers should bring a printed copy of work and will have the opportunity to spend 20 to 30 minutes, in a first-come, first-served basis, with a professional writer to brainstorm, plan and plot. For information, visit www.parkcitylibrary.org. SUMMIT COUNTY PUBLIC ART SUBMISSION DEADLINE Deadline to submit photographs for the new Summit County Public Arts Advisory Board’s new exhibit “A View from My Door” is Friday, March 17. For submission information, visit www.darkstorefronts.org. MICHAEL KESSLER AND SHAWNA MOORE AT GALLERY MAR An artist reception for landscape painters Michael Kessler and Shawna Moore will be from 6-9 p.m. on Friday, March 17, at Gallery MAR, 436 Main St. The event is free and open to the public. For information, visit www.galleryMAR.com. ST. PATRICK’S DAY FOR TEENS AT SUMMIT COUNTY LIBRARY A St. Patrick’s Day teen activity will be from 6:30-9 p.m. on Friday, March 17, at Summit County Library Kimball Junction Branch, 1885 W. Ute Blvd. The event is open to students in grades seven through 12 and will include a scavenger hunt, crafts and treats. For information, visit www. thesummitcountylibrary.org. BALLET WEST RETURNS WITH ‘WORKS FROM WITHIN,’ C-2 www.parkrecord.com JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE’S ELLEN SILVER HONORED, C-3 C-1 WED/THURS/FRI, MARCH 15-17, 2017 Christine Argillet spreads the joy of surrealist Salvador Dali Old Towne Gallery will welcome art purveyor this weekend By SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record Many people are familiar with the dreamlike paintings of Spanish surreal artist Salvador Dali. His best-known work, “Persistence of Memory,” depicts melted clocks hanging limply off different objects. Park City art lovers will have the chance to see and purchase another side of the late artist’s works when Madame Christine Argillet, daughter of Salvador Dali’s publisher Pierre Argillet, will appear at the Old Towne Gallery, 580 Main St., this weekend. Argillet will be at the gallery from 7-9 p.m. on Friday, March 17; 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 18; and from 1-3 p.m. on Sunday, March 19. She will will give personal tours of Salvador Dali’s “The Argillet Collection” that includes an array of works Dali gave to her father, who passed away in 2001. “We will be showing 85 pieces and our collection mostly consists of copper etchings that were done between 1934 and 1973, nothing later,” Argillet said during a phone call to The Park Record from her home in Los Angeles. “We have also a few drawings and watercolors that were projects for the etchings, and we have also a few aubusson tapestries that were hand-woven in 1973 to 1975.” Argillet is looking forward to the Park City show. Sometimes people will ask my why Dali did this or that, and suddenly, I will rediscover the art...” Madame Christine Argillet “Argillet Collection” purveyor “I am pleased to come to Park City for the first time, because my father would always tell me not to show these works in Paris or London,” she said. “He wanted us to show these works in places where they are unexpected. “So, I decided when my father passed away to show this collection as much as possible,” Argillet said. “I wanted to show it not only in galleries, but also in museums.” Each piece shows differences in Dali’s characteristics that may surprise many. “Most of the people know his paintings, but the works in this exhibit show some [etching] techniques that are more traditional in a way that people like Rembrandt or Picasso worked with at different times,” Argillet said. COURTESY OF RELEVANT COMMUNICATIONS The images in Salvador Dali’s “Bullfight in a Drawer” was the late surreal artist’s way of making a social commentary about the brutality of the sport. This and other etchings, tapestries and drawings are on display as the “Argillet Collection” at Old Towne Gallery. Purveyor Christine Argillet, whose father was Dali’s publisher, will be in Park City this weekend. “It’s an interesting technique because the artist works with a stylus [to mark] the copper plate. It’s a sensitive technique, because no line can be canceled once you draw the line. This method reveals the skill, the intention, movement, spontaneity and control of the artist.” The works will also show Dali’s evolution as an artist. The works in Dali’s “Greek Mythology” series from the early 1960s shows how the artist was still very controlled in his methods. “Dali would [meticulously] go over the details and the art is very close to these myths,” Argillet said. “Then in the mid-1960s, you see a shift. Dali became more spontaneous and he created work faster. There is something fresh and rapid in these works etchings.” Some of these etchings, such as the works depicting Diane de Poitiers, were never finished. “Diane de Poitiers was a beautiful French mistress of a king, and she was known for having very long hair and a very long veil during the time of the Renaissance,” Argillet said. “Dali drew with one line the design of her entire body. And when he came to draw her foot, he didn’t draw a foot, but rather a flower. It is absolutely charming.” Other works in the collection show Dali’s wry sense of humor, something that may surprise a handful of collectors. “You see that in his ‘Bullfight’ series, where he took the Picasso bullPlease see Argillet, C-5 COURTESY OF RELEVANT COMMUNICATIONS “Apolinaire: the Beach at Sete” shows surrealist Salvador Dali’s early flair for detail, dynamics and dramatic. |