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Show fcy The Salt Lake Tribune if 'fifty Sunday, April 28, 1985 E5 The Art Scene: Celebration 85 on tap at S.L. Art Center of By George Dibble hrank Anthony Smith. University Utah professor of art, has been named Honored Artist of 1905 by the Salt Lake Art Center's Art Alli- 'Illu-sionis- ance. The distinction, accorded a Utah artist for achievement in his profession, is awarded in connection with "Celebration" est student he has ever had during his years of college training. Reinforced Style "Tony began painting in his present style about 15 years ago and discovered that he was at the forefront of a new and important trend called In 1978, a year in Hollywood, ideas for drawing techno-organi- c special effects in the movie Star Trek, reinforced his style." Credits for works listed in a current edition of Who's Who in American Art (which has not been updated to include a recent exhibition in New York) note that his works are included in collections at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts; Utah State University and the National Gallery. Washington. D C. He has done commissions for Repertory Dance Theatre, and a mural for the U. of U. Biology Building. Exhibiting extensively in the U.S. and in Paris, he has received the San Francisco Art Directors Gold Medal and a Purchase award in the 3rd Intermountain Biennial. Art Mr- - Dibble Auction '85, a ma- jor benefit for the Salt Lake Art Center, sponsored by the Art Alliance. Art works to be auctioned as part of the "Celebration" 85 will be on display at the Salt Lake Art Center Monday through Saturday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The "live" auction will begin Saturday at 8:15 p.m., with guest auctioneer Peter Stremmel of Reno, Nev. A gourmet dinner will follow the auction. The silent auction, "Discoveries," will offer works from unknown Utah artists. Gallery Talk The honored artist will present a gallery talk on his own work at a Preview Party Wednesday. Tony Smith is described by fellow University of Utah student Bob Olpin: as I remember him, at once funnier and more thoughtful than the rest of us." Says Dr. Olpin, present chairman of the U. of U. art history department, in a program note, "There was always a quality about the way Tony looked and acted that seemed to be asking what he was doing there, or where, there was? Or what was real or only part of the script, the role which we were all trying to play. "After a brief stint as assistant professor of art at Wayne State University in Detroit, Tony's strong ties to the West brought him back to Utah e and to teaching at the U.. where former colleagues were impressed with his superior abilities as a draftsman, designer and painter, and later as a filmmaker. Utah's art chairman. Doug Snow, has expressed that Tony Smith was perhaps the fin "... full-tim- Looking at primitive art in the Rockefeller Wing at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art opened new avenues for St m Roberts, Utah clay artist, who had spent 12 years working as a production potter. Changed Directions Earlier, he had approached formal art study but had changed academic directions to pursue a degree in social services. In San Francisco, seeking employment in that field, his interests again turned to art this time to pottery, and he took up clay before returning to the University of Utah to work in the master's of fine arts program. At the conclusion of the Spring quarter, Roberts will complete his thesis program. An exhibit of his works may be seen presently at the Finch Lane Gallery (the old Art Barn at Reservoir Park) through May 10. Clay and wire combine rather naturally in a series of sculpture pieces which also employ wood. One is accustomed to notions of malleable wire in the armature of sculptural creations. Wire insinuates the supporting direction that clay pieces require before firing. The use of wire mesh offers a clear statement crisp management of mixed in this medi- ums. Clear As Drawing The filaments of wire in a hanging series of wire panels pierced by wood sticks are as clear as a pen and ink drawing. Conical porcelain shapes, textures stand enriched by in a tripodal arrangement in another. post-firin- g The sheer white quality in some of the porcelain sticks alternates with more aged, more curiously attenuat- ed notions in what also seems at times more about beginnings than endings, such as one might find in archeological digs. It is difficult to avoid connotations of skeletal remains of a culture, yet the bone-lik- e patina and worn shapes carry no conclusive suggestions of vestigial elements. Post-Firin- Techniques Rather, they speak as sticks, scepters, magical or utilitarian. They appear in repetition, marching off a cadence or converting into ladders, moving up, reaching with cross-step- s that seem amazingly relieved of any tedium. g techniques account for a mellowing service to the porcelain. Paint and corrosive processes enrich the surface qualities of wire and metal. There is clearly the same note of asceticism that marks the work of Post-firin- g primitive artists along with the enrichment of character that aging produces. At the Tivoli Gallery, 255 S. State, is a new show of oil paintings by Gunther Johannes, one which displays most unusual techniques developed by the artist. The unusual work seems best compared to a watercolor effect, since the Initial ground is white mylar, over which a transparent application of oil paint is applied. As in transparent aquarelle, each brush stroke is important, and successive emendations speak out clearly against the transparent design. Spontaneity is a needed requirement. some textures, but the main direction seems to be set by accurate statements in hues and values that retain their original freshness. Close harmonies insure solid control of form, but even so the delicate nuances of closely scheduled detail slips into a sort of romantic phrasing seen in a nostalgic rendering of the Union Pacific Station. Speaking of nostalgia, there is a new painting by Ken Baxter at the Tivoli Gallery that reaches back into the history with compelling appeal. The original Auerbach store at State Street and Broadway blazes with lights, shoppers and a new curator Alan Wilkinson, of mod- pus. Wilkinson, author of The Drawings of Henry Moore, will speak on "The Sources of Henry Moore's Sculpture." His lecture is the last in a series of special events presented in conjunction with the exhibition, "Henry Moore: The Reclining Figure." which runs through May 12. The Henry Moore lecture series has been funded by a grant from the Utah Endowment for the Humanities. George Dibble, University of Utah professor of art and art columnist for The Salt Lake Tribune, will present an illustrated lecture, Art Criticism: The Art of Learning to Look at a Painting," Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Little Theatre of the Olpin Union Building, U. of U. J . novel. i lien in vlon rlut lll'ldc lie CXcilClllvUt .1 'UtnvMclv V.'tl (.All VV. lilted ! Weekend r-- him the thine lot voii!! It n up in urn a Mv-ter- v li.it of the detective and to deieimine WHODUNIT!! the quiet eleu.incc Muklei will voming. i'll U.i!l lime 't l:ecuttve Spiing Ureck lx. inch. in l.icksotl, 1 lav cl. ill Hillings, Mt.. .it ci unie to THE MYSTERY CO.. l'.O lies I7H. Mt.. vHOi. tn find cut lieu cu can 40(v:45NV. Billing-- . SPEND THE WEEKEND WITH A KILLER. DesignerTextiles FABRICS the home 4 The lecture is sponsored by the Utah Endowment for the Humanities and is being given in conjunction with the convention of the American Association of University Women. Admission to the hour-lon- g lecture will be free. Artists wishing to participate in the juried exhibit. "Florals." at the Loge Gallery of Pioneer Memorial Theatre, are asked to submit their work Saturday or May 5 between 1 and 4 p.m. at the gallery, on the mezzanine of PMT. A $2 entry fee must accompany each piece. The exhibit is open to any medium that is of a floral subject. The judging will be based on artistic quality, craftsmanship and needs of the community, according to George Maxwell, director of the gallery. He and Jeff Ophime from the Salt Lake Art Center will select the exhibit, which will be open to the public May 15 through June 8. 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Adroit wipings, perhaps, recover A Notes on local art ern sculpture of the Art Gallery of Toronto, and curator of the Henry Moore Center in Toronto, will present a free lecture Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts Auditorium on the University of Utah cam- snowfall that appeals to the Imagination in spite of recent bouts with winter season. The Monterey Bay Watercolbr Workshop that has attracted artists from Utah and other states for the past H years, is again being offered during the month of June. Conducted . by professors Ed Maryon of the U-- if U. and Harrison Groutage of Ulah State University, the workshop will consist of two sessions Marygn from June 10 to 16 and Groutage frbn) June 17 to 23. Further information may be obtained from the U. of U.iarl department, 161 Art and Architecture Center. HI A am to 7 pm II 3 . i v - today. broker courtesv inancing Available ull V VA I Pined from the low S0 |
