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Show 8 I', The Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday, August The art scene: landscape show fails to stimulate George Dibble There are few result nt.s of Uah who have iml heard a , live performance of a seen a dramatic pro-By cym-phony- d uc 1 on or viewed an art The exhibit Ltah State Institute of Fine Arts which enactment bv of the 19. 197) 1969 legi- slature became part of the State Department of Development Services has, during the current year, assisted 52 organizations or project i that make i! possible for citizens in all areas of the state to eri joy its cultural achievements One of the exhibit ions offered to communities of the state represents the work of members of the Associated A Utah Artists showing is at the Carnage currently House Gallery in the institutes offices The group of watercolor and oil paintings to be circulated through jurnoi and senior high schools of the state represents largely landscape and scenic motifs. It is sutije, t matter that appeals to iitizens already aware of the exuting natural environment viewers Among sophisticated there may be a feeling that landscape painting has been a trifle ov envoi ked lerhaps the Bierstadts and the Morans exhausted the grandeur of scenic ideas long ago, but current popular interests reflet t a wide range of subject matter still very is Landscape much in evidence but to sustain any sort ef lasting appeal it must be spared the cliches that come from perjietual engagements with purely visual i harms m nntute Even ecologists have failed to amuse a majoi interest in landscape painting and for the tune being at least, it does out parallel the popularity it once enjoyed Facilities at the Carnage House do not afford casual or intimate viewing Paintings necessarily line the walls in a succession that jostle one for space. These may be the same conditions under which they will be exhibited in the schools, but hopefully they can be viewed m smaller, more informal situations Under present t rather than the best mav be appan-nthrough fatigue or ennui that inheres in single file grouping For this rea-o- n alone, the exhibition in not .stimulating the wiir-- feature-- , t forniol viewing would he m prepared) a more cntnal look should he given to the lollee-lioThere can be no urn ere objei tiori to even a fairly trite other reasons as well arrangement of subject matter if tlie composition were belter There are conflicts of was juried (and one may assume that all such exhibitions being offered tor of a given idea ln one casual grouping of buildings may be found arrangements that need but there muv lie If the show within interest developments to be Wotred over for rein vunt inerest Complicated subject matter choices vvi'h directness and sot). plicity in others It is easv to develop the feeling th t a lew might have been framed off the easel without further study or rewoikmg for more cogent results Natural scenic material can Special to The Tribune MONICA, CALIF -- A Bountiful, Utah, man. Joseph B Gill, has been awarded an assoeiateslup from the Photographic Society of America. Mr. Gill, former president of the Salt Lake ratirtia,,y employed in any expressi.m The problem tequires sin cmct meaning for somea satisfying solution thing other than a formal recital of pictorial eleineuis If there is a reason for .selecting such themes for treatment, the idea should flourish to the exclusion of propositions that are not germane, weak or color or too casual brush rendering It is a show that generally does not sustain the capabilities of the b- art artists f L 4i F 'I tie Old Buggy by Lura Redd employs an unusual uppioavh in the design of familiar subect matter The elements of wheel and structure simply stated aie engaged in a succession of patterns that appear against a setting of bare earth Corresponding interest occurs in the contours of a hillside 4i:'r4XI rA rt 1-- "Manti Chris Jensens Depot" is a frank rendering oi the facade of an old railway station The switching device along with ties and rails are adjuncts to the nostalgic-formthat carry a strong impact. William Parkinson's "Head Study" conveys the character of a face in the energy of functioning color and a skilled brush There are others in the show with interesting and persuasive treatment, but the group as a whole does not sustain Hie quality of interest found m preceding exhibitions presented by 'he AUA t7f x fe isA s J conditions, V ; 255 , Utah photographer honored SANTA - Photochrome Club, is now retired from Utah Power and Light Co He is former chairman of Salt Lakes International Color Slide Exhibition and is Western States Distributor for PSAs exhibition slide set service Buggy, by Lura Redd, uses unusual approach for a familar sub Old ject. Art is on display at Carriage House Gallery, 609 E. South Temple. .. kx mit A.Jt V mWim ( hrix Jensen's the Carriage Manti Depot. on display at House, carries strong impact." Art Center calls for autumn entries Salt Lake Art Centers Rental Sales Gallery will be open Saturday and Aug. 26 to receive works to be juried for exhibition during the coming season, The gallery, 54 Finch Ln (1340 Fast), will be open both days from 1 to 4 p.m. and all artists are eligible. The season will open gallery's Sept. IS at 2 p m Acrylics on display Special to The Tribune TWIN FALLS, IDAIIO-U- tah artist Zelda Bills will display 20 abstract acrylic canvases Aug. 27 through Sept. 24 at the College of Southern Idaho Fine Arts Building in Twin Falls. Ms. Bills is a 1970 graduate of the University of Utah ART CALENDAR Press Arrow Corbn Gollery, bv ond wotercolors Oils Souore. Kathy Wilson, om bv Mortice Lotto, Hours Utoh potters bv ponery weekdays and Saturdays II am to 5 O- -i. LeConte Meworl Goilerv of Art. Stew-or- t of Mr Kovsville, retrospective Hours: Sundays and Mondovs. pm.; Tuesdays through Fridays. 5 pm Utah State Histoncol Society Gallery, 603 E South Temple art by members of Associated Utah Artists, 8 through August. Hours, weekdays o.m. to 5 o m TtvoH 34 W Broadway, Gallery. early Utoh and Amenton art Hours. Tuesdays through Saturdays 10 a m toS.30pm Possey Art Center. 9 '? R. chords landscapes and 'orots bv Lomont Possey and Elece Ryon Hours' Mondovs ond Tuesdays 8 am to 5 p m. or by appointment St , W. 1464 Shop Art Gallery, Novrgli$t Foothill Blvd , oir brush pointings ond illuslrotions bv Kim Whitesides through August Hours weekdays and Soturdavs 10 o m through 6pm 9th South, Tower Theatre, 876 watercolors bv Gory Domes through hours Theater August Utoh Museum et Fine Arts. Umver stv ot Utah. Contemporary Ceramics, ot through Aug 26 A Retrospective bv Wolter Treadwell, Photographs through Sept 9, photogroohs bv Morgan, through Sect 9 Hours 10 o m 1o 5 p m . Sun weekdays P m. days. Sprlngville Museum ot Art. 126 bv exhibits 4th South. Spnngviile, Richord yon Wugoner. Glen Dole An derson ohd Oxrql AHred through Au gj$t Hours: daily 10 o m to 8 o m House Gallery, 253 E Gobi South, on vocation through Aug 22 Intermountam Society of Artists ond Arts ond Crafts Fair. Snowbird. Sunday. 10 am. through 8 pm, Saturday. noon through 8pm Tober-nad7th 6 Western Heritage, St George, exhilntmo Western ort by regional artists Hoi week dovs and Saturday 10 a m to 6 u m University of Uton Hospitot, ort ex hibit ot Utah artists, open to the public Hours daily, Horn to I pm (yiS'fmg hours! N 103 Mam, Jailhouse Gallery. Moob. Pointings, ceramics sculpture U weekHours $ by Western artists days and Sunday 2 to 6 p m . Satyr dovs 10 a m to 2 p m oils Barnes Bonk. Kovsville by David M Merrill, sponsored bv Kos viile Civic Assn , through August Hours' weedovs 8 o m to 5 o m Brigham City Museum Gollery, 24 N iid West. Reflections with the Mon Redds.' through Auqusl Hours days through boturduvs Horn to 7 p m Utoh Pointing 73. Institute ot Fine Mute Exhibit Arts Competition 31 CoP'tol Rotunda Aug through Hours weekdays Sam to s p m Tittm watercolors bv Room. 7CMI Marione Jensen Holt 1h ough beet 8 Store hour-Solt Lake Public Library :iW E bth South Atrium Gallery, exhibit bv Carrvl Brown through Li August brory hours Trolley Square th bast Artists Workshoo, 20 artists feotured More hours Bertha Ewdes Community Art Center. 260 Jefferson Ave Ogden ex hibit by Ansel Adorns, ohotogropher Hoursweekdays 9 om to i pm bundavs 2 5pm 3rd o Murroy City Showcase, oils bv Cora Muns-xthrough August T Let our Interior Designers assist you with your new Fall carpet selection. BRAVEAU Dense smooth plush All acrylic face. Value broadloom. packed. 16co!ors 8.95sq. yd. BRIEAU An elegant plush woven of contrasting colors for a crushed velvet look. 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