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Show C-10 Wed/Thurs/Fri, September 18-20, 2019 The Park Record VOTED PARK CITY’S BEST STEAK HOUSE 6 YEARS IN A ROW! JOIN US ON OUR PATIO! Enjoy 2 for 1 Entrees thru 09/30/19 TANZI PROPSTS/PARK RECORD Jim Jacobs stands before one of the sculptures in his “The Imperfections That Render Us Visible” exhibit that opens Friday at the Kimball Art Center. Jacobs grafts tree branches with human-made wooden objects. Continued from C-1 Exhibit will open Friday 840 Main Street, Park City 435.655.9739 • primeparkcity.com ers are as much a part of nature as the honeycomb of the bee.” Within the works that are part of the exhibit, Jacobs uses different objects to represent humanity. “There are clothespins in one work, and I also use hair and sometimes just furniture,” he said. One of the works Jacobs calls “Tall Chair” is entirely made of cherry wood. The artist grafted cherry tree branches to the legs of a chair. “Grafting, in the traditional sense, is a process used to join two distinct plants, often trees, to make them more productive,” he said. “In many of my works natural tree limbs are grafted to milled lumber, wooden tools and furniture, even though all the wood isn’t alive.” Jacobs usually has an idea of what one of his sculptures will look like when he starts working. “With the ‘Tall Chair,’ I knew We are embedded and enmeshed in nature, and yet, we pull ourselves away from it...” TANZI PROPSTS/PARK RECORD “Tall Chair” is a centerpiece of Jim Jacobs’ “The Imperfections That Render Us Visible” exhibit that opens with a Friday reception at the Kimball Art Center. Jim Jacobs, artist it was going to be tall, but sometimes works change direction while I’m working on them,” he said. “I’ve made pieces where I was well into the process and found the work doesn’t want to go the way I had planned. So, I changed it.” Changing the look of a piece may pose a challenge. Jacobs said the real challenge, though, lies in how fragile a work can become before it’s finished. “While making one piece, I had cut a chair apart and suspended it with wires to get the look I wanted, and then I built an armature to hold it in place,” he said. “I had things moving around and part of the grafting broke out after a week’s work. So I had to do it all over again. But by the time I finished the piece, it was really strong and sturdy.” Stoaks is excited to showcase a new exhibit full of sculptures. “I love the process of being able to walk around a piece and getting to know it from different perspectives,” she said. “I love the combination of whimsy, and sometimes disturbing quality that can creep into Jim’s works.” Jacobs is grateful to Stoaks for giving him a chance to show his work. “It’s always exciting to see the work come to a finish, but it’s even more exciting to get the work out where people can see it and experience it,” he said. $25 O $75 $10 O $30 Dinner purchase Blue Boar Inn & Restaurant WEDNESDAY NIGHT CHEF’S DINNER $29.95 for Three Courses Enchanting European Inn & Fine Dining Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Served Daily Sunday Brunch AAA FOUR DIAMOND AWARD, 2019 Inn & Restaurant BEST OF STATE 2019 Best Northern European Fine Dining Best Bed & Breakfast Best Plated Brunch 1235 Warm Springs Road, Midway, Utah 435.654.1400 • www.theblueboarinn.com Lunch purchase Does not include alcohol. Not valid w/ other promotions Limit 2 per table. Offer valid through September 30th, 2019 Open Thursday–Monday: Noon - Close 442 MAIN STREET | WWW.SHABUPARKCITY.COM | 435-645-SAKE (7253) |