Show Art and artifacts displayed at atthe the University of Utah Amanda Chamberlain Globe Weekly News The yellowing lace on the elaborate 1920 women's gown tells the story of its age The dress is accompanied by a pair of beige pointy slipper-like slipper shoes a genuine fur scarf with head of the rodent visible visible visible ble and an entire exhibit filled with many other fashions fashions fashions fash fash- ions from throughout the ages A black sparkling sheer cocktail pajama from Born Yesterday adds its glamour to the displayed ensembles at this particular Fine Arts museum A nautically Yves St. St Laurent suit from 1970 shows off the fashion of its era The original original original nal fashioned 1947 classic Dior ensemble worn in Evita sits contrastingly next to the 1925 style purple silk gown with gold sequins and a vivacious collar of feathers an outfit from the film Rosalinda This Fashioning the Appearance of the Modern Modem Woman exhibit at the U ofUs ofU's of ofU's ofUs ofUs ofU's Us U's Utah Museum of Fine Art is currently the thet t t Muse Museums Museum's ms featured changing chang changing changing ing exhibit In addition to the Changing Exhibit the also employs a generous generous generous gener gener- ous amount of their permanent permanent permanent perma perma- nent collection at all times As stated in the visitors visitor's guide approximately eight to ten percent of the collection is on display at any given time 1 The collection includes more than works of art representing years of human creativity cre cre- This art can take the form of artifacts such as a straw-and-horsehair straw tribal mask from Africa or a wooden wood wood- en Aborigine shield from Australia sections of the museum contain works from nearly every section of the globe A Native American section represents North I America while South American civilizations account for that particular continent The Southeast part of the globe holds its representation thru New Guinea Australian and Islander tribal artifacts Also an Orient section contains pieces from China Japan and Thailand The oldest pieces are housed in the Egyptian exhibit A BC dynasty miniature figurine illustrates the Baboon God of Wisdom and Writing Vanity in early Egypt comes alive with a bronze hand mirror from 1668 1570 BC B.C. dynasty and a wealthy string of stones make the 1185 1070 BC B.C. Amethyst necklace necklace necklace neck neck- lace looking like its it's fresh Jr from w a present day jeweler ler Another cultural sector the sq foot museum hasto has hasto hasto to offer is a of art with segments within differentiating differentiating differentiating differ differ- each time period The periods range from modem modem modern mod mod- em ern times to early AD A.D. with Continued on Page 9 hh Continued from page 6 the oldest piece being an actual Roman Greco-Roman artifact artifact artifact-a a teenage boys boy's sarcophagus made of Greek mainland marble from the period from the year The modem modern art portion features an array of both the unusual and the beautiful with no absence of diversity Deborah Butterfield's puzzling Rex looks like a life size horse made from tree branches which is actually cast bronze with Another breathtaking sculpture is Robert Carston Arneson's Ameson's 1976 Breathless self-portrait self in blue of a comical comical comical comi comi- cal balding man with a realistically textured beard about to burst from holding his breath Kristina Lenzi is the artist behind the black and white charcoal looking charcoal g acrylic Clumsy Cakes Visions 3 1 which create a more serious feel as an individual is brought to life in three solemn standing positions Also sharing sharing sharing shar shar- ing the museum space are the colorful and realistic people-paintings people by Thomas Hoffman The filled emotion-filled faces of his subjects subjects subjects sub sub- tell their stories for him such as the bored old lady in an armchair Margaret done with oil paints Not only does the Utah Museum of Fine Arts house thousands of art pieces and artifacts artifacts artifacts arti arti- facts but other usable features as well Tours facility rental and free museum in-museum children activities packed in a backpack are available at Additionally the museum store and in-house in snack bar Stop f Cafe Caf provide quenching for both the materialistic and organic appetites Entrance into the museum requires a small admission price of 6 2 a per per- son Free admission is available upon mem mem- Theres There's almost too much to take in at the museum but by exposing the public to their array of worldwide exhibits has created created created creat creat- ed a looking glass into other civilizations other time periods and just other ways to look at things in general |