Introducing salt 7: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

February 21, 2013 by umfablog

The work of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye will be the seventh installment in the Museum’s salt series of exhibitions featuring new and innovative art from around the world. For this, her first solo exhibition in the western United States, British artist Lynette Yiadom-Boakye will show never-before exhibited oil paintings. Employing a palette and brushwork not unlike that of traditional western portraiture, Yiadom-Boakye’s luscious, gestural paintings consider the role of the black figure, as both subject and author, in the art historical canon. […]

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Goodbye, salt 6: Emre Hüner leaves the UMFA.

February 8, 2013 by umfablog

salt (sôlt) n. 1. A colorless or white crystalline solid used extensively in ground or granulated form as a food seasoning and preservative. 2. An element that gives flavor or zest. 3. Sharp, lively wit. 4. A mineral sharing definitive characteristics with Utah’s capital city. It is time to say farewell to Emre Hüner. His incredible works of art leave the museum on February 10th, so if you haven’t yet explored our salt 6 artist, the time is now.  

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Chamber Music Series: A Saxophone Quartet at the UMFA

January 24, 2013 by umfablog

Last night I had the chance to attend the Chamber Music Series here at the UMFA. The music was provided by a saxophone quartet, and boy, it was not what I was expecting. Maybe it’s because of my brief history of listening to jazz (by which I mean occasionally watching Treme–I admit I’m still trying to refine my jazz palate), but I was expecting blaring, bellowing harsh renditions. That’s what I think of when I think of a saxophone, and […]

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Have you seen salt 5: Daniel Everett yet?

April 13, 2012 by umfablog

The latest salt series exhibition, salt 5: Daniel Everett is now on view! Everett’s work often depicts a certain kind of anonymous architecture: security booths, surveillance towers, airports and various passageways, like elevators and corridors with moving walkways. These places are defined primarily by what lies beyond them; places that serve to channel or control those who pass through or past them. Be sure to check out the exhibition preview trailer on our Vimeo or YouTube sites. You should also […]

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