Artists Against the Bomb opens Friday, October 16, 2026.

Something From Everything

June 27, 2025–January 3, 2026

Lee Bontecou, Untitled, 1959, Welded steel, canvas, fabric, velvet, wire, On loan from Art Bridges Foundation

About the Exhibition

Something From Everything is an in-depth exploration of the ever-expanding use of materiality in 21st-century sculpture. Through a wide-ranging selection of works, the exhibition invites viewers to explore how meaning is created or revised through the materials artists choose and the ways in which they are manipulated.

Focused on experimentation, transformation, and play, the artists in this exhibition embrace unconventional processes and push the limits of traditional sculpture, using found objects, discarded recognizable materials, usually methods, and everyday items as primary resources. Often considered mundane or overlooked, these materials are reimagined, gaining significance and meaning within new context and use.

With their unique use of materiality paired with a powerful visual language, artists challenge conventional norms and invite others to see the world anew. This playful curiosity is not frivolous—it’s a radical commitment to reimagining reality and resisting rigid structures. In a world driven by utility and profit, the artist’s dedication to experimentation becomes a revolutionary act of freedom and vision.

The exhibition also engages with themes of formalism, labor, commodification, cultural memory, and the metaphoric potential of materials. Through tactile construction and abstraction, each work asks the viewer to consider how physical matter can carry emotional, historical, or social weight. Whether emphasizing the inherent qualities of materials or re-envisioning their potential, the artists in Something from Everything make process visible. Sculpture becomes not just a static form but one that explores the ideas of iteration, reinvention, and reinterpretation.

Participating Artists

Marissa Albrecht
Lee Bontecou
Lars Call
Clark Derbes
Leonardo Drew
Diego Mireles Duran
Nolan Flynn & Patrick Durka
Damien Hoar de Galvan
Katy Heinlein
Sheila Hicks
Ashanté Kindle
Samuel Nnorom
Max Palmer
Charlotte Posenenske
Courtney Puckett
Ephraim Puusemp
Ricardo Rendón
Alina Tenser
Derrick Velasquez

Sponsored by ZAP, Art Bridges Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Utah Arts & Museums, Arlo Rich Walje & Dr. Laura Nelson, and the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation


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