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2013 Exhibitions

Jason Metcalf: Abracadabra

Sep 7, 2021 – Dec 21, 2013

Knock on wood. Grab the lucky penny. Don’t cross the black cat’s path. Beware of the number 13. Drive a rusty nail through a lime to avoid the evil eye.…

Utah Biennial: Mondo Utah

May 10, 2013 – Dec 14, 2013

Celebrating the diversity of Utah’s cultural landscape.The inaugural Utah Biennial titled Mondo Utah consists of succinct artistic statements, collections, artifacts and positions that celebrate the diversity of Utah’s cultural landscape.…

O-Town Arts: Creating Absence

Aug 16, 2013 – Nov 23, 2013

Utah Museum of Contemporary Art is pleased to present Creating Absence, the first curated show for the Locals Only gallery. The exhibition assembled by the Ogden-based collective O-Town Arts includes…

Below

Oct 4, 2013 – Nov 23, 2013

Artists Brian Patterson, Chris Purdie, Colour Maisch, Jared Lindsay Clark, Madison Colvin and Mary Toscano come together collaboratively to reveal what they have been creating over the last several months in…

Gianni Pettena: Forgiven By Nature

Jul 5, 2013 – Sep 21, 2013

Gianni Pettena: Forgiven by Nature is an immersive survey of Gianni Pettena’s artistic practice and architectural propositions. The span of work presented looks back at his early roots in the…

Raivo Puusemp: Dissolution

Jun 14, 2013 – Sep 7, 2013

Raivo Puusemp: Dissolution is the first comprehensive overview of Puusemp’s work produced between the mid-1960s and late 1970s. Puusemp is a conceptual artist who is interested in steering people into…

David Ruhlman: A History of the Hidden World

May 10, 2013 – Aug 1, 2013

Fixed between the states of choas and serenity, David Ruhlman’s mixed media paintings are visual palindromes reflecting the circular nature of beginnings and endings. A History of the Hidden World…

Ignacio Uriarte: Binaries

Mar 1, 2013 – Jun 15, 2013

Spanish-born, Berlin-based artist Ignacio Uriarte obtained a degree in business administration and, naturally, pursued a career in an office environment. Throughout the day, Uriarte found himself intersecting the behaviors, textures,…

The Readymade Persona

May 3, 2013 – Jun 8, 2013

Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests are a seminal moment in the history of portraiture. Warhol asked hundreds of people to take five minutes to sit in front of the camera without…

Ana Prvacki: Neutralize Negative Feelings

Mar 1, 2013 – Apr 27, 2013

Using social codes and cultural structures as a raw material, Serbian-born, Los Angeles-based artist Ana Prvacki (pronounced Pri-vatch-key) turns the rituals of hospitality into a theater of performance. Until 2010…

Analogital

Jan 18, 2013 – Apr 20, 2013

Analogital is an exhibition of international artists who engage with concepts generated from the transitional space between analogue and digital. Specifically the notion analyzes the forms that emerge from our…

Venessa Gromek: The Sublime is Light and Easy-To-Assemble

Jan 4, 2013 – Apr 20, 2013

Venessa Gromek uses tent poles and lace to create elegant sculptures in the pursuit of intersecting ideas from the outdoor industry and the tradition of modernism and sublime in the…

Megan Geckler: No Chance To Move Backward And See

Nov 2, 2012 – Feb 23, 2013

Megan Geckler creates site-specific installations using construction flagging tape, mathematical calculations, and color theory. Geckler’s installation at UMOCA, “No chance to move backwards and see”, transforms the gallery space, inviting…

Of The Siren And The Sky

Dec 7, 2021 – Feb 23, 2013

Curated By Triple Candie Of the Siren and the Sky is the first proper museum exhibition on the career of Siren Bliss, a Salt Lake City native who, by his…

Battleground States

Oct 5, 2012 – Jan 5, 2013

Battleground States brings together artists who critically engage with the discourse of visual culture and gender studies. Through video, sculpture, installation, and photography, these works explore ideas of how figuration…

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