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July 17 through August 14, 2009
Artists' Reception: July 17, 2009 from 6 to 9 PM
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Art Access Gallery
The Golden Age |
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 Anthony Siciliano Presents the Art of Collage at Art Access Gallery
Art Access Gallery is pleased to present The Golden Age, featuring the mixed media and collage work of Salt Lake artist Anthony Siciliano. This exhibition will hang from July 17 through August 14, with the Artist's Reception taking place on Friday, July 17 from 6 to 9 pm, during Salt Lake City¹s July Gallery Stroll.
Siciliano¹s images are explorations in combining the past and present with a personal iconography that relates not only to the artist¹s personal experiences, but also to universal themes and a shared sense of history.
The collages are made from the artist¹s photographs, drawn images, found objects, handwritten text and imagery that is found in the family album and then scanned into the computer and juxtaposed into a new arrangement that combines the photographic elements onto canvas, watercolor paper or other printmaking substrates.
Siciliano says, "With collage, I enjoy the process of art making as much as seeing the final object. The fun comes from figuring out how to combine fragments from different time periods, how to make compositional decisions that both flow and surprise, and in deciding what to conceal allowing meaning to come through in a piece."
The artist has shown his work in many venues throughout the West and was featured in Utah Art, Utah Artists: A 150 Year Survey, published by the Springville Museum of Art.
Art Access Gallery is located in Salt Lake City at 230 South and 500 West.
Regular gallery hours are M F, 10 to 6.
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Art Access II Gallery
Soon We¹ll Destroy You, For Now We'll Toast You
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 Salt Lake Artist Zane Lancaster Roasts Politicians
Art Access II Gallery is pleased to present Soon We¹ll Destroy You, For Now We'll Toast You, featuring the egg tempera on panel and encaustic work of Salt Lake artist Zane Lancaster. This exhibition will hang from July 17 through August 14, with the Artist's Reception taking place on Friday, July 17 from 6 to 9 pm, during Salt Lake City¹s July Gallery Stroll.
Lancaster says that these particular paintings were created during a year of presidential election and greed induced economic decline.
The images were executed using encaustic wax and egg tempera, two relatively archaic and tedious mediums once used for death portraits and religious iconography, now depicting icons of success, wealth, and political power.
Lancaster explains, "The imagery in this work references the 'photo-op' moment when men meet to determine the lives of millions, to negotiate deals, to begin and end wars. They are awkward moments of niceties and formality, posed handshakes, a kiss on the hand, a feigned smile. The teeth and the ties are emphasized as symbols of well dressed aggression: you have to be trusted so you can take the biggest bite."
The artist has a BFA from the Milwaukee Institute of art and Design in 2003 and an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Utah in 2008.
Art Access Gallery is located in Salt Lake City at 230 South and 500 West.
Regular gallery hours are M F, 10 to 6.
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