Gallery Stroll
by Mariah Mann-Mellus [mariah@slugmag.com]
Issue 239 / November 2008 More from this Issue
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The monthly Gallery Stroll is a unique opportunity to get into the mind of an artist.Having spent many years there, I can tell you what a twisted place it can be – themetaphors and indirect suggestions can make you feel like you’ve fallen down arabbit hole.
"Growing from Mold" by Sri Whipple and Steve Larson
This month, the Kayo Gallery, located at 177 East 300 South, presents Perspectives:Art in Autisum. Gallery owners Shilo Jackson and Davina Pallone, the "Queensof Hearts," rearranged their calendar to provide space for a special one-nightonlycollaboration with Community Treatment Alternatives on Nov. 14 from 6-9p.m. Community Treatment Alternatives utilizes the therapeutic effect art has ona person, including a means of communication. Drawing and painting can offer apositive distraction from day-to-day life, even more so for people who have a toughtime articulating themselves. By integrating art into the residents’ lives, they haveuncovered passions many never knew existed. Each art piece unlocks a story thateven those closest to the artists didn’t realize the residents had in them to tell. Usingthe most elementary supplies and the purest of intentions results in inspiring pieces.It’s a testament to the idea that art is not about formal techniques, but the passionand motivation behind it.
On Nov. 21, Kayo will feature a collaborative show between Steven Larson andSri Whipple. These "Mad Hatters" always put on a wild and imaginative show.Their names have become synonymous with exceptional and ethereal artwork. Iasked them to describe their modus operandi. True to form, they took me on a strollthrough a beautiful field of metaphors where even their words become art.Larson explains his work in a run of poetic words ebbing and flowing like the rhythmand motion of his brush strokes. "The extension of dreams weave around the inbetweensof episodes exploding ghostly tales too tall to tell, but winding, they hide,unaware of structures that were always their system’s overloaded and concretecoated on top of Old Smokey," said Larson
Sri Whipple says that his work is a "fruit-salady, no-malady, crowned… pound-forpound…raw-shit, new-tit, bit-lip deities filled with bees knees and hair grease, moretools, avoid the fools, keep making jewels." It’s hard to imagine it all makes it inthere, but it does. Always expect unusual and mesmerizing characters and imageswith these guys.
And for you artists out there:The Utah Arts Alliance is pleased to announce the annual request for exhibitproposals for the 2009 year. Exhibit Proposals may be obtained by calling (801)651-3937, or emailing utahartsalliance@yahoo.com. Proposals are due by Dec. 31,2008.
"Growing from Mold" by Sri Whipple and Steve Larson
This month, the Kayo Gallery, located at 177 East 300 South, presents Perspectives:Art in Autisum. Gallery owners Shilo Jackson and Davina Pallone, the "Queensof Hearts," rearranged their calendar to provide space for a special one-nightonlycollaboration with Community Treatment Alternatives on Nov. 14 from 6-9p.m. Community Treatment Alternatives utilizes the therapeutic effect art has ona person, including a means of communication. Drawing and painting can offer apositive distraction from day-to-day life, even more so for people who have a toughtime articulating themselves. By integrating art into the residents’ lives, they haveuncovered passions many never knew existed. Each art piece unlocks a story thateven those closest to the artists didn’t realize the residents had in them to tell. Usingthe most elementary supplies and the purest of intentions results in inspiring pieces.It’s a testament to the idea that art is not about formal techniques, but the passionand motivation behind it.
On Nov. 21, Kayo will feature a collaborative show between Steven Larson andSri Whipple. These "Mad Hatters" always put on a wild and imaginative show.Their names have become synonymous with exceptional and ethereal artwork. Iasked them to describe their modus operandi. True to form, they took me on a strollthrough a beautiful field of metaphors where even their words become art.Larson explains his work in a run of poetic words ebbing and flowing like the rhythmand motion of his brush strokes. "The extension of dreams weave around the inbetweensof episodes exploding ghostly tales too tall to tell, but winding, they hide,unaware of structures that were always their system’s overloaded and concretecoated on top of Old Smokey," said Larson
Sri Whipple says that his work is a "fruit-salady, no-malady, crowned… pound-forpound…raw-shit, new-tit, bit-lip deities filled with bees knees and hair grease, moretools, avoid the fools, keep making jewels." It’s hard to imagine it all makes it inthere, but it does. Always expect unusual and mesmerizing characters and imageswith these guys.
And for you artists out there:The Utah Arts Alliance is pleased to announce the annual request for exhibitproposals for the 2009 year. Exhibit Proposals may be obtained by calling (801)651-3937, or emailing utahartsalliance@yahoo.com. Proposals are due by Dec. 31,2008.
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