Bodies in Space: Rona Pondick and Robert Feintuch at UMOCA

Rona Pondick, The Metamorphosis of an Object, 2009 | Courtesy of Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London/Paris/Salzburg, Sonnabend Gallery, New York, Zevitas/Marcus Gallery, Los Angeles, and the artist.

Painter Robert Feintuch and sculptor Rona Pondick each embrace the long lineage of humankind’s fascination with the body and the figure. Heads, Hands, Feet; Sleeping, Holding, Dreaming, Dying is the first extensive museum exhibition of both Pondick and Feintuch’s work. The exhibition will be on show at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMOCA) through July 15. … read more

Localized: Wicked Bears

(L–R) Casey Keele, Nick Fleming and Ken Vallejos.

Wicked Bears have mustered up a sound all their own, drawing inspiration from new-school pop punk greats like Direct Hit! and The Menzingers as well as ’90s classics like Green Day and Blink-182. With one EP locked in the catalog, Wicked Bears will continue on with new material well into 2017. Check out their music Mar. 16 at Urban Lounge for SLUG Localized. … read more

Art on Violence: The Future Isn’t What It Used to Be

Rosa Naday Garmendia, Rituals of Commemoration, as shown at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art for The Future Isn’t What It Used To Be (2017). Courtesy of UMOCA.

In The Future Isn’t What It Used to Be, a group exhibition curated by South Florida–based Susan Caraballo, 10 artists confront us with “manmade atrocities,” not through explicit spectacle or slaughter, but through rumination and social practice. View the exhibition at UMOCA through May 13. … read more

Threading Through: Pretty Macabre

Model: Chaunsey L. Hildebrandt HMUA: Chausney L. Hildebrandt @chaunseyhildebrandt Location: Studio MG

Andrea Hansen might easily be the most talented horror-couture designer in Salt Lake City. Pretty Macabre is exactly what it sounds like—grotesque, horrific and high-fashion couture. Hansen is your go-to if you want a cosplay outfit for Salt Lake Comic Con, a high-fashion wedding dress, an elaborate steampunk outfit or an elegant dance costume. … read more