UMFA Special Exhibition: Xaviera Simmons

UMFA Special Exhibition
salt 4:
Xaviera Simmons




salt 4: Xaviera Simmons ~ Collective and Personal Histories

Xaviera Simmons, Maps, 2010, 

detail, color photograph.

salt 4: Xaviera Simmons is the fourth in the Museum's series of exhibitions featuring innovative art from around the world. Through photography, installation, and performance, New York-based artist Xaviera Simmons constructs multivalent narratives of collective and personal histories. Her work often references traditions of American landscape painting, exploring depictions of the individual in nature. salt 4: Xaviera Simmons features a series of photographs, as well as a sculptural installation made of hand-lettered, locally found wooden scraps affixed directly to the gallery wall. This tangled matrix of text gleaned from notes, news articles, folklore, and literature forms its own kind of lyrical landscape, one imbued with historical and personal memory. Exhibition runs through February 26, 2012.

Utah Museum of Fine Arts
University of Utah Campus
Marcia & John Price Museum Building
410 Campus Center Dr.
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112

Museum Hours
Tuesday - Friday: 10 am - 5 pm
Wednesday: 10 am - 8 pm
Saturday and Sunday: 11 am - 5 pm
Closed Mondays and holidays


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