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Salt 10: Conrad Bakker
Price: $7-$9, UMFA members free
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The latest iteration of the salt series at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts explores something very personal to the late Robert Smithson: his own library. The wooden books created by Illinois artist Conrad Bakker cannot be opened but nevertheless have much to say about the man who collected them. A personal collection of books, "even without being read, says something about their owners," says UMFA curator Whitney Tassie. Bakker replicated a selection of Smithson's library through incredibly deft, detailed woodcarving and painting. The volumes provide a candid glimpse of Smithson, who plays a significant part in Utah's art world, yet who sometimes seems abstracted. Here, we can catch hold of who he was—his personal motivations, his goals, the ideas he wished to pursue and what he looked at to provide source material for his art. The exhibit is also a chance to get to know the art of Bakker, who's exhibited work internationally and has replicated photographs, chairs and even motorcycles out of wood. (Ehren Clark, City Weekly)
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