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UTAH ARTS ALLIANCE PRESENTS PLASTIC WORLD BY ARTIST DEREK DYER
AN INNOVATIVE ART INSTALLATION EXHIBIT FEATURING 100% PLASTIC ART.
Salt Lake City, UT - Utah Arts Alliance Gallery located at 127 South Main Street in Salt Lake CityÊpresents Plastic World by artist Derek Dyer. Opening Reception April 9th from 6:00pm - 9:00pm. Show runs from April 9th - April 30th. Gallery hours are 12:00pm - 8:00pm Tuesday - Thursday 12:00pm - 5:00pm on Saturday.
Artist Derek DyerÕs new work an installation piece called Plastic World features 100% plastic works. The show is a commentary on modern American life in which we are living. Much of our surroundings and environments are made of plastic, the food we buy is wrapped in plastic, our furniture, tools and even many new buildings are made from a good deal of plastic. This show is a playful commentary on modern society where plastic has become as much a part of our lives as the food we eat and the water we drink (which also come in plastic).
The Exhibit features an installation where the walls, furniture and even the people are made of plastic. This plastic world is decorated in original plastic artworks that are available for sale. The Plastic world is inhabited by the plastic people.
Derek Dyer is a well known artist based in Salt Lake City Utah. Common themes of his work include pieces that play with light and color, integrates technology and is representative of nature. Much of his work is about creating social dialog and commentary on the world.
Notable pieces include:
The "Diversity Ball" the World's Largest Mirror Ball, 2003
The "Golden Hive of the Invisible" a 14' tall by 14' in diameter beehive. 2009
"Transcendental Apparitions" projection Maze. 2009
"Earth People" "Glitter People" "Glow People" "Laser People" and "Projection People" Photographic series 1999 - 2010
His work has been featured in a multitude of art exhibits and events and has received much local, national and international exposure. He have been published in numerous publications including USA Today, Superlatives USA, Maxim Magazine, CNN and the Guinness Book of World Records.
Exhibit of Fine Art:
EARTH
PEOPLE
2010
By Derek Dyer
Show Runs: February 12 – April 16, 2010.
Opening Reception: Friday February 26th,
6 – 9 p.m.
Location: Sorenson Unity Center Gallery 1383 South 900 West, Salt Lake City, Utah
Gallery
Hours: Monday - Thursday 6am - 9pm,
Friday, 6am – 5 p.m., Saturday 8am – 5 p.m., Sunday 11am - 2pm
The Sorenson Unity Center Gallery will present an exhibit of original
fine art photographs created by artist Derek
Dyer, Show Runs: February 12 – April 16, 2010. The opening
reception for the artist will be held Friday February 26th,
6 – 9 p.m., at the Sorenson Unity Center Gallery 1383 South 900 West,
Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Earth People series is a continuation in the evolution
of Derek Dyers popular photographic series’ that spans over
a decade. In this newest work ideas of the connectedness
between humans and our environment is explored. The subject
is covered in the earthy elements that surround them.
Through this process the people become earth people.
“Although humans are creations of the earth we view
ourselves separate from the earth and other living things;
we think of animals, plants and our environment as
something outside of the human experience when really it is
all one, interconnected and symbiotic experience,” Dyer
says of the concept behind earth people. Elements explored
in this series include: salt, sand, soil, leaves, flowers,
fire, water, ice and other elements.
My art is about
making an emotional connection with people, creating
beautiful images or objects and inspiring creativity in
others.
I always love to experiment with new mediums and try to
create something new and fresh that is beautiful and
meaningful. I have worked in photography, painting,
sculpture, projection art, multi-media and mixed media as
well as fusing these mediums together for different works.
My motivation for using different mediums depends mostly on
what is my current inspiration and what is the subject
matter.
Recently my work has focused on photography. Recent
photographic series include: glitter people, glow people,
projection people and laser people, and my current series,
EARTH PEOPLE. Much of my photography is figurative work in
which the subject is covered with some sort of color or
material. My current series involves the subject in natural
settings covered in earthy materials. Through this series I
hope to convey the connectedness humans have to the earth.
Dyer’s work has been featured in numerous art exhibits and
has received much local, national and international
exposure. I have been published in numerous publications
including in the Guinness Book of World Records for
building The Diversity Ball the world largest disco ball in
2005, as well as USA Today, CNN, Maxim Magazine
Superlatives USA, SL Tribune, Deseret News, City Weekly,
Catalyst and SLUG Mag.
Derek E Dyer
Derek Dyer is
the Executive Director of the Utah Arts Alliance,
a
501c3 non-profit arts organization.
Our
mission is to foster the arts in its many forms, to provide
venues to facilitate the arts, to provide programming and
support for arts and education, to provide a central
organization committed to networking and support of Utah’s
non-profit arts and educational groups and to provide
support and services to Utah’s artists and students.
www.utaharts.org