Motion Pictures Exhibition

Join us at Kimball Art Center in honor of the 100th anniversary of film in Utah, this exhibition showcases contemporary artists who explore film as both a medium and a metaphor.
By reimagining its distinctive qualities—such as temporality, light, and narrative potential—these artists deconstruct the elements and materials of the cinematic experience in innovative ways. Each work offers profound reflections on themes of memory, time, and perception, inviting viewers to reconsider the nature of film itself.
Works in the show include: Spencer Finch’s West (Sunset in My Motel Room, Monument Valley, January 26, 2007, 5:36-6:06 pm) is an extremely poetic and sensory work, reenacting the fading sunset as measured from John Wayne’s hotel room in Monument Valley, where he stayed during the filming of the John Ford Western classic, The Searchers. Despite the etherial nature of the reflected light of the setting sun, this is not an out-of-body Turrell-like work. The analog, massive screens and shelving unit give a body and presence to the work. Nature and culture meet in a symbiotic whole.