Scotti Hill – Hyperallergic

What Does It Mean to Be a Latina/x Artist?

Scotti Hill — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 20:25:04 +0000

A small but impactful exhibition at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art complicates questions of identity and the canon.

What Rights Do Artists Have When Their Work Is Destroyed?

Scotti Hill — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 21:00:00 +0000

A string of recent mural removals raises important questions about how public artworks are protected and what recourse, if any, exists for artists in the event of their destruction.

The Horror and Banality of American Racism

Scotti Hill — Tue, 27 Dec 2022 21:04:21 +0000

Christy Chan’s Who’s Coming to Save You? makes clear the perpetual nature of American bigotry.

Wildfire Ash as a Medium

Scotti Hill — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 21:57:00 +0000

Meet the artists who use ash and residue from natural disasters to send an urgent message about the environmental calamity unfolding before us.

Mary Toscano Draws a Sense of Foreboding and Loneliness

Scotti Hill — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 20:30:00 +0000

The artist’s exhibition In Solution is a fitting farewell for Salt Lake City’s Alice Gallery.

The Andy Warhol Lecture That Never Happened

Scotti Hill — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 20:59:00 +0000

It's been 55 years since Warhol hired a lookalike to prank students at the University of Utah. What lessons on celebrity and capitalist consumption did his hoax reveal?

Energy Interests in Utah Threaten “World’s Longest Art Gallery”

Scotti Hill — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 21:09:17 +0000

Since the discovery of natural gas reserves near Nine Mile Canyon two decades ago, conservationists have found themselves at odds with regional energy companies.

Two Artists Address the Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

Scotti Hill — Thu, 11 Aug 2022 20:15:26 +0000

David Rios Ferreira and Denae Shanidiin join forces to bring awareness to the plight of Indigenous women and girls, and LGBTQ+ individuals.

Will Artists Ever Be Forgiven Their Student Loans?

Scotti Hill — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 22:10:00 +0000

The Biden Administration’s plan to improve the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program may fall short for most working artists.

Abstract Art in the Southwest Is as Vast as the Region’s Terrain

Scotti Hill — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 21:32:47 +0000

The exhibition is a compelling, if at times dissonant, examination of the formal and material possibilities at the heart of abstraction.

Jaclyn Wright’s Blaze Orange Uses Photography to Question the “American West”

Scotti Hill — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 21:36:41 +0000

An active shooting range prompts artwork about the environment.