New Photography Exhibit at BYU Presents Sly Examination of Suburban Life in 1970s America

PROVO, UT.- At the end of the 20th century, more Americans resided in suburbs than in cities and rural communities combined. The vast suburban expansion following World War II provided social mobility and increased autonomy, space and comfort for families and individuals. “Bill Owens: Suburbia,” a new exhibition at the Brigham Young University Museum of Art, is a sly photographic study of suburban life in the 1970s—the second generation of the post-war suburban movement. This exhibition of 65 black and [...]

Brigham Young University Museum of Art shows “Mirror, Mirror on the Gallery Wall”

PROVO, UT.- Portraits reflect more than a person’s mirror image. They reveal—and sometimes conceal—certain aspects of a person’s identity. While portrait artists play a role in creating that identity for some, many contemporary artists hold up a mirror to the process of identity creation itself—examining how people shape their identities and how they seek to change other people’s perceptions about themselves. This exhibition will be on view in the Conway A. Ashton & Carl E. Jackman Gallery on the museum’s [...]