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May art: Holly Rios @ UMOCA, Mural Fest, Lizzie Wenger @ "A" Gallery
For more than 60 years, the Playboy brand has been a fascinating and often troubling part of American culture
Left: Holly Rios' I'd like to return this body Right: Lizzie Wenger's “Turning to the Sun” Holly Rios: I'd like to return this body @ Utah Museum of Contemporary Art For more than 60 years, the Playboy brand has been a fascinating and often troubling part of American culture, even as the 21st century has seen the idea of magazine-based pornography become almost quaint.
Yet Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMOCA) artist-in-residence Holly Rios still finds much about Playboy that's relevant to modern ideas of body image, if for no other reason than the sheer quantity of material produced over…
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- Kilby Court
Beloved all-ages venue anchoring Salt Lake City's indie and DIY music scene.
- Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
Contemporary art museum downtown: rotating exhibitions, artist talks, workshops, and the museum shop.