The increasingly-cool-and-cooler Sego Art Center has got it goin’ on, and I am now uncool and remiss in not having gone down there yet. First up, reportedly, is “Was Ist Surrealismus,” a room-sized, completely engulfing, organic-looking, foam spray sculpture installation by Brandon Boulton.

Second is the inauguration of Sego’s newest gallery space, “The Annex,” with a curated show of work by St. Louis artist Colin Tuis Nesbit. The Annex show borrows the truly playful question, ‘[I]s The Experience of the Materialization of the Concept of Space the Experience of Space?” from Bernard Tschumi, the Swiss-born deconstructivist architect and writer, as its title.

The whole caboodle looks promising and challenging, including, as a bonus, Provo-based Jim Dalrymple’s complementary essay on Boulton’s work. Bottom line: It’s all about being engulfed.
Originally Published: 08 JULY 2008 in The Slat Lake Tribune