An underground artist’s collective put on a three-day art exhibition, running Jan. 19 through Jan. 21. The show lasted around six hours daily at the warehouse space behind the Shades of Pale Brewery in Salt Lake City.
Dennis Silversey, Douglas Tolman and Ben Sang produced the Shades of Entropy Art Show months after they built rapport with the art-enthusiast taphouse owners. Shades of Pale opened the door for the guys to use the back warehouse space for the event. The collaborative efforts of Silversey, Tolman, 14 other Salt Lake artists, musicians, Acme Camera Company, Daily Rise Coffee and the owners of Shades of Pale resulted in a successful Shades of Entropy Art Show.
Friday evening, people sipped delicious craft beer at the taphouse while talking and playing darts. Venturing outside, people congregated by a fire pit, and Layton’s Daily Rise Coffee served hot coffee. A wooden sign reading “Shades of Entropy” hung over the entrance to the back warehouse. Once inside, the warehouse space was converted into a beautiful art gallery with 16 various exhibits. Pallets hanging above the rafters displayed art—some artists constructed their own displays from fencing, tapestries and more.
Osis, a jazz ensemble, played the first set. Shanin Blake and the Shakes played a two-hour set next on a cleverly constructed pallet stage near the entrance of the space. The music was funky and upbeat, yet not overpowering the remainder of the gallery for those strolling and pondering the art installations.
Emily Senkosky, an artist in the show, came up with the title of the event. According to Silversey, it references taking the definition of entropy—which is a measure of the degree of disorder in a substance or a system—and translating it into the artistic world describes the nature of the show. The direction of Shades of Entropy took the concept of the gallery and turned it into something else. Spaces and walls changed to shift the idea of how people perceived their art. The idea of the art show was to have artists make projects interactive and make some 2D art as 3D as possible.
Tolman and Silversey aim to produce more art shows in the future with the goal of subverting how people approach art. Salt Lake’s underground art scene and community will continue to flourish with collaborative efforts and visions of talented artists and enthusiastic support from locals.
Artists who exhibited in the show include: Ben Sang, Stephanie Espinoza, Bobby Robertson, Alec Bang, Chad Unger, Dennis Silversey, Tyler Hoffmeyer, Tom Shrieve, James Dumas, Allanah Beazely, Douglas Tolman, Jimmy Hadley, Emily Sensosky, Alexis Hansen, Zane Anderson and Robert Hunter.
Walking in to a wonderland at the Shades of Entropy art show, held at Shades of Pale’s taphouse. Photo: Jo Savage // @SavageDangerWolf
Dennis, Douglas and their team converted an old warehouse attached to the brewery into a classy and intricately interactive gallery space. Photo: Jo Savage // @SavageDangerWolf
Anthony DiMeo was the only bartender at Shades of Pale—and no one had to wait. Skills. Photo: Jo Savage // @SavageDangerWolf
Denny, also know as Dennis Silversey is an artist and one of the producers of the Shades of Entropy Art Show. Photo: Jo Savage // @SavageDangerWolf
Denny’s interactive photographic art installation began with handwritten note. Photo: Jo Savage // @SavageDangerWolf
John Blume became a part of Bobby Robertson’s art installation. Photo: Jo Savage // @SavageDangerWolf
Another portion of Bobby’s interactive exhibit included this wooden block to hammer nails into to demonstrate and release your stress. Apparently, this was “a hit.” Photo: Jo Savage // @SavageDangerWolf
Interacting with art at Shades of Entropy. Photo: Jo Savage // @SavageDangerWolf
This fellow starts nervously fiddling with his ear while looking at Emily Senkosky’s installation, which incorporated photos of burned bodies. Photo: Jo Savage // @SavageDangerWolf
Allanah Beazely displayed her minimalistic and texturized photography. Photo: Jo Savage // @SavageDangerWolf
Salt Lakers Kenna O. and Princesse D. checked out the exhibits. Photo: Jo Savage // @SavageDangerWolf
Shanin Blake and the Shakes played an awesome set on Friday night. Photo: Jo Savage // @SavageDangerWolf
Tom Shrieve offered stereo viewers to interact with and see his photography in 3D. Photo: Jo Savage // @SavageDangerWolf
Darby Mest looking through stereo viewers in Tom Shrieve’s exhibit. Photo: Jo Savage // @SavageDangerWolf
Ben Sang had sketches floating from the rafters. Photo: Jo Savage // @SavageDangerWolf
This attendee checked out the leaf art done by Alexis Hansen. Photo: Jo Savage // @SavageDangerWolf
Daily Rise Coffee was pouring coffee in the outside space between the brewery and the warehouse exhibit area. Their beans are used in the Shades of Pale Espresso Stout. Daily Rise Coffee is based in Layton and Ogden. Photo: Jo Savage // @SavageDangerWolf
People also congregated in the brewery space to have beer and hang with friends. Photo: Jo Savage // @SavageDangerWolf
John Blume shows his paintings on skate decks and talks art while having a Shades of Pale IPA. Photo: Jo Savage // @SavageDangerWolf
Shanin Blake had guest performer Jamal join her onstage. Photo: Jo Savage // @SavageDangerWolf
Shae Barber looked like art as she viewed art. Photo: Jo Savage // @SavageDangerWolf
Zane Anderson exhibited some cool metal sculptures. Photo: Jo Savage // @SavageDangerWolf
John Blume interacted with James Dumas’ photography exhibit. Entropic Dreams. Photo: Jo Savage // @SavageDangerWolf
Hottest new boy band in town … No, just kidding, I wish, too. Some of the collaborating artists at the end of a successful night. Photo: Jo Savage // @SavageDangerWolf
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