From Deseret News archives:
Drawing together exhibit honors artistic couples
Will they be noted more for their similarities or their differences?
These are questions explored by the E-Spousing Art exhibit opening today at the Springville Museum of Art. More than 30 of Utah's artistic couples are featured in the show, including some from the state's past such as James T. and Hariott Harwood, Maynard Dixon and Dorothea Lang Dixon, Mahonri and Dorothy Weir Young. They are joined by contemporary artists such as Denis and Bonnie Phillips, Rebecca and Clay Wagstaff and Glen and Barbara Edwards, to name a few.
"I love this show," enthused Vern Swanson, director of SMA. "It not only goes from the beginnings of Utah art but includes all styles, all media, all conceptual persuasions."
It came about because he and Donna Poulton, curator for the show, were talking one day about art dynasties in Utah. The Fairbankses, the Fletchers, the Salisburys. Their discussion of parents and children led to one of husbands and wives, and the light went on, so to speak.
The museum staff thought it would be fun to explore the creative process from this direction, said Poulton. "We thought there might be a lot of give and take, a lot of sharing not found in other relationships."
The artists themselves have a lot to say about the role of art in their marriages. In artists' statements submitted with their works, they talk about some of the ins and outs of sharing both art and life.
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