COLLABORATION / GRANARY ARTS
Modern West is pleased to loan works by artist Shalee Cooper to Granary Arts for their exhibition Shalee Cooper / In Variation, on view through May 24, 2025.
In Variation emphasizes the versatility of Shalee Cooper’s work, encouraged to be interpreted and displayed with endless possibilities. The exhibition creates a dialogue between painting, materiality and space, with each piece opening up to the place and orientation in which it is hung.
A defining characteristic of Cooper’s practice is using the most fundamental materials. Each painting is thoughtfully composed, then executed with gesso on raw canvas or linen. This simplicity allows the viewer to focus on what is there as much as what is not there, with a minimal black and white palette as a playful and clever tool of positive and negative space.
Learn more about Shalee Cooper by visiting her artist page.
Granary Arts is a Local Arts Agency located in Ephraim, UT. The organization serves as an anchor for creative activity through providing access to diverse forms of art and public participation. Visit the space Wednesday-Saturday 12 - 5 PM at 86 N Main Street, Ephraim, Utah 84627.
SHALEE COOPER / IN VARIATION
Shalee Cooper | Possibility | 2022 | gesso on raw canvas | 68 x 128 in. (variable)
Shalee Cooper | Sound | 2022 | gesso on raw canvas | 36 x 30 in. (variable)
Shalee Cooper | Movement | 2022 | gesso on raw canvas | 36 x 30 in. (variable)
Shalee Cooper | Reach | 2021 | gesso on raw canvas | 36 x 48 in.
Shalee Cooper | Less or More | 2022 | gesso on raw canvas | 28 x 34 in. (variable)
Shalee Cooper | Evening Light | 2021 | gesso on raw canvas | 24 x 20 in. (variable)
Shalee Cooper | More or Less | 2022 | gesso on raw canvas | 28 x 34 in. (variable)
Shalee Cooper | Stillness | 2021 | gesso on raw canvas | 34 x 28 in. (variable)
Shalee Cooper | Reflection | 2022 | gesso on raw canvas | 60 x 48 in. (variable)
Shalee Cooper | So What, As Long As I Have You | 2022 | gesso on canvas | 36 x 48 in.
Shalee Cooper | Over, Under, Through | 2021 | gesso on raw canvas | 34 x 76 in.
Image courtesy Granary Arts, photographer Kamilla Earlywine
Image courtesy Granary Arts, photographer Kamilla Earlywine
Image courtesy Granary Arts, photographer Kamilla Earlywine
Image courtesy Granary Arts, photographer Kamilla Earlywine
Image courtesy Granary Arts, photographer Kamilla Earlywine
Image courtesy Granary Arts, photographer Kamilla Earlywine
Image courtesy Granary Arts, photographer Kamilla Earlywine
Image courtesy Granary Arts, photographer Kamilla Earlywine