Ideal Home by Ogden Contemporary Arts brings together female artists who hail from different sides of the country, but whose works draw connections between local and national conversations.

Elizabeth Alexander’s body of work, Objects of Desire, explores the ways in which domestic perfection is at odds with the reality of humanity. Her installations utilize nostalgic, home-related objects that were once coveted symbols of success such as wallpaper, porcelain ware, and distinct furniture pieces in ways that insert chaotic beauty into spaces of domestic harmony.
Ideal Home also explores the exterior environment of an “ideal home,” which Salt Lake City-based Kasey Lou Lindley addresses with her body of work, Future Gardens. Current drought conditions in Utah and the West are challenging our societal obsession with manicured lawns and residential green space. Lindley’s watercolor paintings, digital collages and immersive video installation represent an ideal future for American gardens and landscapes, presenting imagery of drought-tolerant foliage from Utah and around the world.
The exhibit is free to all and open from August 12 to October 16.