Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art — Attraction in Logan

The art was scribbled, messy, strange, overly simple and ugly. All of the paintings had “deep meaning” behind them but in the end not that deep because they only represented modern politically correct ideas and nothing else. There was nothing in there that made me truly reflective or change my perspective.

It was all art that was made poorly. It was appreciated because the “intentional” mistakes and inconsistencies in the art were supposed to represent something deeper. However art is naturally incosistent and imperfect. When that becomes the focus of the artwork we move away from art and more towards empty political statements. Art needs to be first and foremost beautiful and difficult to replicate or match. There needs to be at the very base a deep appreciation for the creative process. Art is not only about statements it’s about testing the limits of the human creative spirit and its capacity to...

The Eccles Museum of Art has a superb permanent collection that they regularly draw on to give resonance to the traveling shows that regularly grace the several galleries in their lovely building. They have real courage--not that the shows are rude or vulgar, but that they stand for principles that are important, both to the world of art and to the world we live in. For those who must travel, the local landscape, the city of Logan, and the University campus all offer wonderful landscapes of relatively unspoiled Utah mountains and valleys, in which are located some of the loveliest remaining old buildings. I look at art a lot, and have my favorite galleries throughout the Utah, from St. George north. When I first visited the Eccles, it immediately shot to the...

It was fascinating. There's all manners of different kinds of abstract art and each has a small descriptor about the artist and what their painting was intended to mean. It's very fascinating. There's also interactive exhibits and some that are mixed with electronics to create a unique experience. Plus it's free and the staff are very polite and knowledgeable. I learned a lot from this and would...