San Diego Art Prize 2011 @
ART SAN DIEGO Contemporary Art Fair
Thursday, September 1, 2011 through Sunday, September 4, 2011
Hilton San Diego Bayfront / 1 Park Boulevard / SD CA 92101
Ruben Ortiz-Torres with emerging artist Tristan Shone
Jay Johnson with emerging artist Adam Belt
In this fifth year of the SD Art Prize, we feature two established artists and their choice of two emerging artists. SD Art Prize recipients are nominated by a changing panel of art professional and previous art prize recipients and is a recognition of excellence in the visual arts in our region. Image by Ruben Ortiz-Torres.
Thursday, September 1, 2011 through Saturday, September 10, 2011
Opening Reception: September 1, 2011 / 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
The Bakery / 1701 National Avenue / SD CA 92113
MATTER is an exhibition taking place this fall at The Bakery (San Diego, CA), which explores the physical experiments and processes that link creative disciplines from art to architecture and design. The objects exhibited will serve as glimpses into the methodologies of the process driven investigations of a diverse group of creatives. Physical models in a variety of media will be presented in this group exhibition opening September 1, 2011, during the Art San Diego Contemporary Art Fair in downtown San Diego.
Teapot by Guild member David Cuzick
Celebrating Our New Gallery Look
Thursday, September 1, 2011 through Friday, September 30, 2011
11:00 am – 4:00 pm
San Diego Potters’ Guild / Spanish Village Art Center / Studio 29, Balboa Park / SD CA 92101
We have recently completely redone our gallery. We are excited with our new appearance and want to share it with you. For the entire month of September, when you come in you can signup for email notices of our events, and you will be entered in a drawing to be held on October 1st for two $50 San Diego Potters’ Guild gift certificates redeemable for any pottery in our new gallery. We are a guild of 41 local artists working with porcelain, stoneware and earthenware and all firing techniques. We strive for fine craftsmanship and individuality in our work. Come by and visit us in studio 29, we have working potters there everyday.
"Death Ships Don't Surf" / An exhibition of works by
Gretchen Mercedes
Exhibition runs through: October 2, 2011
Opening Reception: September 2, 2011 / 6:00 – 10:00 pm
Double Break / 1821 5th Avenue / SD CA 92101
Double Break is pleased to announce "Death Ships Don't Surf", a solo exhibition of works by Gretchen Mercedes. Mercedes, a nominee for the SD Art Prize 2011, will present a selection of haunting images largely taken from video pieces made over a six-year period on commercial and private fishing vessels upon the Southern, Indian and Pacific oceans. Her work reflects an attraction to the nautical, aviation, strange places, chance encounters, outsiders, and more recently, myth and death. Although currently based in San Diego, Mercedes lives and works between the USA and Australia.
Saturday, September 3, 2011 / 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Throughout various locations in East Village / SD CA
East Village Random Acts of Art provides a free, unique tour where local artists can gather and show off their work in East Village, connecting with restaurants, businesses and venues. Visitors will have the opportunity to see, experience, and interact with local artists who are matched with different East Village businesses, making for an interactive experience of exploring all the East Village corners and gems that might normally go unseen. In addition to the cryptic places that art is installed, many local restaurants, bars and businesses will be offering up special deals throughout the showcase. Everything from happy hours to promotional edibles are up for grabs during this event. For more information on Random Acts of Art, visit the East Village Association.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 through Thursday, September 29, 2011
Reception: Thursday, September 8, 2011 / 4:30 pm – 7:00 pm
D101 & Gallery Courtyard / Artist Lecture: 7:00 pm in G101
San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery / 7250 Mesa College Drive / SD CA
It has been six years since Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans and the surrounding areas. This exhibition presents a visual catalog of the endangered environmental and cultural landscapes of the Mississippi River Delta in South Louisiana. Monique Verdin's photographs of her Native American family reflect on multiple generations living in the threatened wetlands, a massive and devastated territory between the Mississippi and Atchafalaya Rivers. The cartographic illustrations produced by Anthony Fontenot and Jakob Rosenzweig investigate the complex relationships between the geological, infrastructural, and ecological layers in the Delta region while exposing a legacy of industrial manipulation that is currently challenging the largest delta in North America with an uncertain fate.
Additional photographs by Verdin at www.moniquemichelle.com
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 through Sunday, October 16, 2011
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 10, 2011 / 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
L Street Fine Art / across from the Omni San Diego Hotel / 628 L Street / SD CA 92101
"Copper as canvas" shines in this extraordinary exhibition of figurative painting by Richard Hawk. "This body of work is the marriage of my explorative work in oxidation on copper and my traditional figurative oil painting. The combination makes each painting an adventure."
The exhibition pits Brawn against Beauty in a wonderful juxtaposition of flowing female dancers and explosive boxers. "It's a study in contrasts," Hawk agrees. Come see this unusual group of paintings by one of San Diego's highly awarded figurative painters. Reception September 10, 6-9 PM, join us! Exhibition runs throughout San Diego Arts Month.
www.lstreetfineart.com
IMMORTALIZED: Rods and Customs of Distinction
Friday, September 9, 2011 through Saturday, October 29, 2011
Opening Reception: Friday, September 9 / 7:00 – 11:00 pm
ArtHatch 317 E Grand Ave / Escondido, CA 92025
The Pizz, Sara Ray, Chris Froggert, Kurt Lightfoot & Will Gibson, Steve Waldron, Sharif Iman Carter, and Victor Roman. Reception will include live music, book signings (available for purchase), pin up girls, Stone beer, hors d'oeuvres, plus over 30 local artists works and 75 national and international artists works on display. Additionally view hundreds of hot rods and custom cars along Grand Ave for Cruisin Grand.
Attended and juried by artist Robert Williams. View artwork by artists Tom Fritz
$25 – Door / $20 – In Advance (to benefit ArtHatch and Cruisin Grand)
Find out more and buy tickets at arthatch.org/autoshow
FARxMACY
Saturday, September 10, 2011 through Thursday, September 29, 2011
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 10 / 6:00 – 10:00 pm
680 West Beech Street / Little Italy / SD CA 92101
FARxMACY is a multimedia art exhibit featuring recent works by Melissa Mayer and Andrew Spurgin. With an emphasis on food culture, the food supply chain and food politics, this show exemplifies the power of food and the power of art as a tool of engagement and empowerment. The featured artists are also professional chefs in the San Diego community, both advocating for food that is good, clean and fair and practicing responsibility within our food community. Their desire to merge art and food is a natural extension to promote dialogue and awareness of food issues through visual elements. Proceeds from FARxMACY will directly benefit ARTS, A Reason to Survive and their Back-to-School Fundraising campaign.
MANNY FARBER Selected Works From The Artist's Estate
@ Quint Contemporary Art
Saturday, July 23, 2011 through Saturday, September 10, 2011
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 23 / 6:00 – 8:00 pm
7547 Girard Avenue / La Jolla, CA 92037
The exhibition, comprised of approximately 20 selected drawings and paintings, will feature key works completed over the course of Farber’s painting career. Gallery Hours: Tue- Sat 10:00am - 5:30pm and by appointment. www.quintgallery.com
Any further requests or inquires please direct to info@quintgallery.com
Dani Dodge, “Une Semaine Que Nous Sommes Separes”
36" x 36" Mixed Media (acrylic, collage, spray paint , pastel, ink)
Poetry in Three Languages: An Art Show by Dani Dodge
September, 2011 through Saturday, October 29, 2011
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 22, 2011 / 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Pimento Fine Art at Olive PR Solutions, Inc. / 350 W. Ash Street / SD CA 92101
Award-winning artist Dani Dodge will unveil her latest collection, “Poetry in Three Languages: An Art Show by Dani Dodge,” at Pimento Fine Art in Olive PR Solutions, Inc. In “Poetry,” Dodge mixes fleeting images with found words to create new meaning in everyday urban scenes. The solo exhibition of new never-before-displayed works melds words and images into daring new compositions.
“As a journalist, my life was words and I used them to describe everything I saw,” Dodge said. “When I became an artist I began telling stories of life in images. With this show, I will attempt to bring my history and my future together.” Dodge created her images by layering scenes painted in acrylic over letters and repeating these layers many times until they became one. The phrases spill out in English, Spanish and French. Sometimes the words are from graffiti, other times poetry, and still other times, from the very newspaper stories she used to write.
Art + Science, Shapes of Nature
Tuesday, August 9, 2011 through Friday, September 30, 2011
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 10, 2011 / 5:30 – 8:00 pm
Escondido Arts Partnership – Escondido Municipal Art Gallery / 262 East Grand Ave / Escondido, CA 92025
The PhotoArts Group, solo exhibitions by Ann Westbrook & William Limbeck. Art studio openings for Renee Richetts, Gallery Too, Michael Steirnagle, Bettina Heinz, Craig Alexander, Brain Gibson & Francis Marie
Local and regional artists/scientists explore outside the realm of conventional science during Art + Science. This two month long exhibition allows artists the ability to experiment and collect data. This community space represents over 400 local and regional artists.
Art of Photography Show
Saturday, August 13, 2011 through Sunday, October 23, 2011
Opening Reception: Saturday, August 13, 2011 / 6:00 – 10:00 pm / Free Event
Lyceum Theatre Gallery in Horton Plaza / San Diego's historic Gaslamp Quarter / SD CA 92101
The Art of Photography Show is an established and critical force in the world of contemporary photography. Now in its 7th year, this presentation of world class photography is truly exquisite. A total of 15,444 entries were submitted by artists from 72 countries around the world for this juried competition. The judge for this exhibit is Anne Lyden, Associate Curator of Photography at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Ms. Lyden selected 109 compelling works for exhibition.
The Show runs August 13 through October 23, 2011 at the elegant two-level Lyceum Theatre Gallery. The Opening Reception is a free event, happening on Saturday August 13th 6-10 pm. Click here for details.
Gustav Stickley and the American Arts and Crafts Movement
Saturday, June 18, 2011 through Sunday, September 11, 2011
The San Diego Museum of Art / 1450 El Prado / SD CA 92101
The San Diego Museum of Art is proud to present Gustav Stickley and the American Arts and Crafts Movement. Organized by the Dallas Museum of Art, this is the first nationally touring exhibition to focus on the career of Stickley (1858–1942), one of the leading figures of the American Arts and Crafts movement. The exhibition will examine Stickley’s contributions to the history of American design and architecture during his most productive and creative period, from 1900 to 1913, and will provide new insights into the artistic, commercial, and social context of Stickley’s work.
From The Craftsman magazine to his own stores in New York, Washington and Boston, Stickley offered customers a complete lifestyle based on his philosophy of simple design and quality materials. Ranging from furniture to metalware and embroidered textiles to architectural designs, the majority of the more than 100 objects in the exhibition are from private collections and have never been seen before by the public.
It’s Not My Fault: The Art of Everett Peck
Sunday, September 11, 2011 through Sunday, January 29, 2012
Preview Reception: Saturday, September 10, 2011 / 5:00 – 7:00 pm
OMA | Oceanside Museum of Art / 704 Pier View Way / Oceanside CA 92054
Although most well-known for his television series Duckman (1994-1997, USA Network), Emmy nominated illustrator Everett Peck is a multifaceted artist: an animator, a cartoonist, and a painter. It’s Not My Fault showcases Peck’s work over the past thirty years and traces his evolution as an artist from his early concept sketches to his recent large-scale paintings, which humorously explore the pop culture of modern America and its intersection with everyday life.
A preview reception introduces the exhibition on Saturday, September 10, 2011 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Admission at the door is $10 and free for OMA members.
Air Meets Earth (A Glimpse GoSee Gallery Event)
Saturday, September 17 through Thursday, October 13, 2011
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 17 / 6:00 – 9:00 pm
Glimpse / 3813 Ray St. / SD CA 92104
Air Meets Earth features San Diego artists Kate Ashton and B.F. Gillen, and is the premier show for Glimpse’s Go See Gallery Openings. The exhibition blends the lightness of air with the depth of the earth. Kate Ashton’s textural acrylic paintings are the perfect partner for B.F. Gillen’s carved ceramic forms and inlayed slabs. Ms. Ashton’s paintings have movement and mastery of texture. Her atmospheric acrylic paintings remind the viewer of the ethereal nature of the sky and air. B.F. Gillen’s ceramic art demonstrates his love of the mathematical Golden Ratio, resonating within his intricately hand-carved decorative vessels and orbs. Glazes with rich oxide, celadon and copper red signify earth.
Join us at 4:30 p.m. on the afternoon of the opening to hear the artists’ reflections regarding inspiration and processes for their bodies of works.
From El Greco to Dalí
Spanish Masters from the Pérez Simón Collection
Saturday, July 9, 2011 through Sunday, November 6, 2011
The San Diego Museum of Art / 1450 El Prado / SD CA 92101
The San Diego Museum of Art is proud to be the only U.S. museum to show From El Greco to Dalí: Spanish Masters from the Pérez Simón Collection. This spectacular survey of Spanish art from the 16th century to the 1970s will feature 64 works drawn from one of the world’s finest private collections, on view from July 9 to October 3, 2011. From the golden age of Charles V and on through the modern period, this exhibition showcases such acclaimed masters of the Spanish school as El Greco, Ribera, Murillo, Goya, Sorolla, Picasso, Dalí and Miró.
Spanning five centuries, this selection of works by some of the world’s most celebrated artists illustrates a splendid chapter in the history of Spanish art. Visitors to the exhibition will also be invited to discover dazzling artists little-known in the U.S., such as the Romantic Manuel Barrón y Carrillo, or the Modernist Romero de Torres.
Rubén Ortiz-Torres, "Catrín con Peñafiel"
Gelatin silver print, ca.1982 (reprinted 2011)
On loan from the artist
Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man:
Works by Rubén Ortiz-Torres
Saturday, July 30, 2011 through Sunday, October 16, 2011
The San Diego Museum of Art / 1450 El Prado / SD CA 92101
The work by Rubén Ortiz-Torres (b. 1964), an internationally-renowned artist, curator, and author, featured in Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man was developed from the early eighties to the early nineties when the artist was inspired by the punk scene in Mexico City.
As with many artists of his generation, punk culture became an avenue in which the artist formulated his own creative identity. As both a participant in the punk scene and as a visual artist, Ortiz-Torres’s works demonstrate his intimate relationship with his subjects. The diverse media included in this exhibition, such as drawings, photographs, and video, exemplify Ortiz-Torres’s rigorous technical skill and also provide a rare opportunity for visitors to experience this highly-regarded artist’s earlier works.
www.sdmart.org/art/exhibit/portrait-artist-young-man-works-rub%C3%A9n-ortiz-torres
Jennifer Steinkamp: Madame Curie
Sunday, January 23, 2011 through Monday, January 2, 2012
Hours: 11:00 am – 5:00 pm daily / Closed Wednesday
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) - Downtown, Jacobs Building / 1001 Kettner Blvd. / SD CA 92101
Jennifer Steinkamp, Madame Curie, 2011, seven-channel, synchronized projection. Museum purchase with funds provided by Joan and Irwin Jacobs. Photo by Robert Wedemeyer. Jennifer Steinkamp’s largest indoor projection to date features a panoramic field of moving flowers and trees inspired by her research into atomic energy and its effects on nature. This specially commissioned work by one of today’s most prominent, time-based digital video artists features seven synchronized projections onto three walls of the 4,500-square-foot gallery at the museum’s location in Downtown San Diego.
Little Italy North's Art d'Strada
Saturday, September 24, 2011 / 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Little Italy Association / 2210 Columbia Street / SD CA 92101
Come and be a part of a new unique event in Little Italy North's Art d’Strada; which will be held on Saturday, September 24th from Noon to 8:00pm on India & Kettner between W. Grape & W. Laurel. This is an event that will be showcasing the Arts & Design District in a “green” light; with music from local bands, artwork created by local artists from recycled & salvaged materials, recreated rooms in the streets and food by Little Italy North businesses & local food trucks.
Douglas Wheeler, Untitled, 1965
Acrylic on canvas with neon tubing
Phenomenal: California Light, Space, Surface
Sunday, September 25, 2011 through Sunday, January 22, 2011
Museum of Contemporary Art (MCASD) - La Jolla / 700 Prospect Street / SD CA 92037
Phenomenal: California Light, Space, Surface focuses on perceptual investigations undertaken by artists during the 1960s and ’70s in Los Angeles, fomenting some of the most vanguard practices engaging young artists today. Larry Bell, Mary Corse, Robert Irwin, Bruce Nauman, James Turrell, and Doug Wheeler are among a cadre of artists whose work focused on visual perception and facilitated an awareness of the viewer’s physical body moving through space. MCASD, which was founded in La Jolla in 1941, has been actively collaborating with many of the artists featured in Phenomenal since the 1960s.
The exhibition will feature key works from MCASD’s collection as well as loans from prominent public and private collections. Phenomenal is part of Pacific Standard Time: Art in LA 1945-1980, a major region-wide initiative funded and spearheaded by the Getty Foundation. The exhibition is organized for MCASD by Director Hugh M. Davies and Curator Robin Clark.
Digital Art Guild: / metaLphor /
September 2011
Art Institute of California SD / 7650 Mission Valley Rd / SD CA 92108 and Main Street 5 Gallery / 124 E. Main St / El Cajon CA 92020
The Digital Art Guild will be exhibiting its art on metal media. There will be two concurrent shows in September 2011: at the Art Institute of California - San Diego in Mission Valley, San Diego, California; and at Main Street 5 Gallery in El Cajon, California.
Come see the fascinating ways art can be imagined.
The Virgin's Dream: Beatrice Wood Drawings and Ceramics
Saturday, May 21, 2011 through Saturday, September 10, 2011
OMA | Oceanside Museum of Art / 704 Pier View Way / Oceanside CA 92054
The absurdities of love and life come alive in the drawings and ceramics of renowned California artist Beatrice Wood. The Virgin’s Dream, a title taken from one of her signature figurative ceramic works, features a diverse collection from the 1930s to the 1990s of drawings in watercolor, colored pencil and graphite, book illustrations, sketchbooks, figurative sculptures, vessels, plates, and a unique mobile that hung in the artist’s home in Ojai, California. Born in 1893, Beatrice Wood was an important figure in the history of Modern Art working with such legends as Marcel Duchamp, Francis Picabia and others. As the only woman artist to be associated with the Dadaist group in New York during the 1920s, the aspiring artist was dubbed the “Mama of Dada.”
This exhibition highlights work from the archives of Beatrice Wood that were donated to Oceanside Museum of Art by David VanGilder in 2010. VanGilder was Wood’s archivist and produced an extensive bibliography on the artist during the ten year period he lived with her in Ojai, CA. Along with numerous sketchbooks featuring whimsical drawings by Wood, the museum now houses a diverse collection of drawings and a few ceramic vessels. The exhibition will feature these works as well as drawings, ceramic vessels, sculptures, tiles and plates from VanGilder’s collection and drawings from other local Wood collectors.The exhibition is co-curated by David VanGilder and Danielle S. Deery.
Philipp Scholz Rittermann, "Unloading Sand, Yuejin Port, Grand Canal" Jining, Shandong Province, China (PRC), 2010
Emperor’s River: Philipp Scholz Rittermann
Saturday, May 28, 2011 through Monday, September 5, 2011
Museum of Contemporary Art (MCASD) - La Jolla / 700 Prospect Street / SD CA 92037
Emperor’s River: Philipp Scholz Rittermann features dramatic landscapes of China’s Grand Canal captured through the lens of celebrated San Diego-based photographer, Philipp Scholz Rittermann. In 2009, Rittermann set out to capture China’s rapidly evolving economy with a study of life along its historic Grand Canal.
The ancient waterway has been a major force in China’s cultural and economic development for more than two millennia. It extends more than 1,000 miles across the eastern portion of country’s alluvial plain, from Beijing in the north to Hangzhou (near Shanghai) in the south.
Karl Benjamin, Untitled, 1958, oil on canvas
High Fidelity: Selections from the 1960s and 1970s
Saturday, May 28, 2011 through Monday, September 5, 2011
Museum of Contemporary Art (MCASD) - La Jolla / 700 Prospect Street / SD CA 92037
High Fidelity features selections from the sixties and seventies, formative decades in the Museum’s own maturation, as well as a period of artistic ferment in the United States. High Fidelity showcases more than 50 works by notable artists such as Ellsworth Kelly and Agnes Martin, and others who call California their home including Billy Al Bengston, Ed Ruscha, and Alexis Smith. Together, these “greatest hits” announce the Museum’s own history even as they chart contemporary art trends.
Face to Face: Works from the Bank of America Collection
On view through Sunday, September 25, 2011 / 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
MOPA | Museum of Photographic Art / 1649 El Prado / SD CA 92101
Face to Face provides a look at photographic portraiture through the lens of over 50 different photographers, numerous processes and a span of over 160 years. Take a fascinating tour of the history of portraiture, culled from one of the largest corporate collections of photography in the United States, and create your own Avedon-style portrait. Face to Face is provided by the Bank of America, Art in Our Communities Program.
Transitions: The Work of Francoise Gilot
Sunday, June 12, 2011 through Sunday, November 13, 2011
Lecture with the curator, Mel Yoakum, PhD / Saturday, September 25 / 2:00 pm
OMA | Oceanside Museum of Art / 704 Pier View Way / Oceanside CA 92054
Born in Paris in 1921, Francoise Gilot emerged out of the post WWII School of Paris and after moving to New York, was inspired by the contemporary American Art scene. With an interest in mythology and symbolism, Gilot expresses complex philosophical ideas with lyrical accessibility. This exhibition of Gilot's oils and works on paper highlights her interest in color relationships and the fine line between figuration and abstraction. Also known in the past for her relationship with 20th century icon Pablo Picasso, Gilot resided for many years in La Jolla with her husband Nobel laureate Jonas Salk. Gilot currently divides her time between studios in New York and Paris.
Lecture with the curator on September 25:
Complimentary with Museum Admission / Complimentary OMA Members
Marianela de la Hoz, "Reunion de Artistas Contemporaneos"
Metamorphores: Marianela de la Hoz
Saturday, July 2, 2011 through Sunday, October 9, 2011
OMA | Oceanside Museum of Art / 704 Pier View Way / Oceanside CA 92054
Set in fantastic theatrical scenes, Marianela de la Hoz’s realistic portraits create an intimate and sometimes terrifying mirror of reality. Her miniature paintings visually recreate an internal world of the grievances, happiness, love and hate, sins, dreams, secrets, guilt and profound feelings that are part of everyday life. Metamorphores features a collection of drawings, egg tempera paintings and assembled works that explore the two constant characteristics in her work, metaphor and metamorphosis= metamorphores.
Galaxy of Glass @ Fallbrook Art Center
Open Daily: September 4, 2011 through October 16, 2011
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 3, 2011 / 5:00 – 7:00 pm
Fallbrook Art Center / 103 South Main / Fallbrook CA 92028
If you haven’t been to Fallbrook, now is the time! Join us as we celebrate the evolution and uniqueness of the American Studio Glass Movement. This exhibition and sale showcases a broad spectrum of fine art glass sculptures, vessels, functional ware, and jewelry created by Southern California artists using a myriad of processes including blown, torched, slumped, fused, cast, and etching. In addition, the show features a section of significant historic works courtesy of private collectors that affords visitors the opportunity to see works by renowned glass artists from Chihuly to Tiffany and learn more about the history of the Movement. After the show, you can visit the Center’s Café des Artistes for lunch, an espresso, or glass of wine then stroll through our quaint Village stores.
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