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In 1970s San Diego, These Groundbreaking Artists Pushed the Boundaries of Photography
For artists working in and around UC San Diego's art department, photography became a connective thread. And one group of early MFA students pushed their experimentation of photography front and center.
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Ambitious Project Leads Artists to Build 47 Monuments Along the 1821 U.S.-Mexico Border
In 1821, lands that were part of Mexico stretched from the Oregon coast through parts of Colorado and Wyoming and then down into Texas. Artist Marcos Ramirez ERRE and photographer David Taylor embarked on a trek to recreate this "forgotten" border.
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How a Book, Cultural Attitudes Transformed San Diego's La Casa de Estudillo
If walls could speak, an important 19th century landmark in San Diego, La Casa de Estudillo, would convey a complex past. For a period, craze for a novel -- Helen Hunt Jackson’s 1884 “Ramona” -- added to the site’s appeal and transformation.
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Bhavna Mehta and the Power of Paper
Bhavna Mehta "draws with a knife" to create compact visual narratives out of paper.
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Collective Magpie's Ingenious Collaborative Endeavors
Artist duo Collective Magpie thinks of their audience as a kind of third collaborator.
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Robin Bright: The Exquisite Elegance of Minimalist Objects
Robin Bright has long been making pieces for the wall that aren't quite paintings, but not quite full-blown sculptures either.
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Wayne Thiebaud: California's Pop Art Icon Who Wasn't Pop
Only a tiny number of American painters have enjoyed such a sustained interest in their work as Wayne Thiebaud has. The 94-year-old artist's paintings, drawings and prints of cakes, pies and gumball machines are icons of U.S. art.
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San Diego Public Library's Innovative Arts Program
Visitors to the San Diego Public Library can experience more than books. A large-scale visual arts program brings guest curated art exhibitions to its central location and many branches.
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Scents Memory: Brian Goeltzenleuchter's Multifaceted Practice
Multidisciplinary artist Brian Goeltzenleuchter's work with scent reaches back to 1998. His current collaborative project "Olfactory Memoirs" has him conducting workshops which delve with childhood memories associated with smells.
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The New Life of the San Diego Art Institute
The San Diego Art Institute is shifting. Led by new director Ginger Shulick Porcella, the organization is moving away from juried and artist member solo exhibitions.