Esoteric Survey

OBJECTS USA ,  Return of the Object show and sale in San Diego Craft geekness.. wood, clay, metal, glass and leather.  That Mabel Hutchinson sculpture is a pretty good one.  Some peeps showed up The show lasts until Sunday.

MCASD  has dug deep into their collection for their new exhibit.   The Very Large Array  includes over 100 artists from San Diego and Tijuana, hung salon-style. Richard Allen Morris face.  There are several by Richard in the exhibit, along with tons of other great artists. I'm going to have to go back a few times for this one.

  More on Allan Gould here

Vladimir Ossipoff's  Liljestrand Residence Photo: Dave Hampton Chavez Residence by John Mock Photo: David Harrison via Dwell Joshua Tree Volume 1 is  here Volume 2 is  here Volume 3 is  here Volume 4 is  here

Obligatory photo of the windmills on the way to Palm Springs. Nighttime architectural sightseein g They have stars for architects down the main drag.   This William Krisel star is a few down from Julius Shulman. Joshua Tree(s) Voulkos? Paul Laszlo for Pacific Iron dining table at a j unk shop in the high desert. Unfortunately someone did a shabby chic whitewash number on it and then tried to glam it up with chorme chairs. Hey, there's a fake Franz Kline to really jazz things up. Cabazon Dinosaur / Pee Wee's Big Adventure The inside of one of the Cabazon dinosaurs is a gift shop / creationist museum.  It sure seems like a strange mix to me.  I just hope their math is better when it comes to selling little plastic dinosaurs. Another JB Blunk cup.. Thanks Julio !

RETURN of the OBJECT , a fall showing of vintage modern art and design by Objects USA     Objects USA  presents Return of the Object , a weekend-long sales exhibition. The event opens with a reception on Friday, Nov. 30th at 7 pm, and continues Saturday, Dec. 1st and Sunday, Dec. 2nd.      A few of the object makers featured in this new show include: Joe Nyiri, Valerie Juadon, Fred Hocks, Russell Baldwin, James Grant, Jack Boyd, Ellamarie & Jackson Woolley, James Hubbell, David Cressey, Barney Reid and Russell Forester.

Jean Balmers in the front, Marg Loring in the back.

Reform is embarking on a new aspect to their operation in Los Angeles.   The Landing will be a fine art gallery within their existing space on Melrose Ave.  If you know Reform, you know it's going to be great.  The first exhibition will open next week.     Exhibition: Urban Remnants by Morgan Maclean   Opening Reception: November 29th, 6 - 9 pm  On Display: November 29th - January 31st  The first exhibition at The Landing will be sculpture by  Morgan Maclean

Rickey and palms in front of the former Honolulu Academy of Art Report from Honolulu: A random sample of great Mid-Pacific Modernism  Photos and text by Dave Hampton Best State Capitol Building, Period Designed by John Carl Warnecke and Architects Hawaii Ltd., 1969 Tadashi Sato's Aquarius mural in the central court Light Reflections by Tadashi Sato is in the Senate President's office (the capitol serves as one of the showcases for  Hawaii's Art in Public Places Program) At the Hawaii State Art Museum: Satoru Abe's sculpture East and West (left) and Harry Tsuchidana's triptych ( right ) Palaka , Alice Kagawa Parrott (left to right) East and West , Satoru Abe; Far the Stillness , Tetsuo Ochikubo; Garden Piece ,  Toshiko Takaezu; Composition , Tadashi Sato Cloaked Figure  by Claude Horan Hawaii Landscape , Shige Yamada Mauna Kea , Toshiko Takaezu Wheel (carved red granite), Satoru Abe ...