Esoteric Survey

Spitting in the Wind: Art from the End of the Line now has a websiteExhibition photo by Darren Bradley
Photo by Edwin Negado
Photo by Darren Bradley
You'll be sorry if you miss this exhibition.

Spitting in the Wind: Art from the End of the Line celebrates long-standing friendships of artists Richard Allen Morris (b. 1933), John Baldessari (b. 1931), Bob Matheny (b. 1929) and Russell Baldwin (1933-2008), and highlights the astonishing range of work they created while living and working in San Diego. Curated by Dave Hampton.Left to right on opening night: Richard Allen Morris, John Baldessari, Bob Matheny and Dave Hampton. Check out Hampton's canvas tie by Richard Allen Morris.  
John Baldessari quote from Welton Jone's article "Tiny Southwestern had huge impact on 60's San Diego," San Diego Union Tribune, 1994 via Spitting in the Wind by Dave Hampton (More on Southwestern College- here)"There is still no real room for art here. The attitude is anti-art. The art potential of this area is tremendous, but nothing is done about it, and the top people tend to leave." - Richard Allen Morris, 1965 viaSpitting in the Wind by Dave Hampton "San Diego…

Spitting in the Wind: Art from the End of the Line celebrates long-standing friendships of artists Richard Allen Morris (b. 1933), John Baldessari (b. 1931), Bob Matheny (b. 1929) and Russell Baldwin(1933-2008), and highlights the astonishing range of work they created while living and working in San Diego. Curated by Dave Hampton. The opening reception is this Saturday, July 12th at 6pm.  The whole gang will be there, so you don't want to miss it! 
More information at the Oceanside Museum of Art (OMA) Richard Allen Morris, Untitled (Alfred E. Newman), c. 1968, plaster, pigment, aerosol paint, 8.5 x 6 x 2.25 in. Collection of the artist, courtesy R.B. Stevenson Gallery. Photo by Chip Morton  Bob Matheny, Bookends, c. 1975, polyurethane foam, marble, ea. 11.5 x 2.25 x 5.75 in. Private collection. Photo by Chip Morton.  John Baldessari, Fragment, 1966, aerosol and acrylic paint on aluminum, 14.5 x 32 x 2.25 in. Palomar College Boehm Gallery. Photo by Chip Morton. 
Russell Baldwin, Keysss…

Climate Change: Midcentury Modern La Jolla was curated by Dave Hampton. It explores 1950s and 1960s La Jolla modern architecture, objects, furnishings and art that were exhibited in the community’s museums and galleries, offered locally in retail outlets, or created by local residents.
Ethel Greene, Evening in Madrid and Charles Luedtke, Centurian
Malcolm Leland, Ellmarie and Jackson Woolley, Lemeuian Crafts, John Dirks, Barney Reid and James Parker
 Sculpture by Toza Radakovich, Untitled and a 1960 painting by John Baldessari, Torrey Pines
Maurice Martine chair, Gilbert Watrous lamp, and a Malcolm Leland light fixture on the back wall 

La Jolla School of Arts / Art Center
Harry Bertoia chair for Knoll and Guy Williams painting in the back. 

Bob Matheny, Typograph (from Thoreau) and a construction by Russell Baldwin The Matheny print above was made and exhibited in 1965 at the Nexus Gallery. The gallery/bookstore, owned by Laurence McGilvery, was located in the Wisteria Cottage-- the very pla…