Esoteric Survey

 The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego ( MCASD ) La Jolla has reopened after a major renovation and expansion by New York firm, Selldorf Architects . The gallery space was quadrupled from 10,000 to 40,000 square feet. It also adds one more name to the MCASD architect list. More on that later.  A Yoyoi Kusama pumpkin was added to the museum's collection.  It plays nicely off the Andy Goldsworthy egg outside. Sol Lewitt MCASD has one of the best collections of light and space works. Larry Bell John McCraken, Donald Judd and Robert Mangold Most of the galleries are filled with MCASD's own collection.  The exception is Niki de Saint Phalle in the 1960s The gallery spaces have been expanded and also include some impressive ceiling heights.  More Niki Niki de Saint Phalle, “Tir de Jasper Johns,” 1961 Speaking of Jasper Johns, here is his "Light Bulb I," 1958 Andy Warhol and Ed Ruscha Local boy, John Baldessari And his buddy, Richard Allen Morris And his buddy, Tom ...

MORE LIKE A FOREST: PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES BY RICHARD ALLEN MORRIS Friday, Jun 21, 2019-Sunday, Oct 27, 2019 at MCASD Downtown "Art International (Pages I-59, Sept. 20/1961)" (1961) Many of the paintings in the exhibition are from MCASD’s permanent collection. There are three galleries of his paintings. One is just faces. I hung out with Richard for a while before the opening, sneaking some photos. He was a good sport about it. Hampton was a good sport about it too.  In 1980, Richard Allen Morris constructed a body of sculptural totems out of splintered wood debris that he gathered from a demolished building near his studio in downtown San Diego. The group of 39 sculptures was presented at the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art (now the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego) at its downtown annex on G Street as part of the  artist’s mid-career survey in 1988. More like a Forest: Paintings and Sculptures by ...