Esoteric Survey

Portrait of Pomeroy features art by San Diego artists of the 1950s and 1960s, all from the collection of Walter Pomeroy. The exhibition was curated by Dave Hampton and is on view in the gallery at the San Diego Central Library.
The Pomeroy pad
Hung the way Pomeroy lived with the art 
Jackson Woolley enamel
Bob Matheny
and Richard Allen Morris. The Pomeroy collection includes over 40 pieces by Richard. 
Don Dudley, John Baldessari and Richard Allen Morris Pomeroy has 44 pieces by Morris
John Baldessari painting from 1959, a cremation project survivor.
Here's an actual portrait of Pomeroy by Guy Williams
The exhibition is at the San Diego Central Library (2013), designed by Rob Quigley

Th exhibition runs through May 15, 2016 in the Art Gallery on the 9th Floor of the San Diego Central Library

Objects USA had a show
There was a lot of cool stuff.

Richard Allen Morris x 2

Rhyme and Blank - Richard Allen Morris Reading w/Sound! Richard Allen Morris reading poetry and other writings, accompanied  with music and other sounds by Charles Curtis, Anthony Burr, Nathan Nubbard and Jerome Salazar. Photo by Edwin Negado
Dave Hampton organized the event, which took place at Ronis Fine Art. It was standing room only.

Dave Hampton, Richard Allen Morris and Charles Curtis
Recent work by Richard lined the walls

Richard


Coming soon...

RICHARD ALLEN MORRIS  Work from the 60s  Opening Reception is Saturday, September 13th from 5 - 8 pm at R.B. Stevenson Gallery










 It runs from September 13 - October 25, 2014 Be there or else.
Read more here

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…