Visual Arts

Artist Roy McMakin wants to know what your favorite color is and why. The acclaimed artist and UCSD grad will be in La Jolla this weekend constructing a mural using the favorite colors of passers-by. We'll talk with McMakin about interactive mural-making, color and his career in art, architecture and design.

While driving through the California desert, you may come across derelict shacks spotting the landscape. These homesteads, called jackrabbits, were built by people laying claim to plots of desert land in response to the Small Tract Act of 1938. Our guests, both artists, have explored the jackrabbits in their work, through photographs, audio tours, sculpture and installation.

Jen Davis takes self-portraits as a way to understand her body in relationship to cultural standards of beauty. Her images are quiet, intimate portraits of a woman exploring ideas of body image, domesticity, and desire.

Artist Kim MacConnel is getting a lot of deserved attention of late. A retrospective of his work is currently on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego and an exhibit of recent work opens at Quint Contemporary Art. We'll talk with the acclaimed artist about his career.

Steampunk culture descends on Oceanside this Friday for the latest edition of "Art After Dark" at the Oceanside Museum of Art. I've covered steampunks at Comic-Con for the last couple of years, so if you need a primer for "Dr. Steampunk's Art Extravaganza," Culture Lust has you covered.

Founder of North Park's "Ray at Night" has set his sights on creating a European salon-style house in San Diego.

The San Diego Museum of Art is lending 47 paintings to Suzhou Museum in China for an exhibition titled "Visions of the United States."

UCSD professor emeritus Bram Dijkstra has been spending most of his time looking at nudes. The end result is the most comprehensive survey of nudity in American art and visual culture. The large coffee table book is called "Naked: The Nude in America."

Compared to years past, a larger number of San Diego artists were selected for the 2010 California Biennial at the Orange County Museum of Art. The Biennial is meant to reflect the wide range of contemporary artistic practice happening in California.

ICE Gallery, the artist-run gallery in North Park, has created some great videos to promote their exhibits and artists.