Visual Arts

Tijuana-born, New York based draftsman and artist Hugo Crosthwaite is currently drawing on a wall at the San Diego Museum of Art. The 8x10 wall drawing is the centerpiece of an exhibit featuring 11 works by Crosthwaite called "Brutal Beauty."

In this ongoing Culture Lust series, contributor Dave Hampton charts the birth and ascendancy of modernism in San Diego, including a look at the artists, the hubs, and the champions of this now-celebrated aesthetic. If you love old theaters and modern art and architecture, then you'll want to know about the Capri Theater, which once stood on Park Boulevard and helped bring modernism to San Diego audiences.

The San Diego Visual Arts Network opens their "Movers and Shakers 2" exhibition and a portrait of Culture Lust host Angela Carone is featured. Encinitas-based artist Cheryl Sorg did one of her thumbprint portraits composed of Angela's favorite films, books, and music.

In this Culture Lust series, contributor Dave Hampton will chart the birth and ascendancy of modernism in San Diego, including the artists, the hubs, and the champions of this now-celebrated aesthetic. Hampton looks at how a bookstore called Vroman's served as an unlikely but crucial exhibition space.

After Thanksgiving dinner, my guests were cajoled into a tableau vivant for my camera. Some may cry sacrilege, but I like to think of it as an homage to da Vinci (not the Code, the artist).

When modern art and architecture came on the scene in San Diego, not everyone thought it was a good thing. In this Culture Lust series, contributor Dave Hampton will chart the birth and ascendance of modernism in San Diego, including the players, the hubs, and the champions of this now-celebrated aesthetic.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a bison, a rabbit, or a spider? Do you ever pretend to be an animal? Every artist in the New Children's Museum latest exhibition, Animal Art, explores how and why animals excite the human imagination. Joining us to talk about the exhibit are its curator, Rachel Teagle and artist Jason Hackenwerth.

Artist Jason Hackenwerth will construct four large-scale, original balloon sculptures for the latest exhibition at The New Children's Museum. Using 1000s of balloons and a technique developed after years of working as a children’s entertainer, Hackenwerth turns the unlikely material into ancient animals borne from his imagination.

What if a camera could capture death? Or desire? Or jealousy? More than any other photographer, Duane Michals has spent his career pushing the medium of photography to capture the metaphysical. We'll talk to Michals about what motivates his photography.

Three years into their marriage, Judith Fox's husband, Dr. Edmund Ackell, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Over the course of the next ten years, Fox watched as the man who used to perform surgery, fly planes, and run universities, forgot how to turn on the coffee maker or place a phone call. Fox is a photographer and decided to document her husband's daily struggles with Alzheimer's. She's collected those images in a book called "I Still Do: Loving and Living with Alzheimer's." Fox joins us to talk about the book and her role as wife, care-giver, and photographer.