Start Date: Thu, January 1 2009 End Date: Fri, January 1 2010 Event Time: 11am-5pm, 11am-7pm View Remaining Dates La Jolla, CA
On permanent display at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Pleasure Point is an accumulation of rowboats, canoes, jet skis and surfboards suspended above the west side of the museum's La Jolla facility, created by Los-Angeles based sculptor Nancy Rubins. Nancy Rubins has been creating visually stunning sculptures out of salvaged industrial and consumer goods including mattresses, trailers, hot water heaters, airplanes and small appliances since the late 1970s. In her hands, such everyday objects become unfamiliar and astonishing, as they are trussed and finessed into heroic forms that defy both gravity and our expectations for how these things should behave. The sculptures may appear precarious but are, in fact, delicately balanced and precisely engineered. While her works are often read as social commentary on consumer society and technological obsolescence, Rubins is most interested in the formal properties, availability, and utilitarian beauty of the particular items with which she works.
November 2008- November 2010 Baltimore, MD In spring 2008, the University of Maryland and the Walters Art Museum performed a CT scan on the museum's mummy to conduct a "virtual autopsy," discovering more about the person's age, possible illnesses and cause of death. The virtual autopsy also ... READ MORE
January 2009- December 2009 Washington D.C., DC A special installation of nine works by Mark Rothko (1903?1970), long recognized as one of America's foremost artists, will celebrate the centenary of his birth. The works by Rothko are related to two mural commissions"the Seagram murals and the ... READ MORE
January 2009- January 2010 San Diego, CA The exhibition Oceanic Works features around 70 artworks, from hand-carved sculptures representing ancestors and gods to jewellery, weapons and cooking tools. This exhibition celebrates ancient Oceanic traditions from Melanesia, Micronesia and ... READ MORE
May 2009- March 2011 Malibu, CA Youth as a Lamp Bearer, a long-term loan from the Museo Archeologico Nazionale in Naples, is on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa.
Created about 20-10 B.C., the Roman bronze figure of a ephebe, or youth, was excavated in ... READ MORE
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