June 2006
WHAT'S HAPPENING?Museum of Contemporary Art -
TNT events
every thursday night
The first Thursday of every month, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego hosts TNT (Thursday Night Thing), an ongoing program of intriguing events in MCASD's Downtown galleries. Beginning at 7 pm, something different and interesting will be happening downtown— from slide jams, DJ lessons, and poetry readings to live bands, artists' talks, and video projections— TNT's eclectic events will be occasions to interact with the arts and artists in the San Diego region.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art -
Gustav Klimt
till June 30, 2006
Gustav Klimt: Five Paintings from the Collection of Ferdinand and Adele Bloch-Bauer LACMA is honored to announce a special exhibition of five important paintings by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt (1862–1918). The paintings were recently returned by the Austrian government to the family of Maria Altmann, of Los Angeles, following a lengthy legal dispute over the rightful ownership of these works stolen by the Nazi regime.
San Diego Musuem of Man - Body Ornamentation
May 12, 2006 — March 27, 2007
There is no known culture in which people do not paint, pierce, tattoo, reshape, or simply adorn the unique canvas which is the human body. Diverse cultures throughout the world decorate their bodies in countless ways and for various reasons. The exhibit focuses on the many different types of body ornamentation in various cultures around the world. This exhibit presents beautiful designs and artwork depicted in body painting, tattooing, scarification, and piercing.
BOOKS
The Design Of Dissent
An excellent book edited and compiled by design legeln Milton Glaser. The work is chock full of compelling political designs from all over the world, organized in broad categories. A coffee book that will spark a conversation.
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Design of Dissent
The Boby: photography of the human form: Through thoughtful essays, W. Ewing transforms a fantastic collection of photographs into a history of photography itself. With careful arrangement and stylish writing free of art- critic blather, Ewing has rendered accessible an almost intimidatingly wide range of works. The introduction covers attitudes toward photographed nudity and therefore toward sexuality.
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OTHER
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