This great post of a trip to artist Kelsey Brookes studio is one of several lushly photographed articles on current contemporary art happenings around the world from another recent art blog discovery Arrested Motion.

For his debut solo show with the gallery, Kelsey has delivered a stunning new body of work that seems to bridge the best qualities of his earlier work with the more detailed work from his bigger shows last year (like his solo with New Image Art).
 
All his best elements are there, from his day glow color palette to the intensely detailed highlights to his stunning use of text and the human form – “Bigger, Brighter, Bolder” delivers on all three statements and then some. The key to Kelsey’s work is viewing it up close, and many of these new works are in the 3 x 3’ and 4 x 4’ range, so in-person viewing is a must….

artist Kelsey Brookes in his San Diego studio

Kelsey Brookes studio tour, photo by Ross Morrison

Lovely invitation from La Jolla’s Mark Quint to the opening of SPECIMEN, a commissioned project opening this afternoon at Lux Art Institute:

Dear Friends,

Lux Art Institute commissioned artist Adam Belt and myself to design a store for them, and we would like to invite you to the opening this coming Friday, November 27.

We have named the store SPECIMEN and have turned Lux’s library into a curio shop, full of bits of science, objects of nature, and artistic whatnots. It is geared for children, grandparents, and everyone in between.

We realize that this is a busy weekend with the Thanksgiving holiday and that this is also a last minute invite, but if you are in town, we would love to see you. The hours are between 1:00 and 5:00 p.m. Below is a link for Lux.

I hope you have a great Thanksgiving.

Best,
Mark Quint

SPECIMEN at Lux Art Institute

Visit them online at luxartinstitute.org

MCASD Open House: Free Third Thursday Evening
Thursday, 11/19/09 > 5-7 PM > La Jolla and Downtown
On the third Thursday of every month from 5 to 7 pm, visitors receive FREE admission to the Museum, plus free themed Gallery Guide-led tours beginning at 5 and 6 pm.

Also tonight at MCASD La Jolla:

UCSD/MCASD Russell Lecture Featuring Matthew Ritchie
Thursday, 11/19/09 > 7 PM > La Jolla
This year’s Russell Lecturer is renowned and influential artist Matthew Ritchie, who engages vast bodies of knowledge with a multiplicity of media and approaches.

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One of several excellent art events and openings in San Diego this weekend happens this Saturday afternoon, November 14 , 2 PM at MCASD La Jolla when artist Ann Lislegaard discusses her work in the current Automatic Cities show at MCASD La Jolla.

Currently featured in the exhibition Automatic Cities, artist Ann Lislegaard will discuss her work on view. Exploring the relationship between architecture and language, Lislegaard’s installations are often based on literary sources.

Her most recent body of work, including Crystal World (after J.G. Ballard), translates science fiction novels into three-dimensional video animations. Concerned with the notion of time, space, and place, Lislegaard employs sound and light in architectural constructions to reflect on how we orient ourselves in and otherwise perceive the physical and the psychological environments we inhabit.

Members: Free / General: Free with Museum admission

Read more about Saturday’s event on the excellent MCASD website.

Received this morning from Alex Salazar, director of Madison Gallery, 1020 Prospect Street, Suite 130, La Jolla CA 92036– you can call Alex directly for more information at 858. 459. 0836

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Richard Roblin at Madison Gallery

Michael Kessler at Madison Gallery

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Johannes Girardoni at Mark Quint Contemporary Art

Installation image of Johannes Girardoni: UNDISCLOSED photo credit Roy Porello

J o h a n n e s G i r a r d o n i : U N D I S C L O S E D

Opening Reception Friday, October 23rd from 6 to 8PM
7739 Drury Lane, La Jolla, California 92037 directions

Exhibition Dates
October 23 – November 14, 2009
Quint Contemporary Art | 7739 Drury Lane, La Jolla, CA 92037
Gallery hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11AM – 5:30PM

To learn more about this exhibition click here

Here’s a screenshot of MCASD’s invitation today to the final week of architecture presentations from the MIX show, click through the image to read all the deatil and follow the links!

MIX roundtable

HUGH DAVIES ON FRANCIS BACON

Thursday, July 16 > 7 PM
MCASD La Jolla

After the suicide of his lover George Dyer in 1971, Francis Bacon began a series of paintings known as the Black Triptychs. Dr. Hugh Davies, MCASD’s David C. Copley Director, interviewed Bacon multiple times in 1973 about these paintings, which Davies has described as a “frenzied momentum of a struggle against death”, giving him unique perspective on the artist and these works.

A renowned scholar on the work of Francis Bacon, Davies has lectured on the artist internationally, most recently at the invitation of the Tate Britain in London, and has published extensively on the artist. He serves on the Francis Bacon Authentication Committee, and in 1999 curated the MCASD exhibition Francis Bacon: The Papal Portraits of 1953.

ADMISSION: $5 General / Free to MCASD Members and Students. Not a Member? Join now and get in free to this and many other events.