By Patricia Frischer
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| Xuchi Naungayan Eggleton Dr. Reuben Shaw Elegant simple shape, complicated materials and construction |
Marcos Ramírez ERRE, the De La
Torre Brothers, Siobhan Arnold, David Adey,
Xuchi Naungayan Eggleton, Debby and Larry Kline,
Mely Barragan, Christopher Puzio,
Cesar and Lois Collective and Wendy Maruyama. Now that is a major line-up of talent and they do
not disappoint. Curated by Chi Essary and with an absolutely stunning catalog, we
were pleased to see this show before it closed. Hopefully this report and the catalog
will be a permanent memory of such talent coming together.
The show is a trifecta because these artists were
each assigned to a different endowed chair scientist recipient at the Salk
Institute. The endowment ($3 million for each chair) is the patron part of the
title. These scientists are working on cures for disease and asking those
important questions like why do we age, how can we save the planet? What the artists (even ERRE) all
discovered was that answers did not come in black and white. The research has
shown that finding one answer might lead to more complications. So thank
goodness we have these beautiful visual images to remind us that life is good and with
that beauty comes hope.
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| Xuchi Naungayan Eggleton (detail) |
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| Wendy Maruyama Dr. John Reynold Ripples of memories reflected in the mirror like surface, more distorted as the piece progresses. |
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| Wendy Maruyama |
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| Wendy Maruyama (detail) |
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| Mely Barragan Dr. Kay Tye Trying to connect biologically or culturally. |
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| David Adey Dr. Jan Karlseder Dolly the cow entangled in loops of knowing and unknowing, |
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| Cesar and Lois Collective Dr. Joanne Chory Proposing an artificial intelligence that learns from nature not from humans. |
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| Marcos Ramírez ERRE Dr. Clodagh O'Shea Trying to make a black and white world that we can control, |
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| Marcos Ramírez ERRE (detail) |
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| De La Torre Brothers Dr. Gerald Shadel The good changes to the bad changes to the good changes to the bad. |
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| De La Torre Brothers |
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| De La Torre Brothers (detail) |
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| Christopher Puzio Dr. Geoffrey Wahl Metaphors within metaphors, |
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| Christopher Puzio (detail) |
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| Siobhan Arnold Dr. Susan Kaech A secret little message inside of every lymph gland. |
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| Siobhan Arnold (detail) |
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| Debby and Larry Kline Dr. Thomas Albright Truth hidden and revealed and hidden and revealed. |
La Jolla Historical Society Wisteria Cottage Gallery
HOURS: Wed-Sunday, 12-4 p. m. through January 16. Free admission.
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