By Lonnie Burstein Hewitt. Photos by Maurice Hewitt.
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INSIDE: Sacred Mt. Baekdu by artist Lee Sookja |
February 3 was, for a change, a sunny Saturday in San Diego and a great time to be in Balboa Park. We were there to see Korea in Color: A Legacy of Auspicious Images, a truly auspicious exhibition at San Diego Museum of Art which that day had an outdoor component: an array of Korean performers and artists in a special event titled On the Steps.
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Outside : K-Pop Dancers from NK Dance Studio in LA
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In the Study: Pictorial Ideographs. A panorama of slow-moving images that gradually change as you watch. |
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Three static views of one ideograph’s changes. (This and the 2 images below) |
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Women in traditional clothing welcomed visitors to artists’ tents adjoining the performance area. |
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Award-winning San Diego-based artist Saegil with some of her work |
On the Steps was a one-time-only event, but Korea in Color will be at SDMA through March 3, and it’s something no art-lover would want to miss. https://www.sdmart.org
While we were there, we strolled over to the museum’s new partner, the Museum of Photographic Arts, which is now MOPA@SDMA. We always enjoy the annual Juried Youth Exhibition, which features students from SD and TJ in grades K-12. One of our favorites was the work of a 9-year-old photographer from Sequoia Elementary in Clairemont, but there’s lots more to admire, and the show runs through April 21.
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Sea Level, by Ni'yema Alexander, age 9. |
In the main gallery, we were thrilled to discover James Balog: Photographs from the Anthropocene, a display of imaginative images of humans and nature by someone whose name was new to us. You have until March 10 to see for yourself. https://mopa.org
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The Old Man and the Ape, by James Balog. |
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A wall of relaxing nature photographs by James Balog. |
Here’s wishing you many eye-and-mind-opening
encounters in the months to come!
Lonnie Burstein Hewitt is an award-winning
author/lyricist/playwright who has been writing about arts and lifestyles in San Diego County for over a dozen
years. You can reach her at hew2@sbcglobal.net
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