Hugo Crosthwaite’s Adventures in Color at Bread & Salt

By Lonnie Burstein Hewitt. Photos by Maurice Hewitt.

 

Tijuacolor, a featured painting in the exhibition.

 If you’re a fan of multi-award-winning artist Hugo Crosthwaite--and who isn’t?--you may not have had a chance to see Tijuacolor, his soon-ending exhibit at Bread & Salt in Barrio Logan.

 So here’s a little look at a few of his latest ventures out of his usual black-and-white into vibrant color--all large-scale paintings portraying the place of his birth.

The Line.

The Annunciation.

Haircut. The central figure in the painting.

There is one black-and-white piece on display in Tijuacolor: a collaborative 3 ½ minute music video, with headphones provided. You won’t need headphones to see the video here, thanks to the band whose music you’ll be hearing, The Color Forty Nine. And you can dance to it!

What Would I Know? Yo Que Sé?

 

What does Hugo know? Here’s a quote from the artist’s statement:

“I create works of art that are beautiful. Not a beauty that duplicates the commonplace aesthetic molded by advertising and mass media imagery but a personal intimate beauty.

The depiction of human suffering and violence permeates my works. The works themselves are not violent, rather thoughtful and rife with seductive imagery. I explore the complexities of human expression, everything from alienation to acceptance and even celebration.”

Want to see other colorful Crosthwaite paintings? Hugo Crosthwaite: The Rupture of the White Cube at Mesa College Art Gallery Picked RAW Peeled By Patricia Frischer

Tijuacolor at Bread & Salt (closing before end of October, exact date uncertain)
1955 Julian Avenue, San Diego 92113.
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

 

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