Artist Jean Lowe has a knack for work that’s laugh-out-loud witty, from her wordplay-based papier-máché books to her more recent series of large-scale paintings that mash-up over-the-top Old World interiors and the jumbled aisles of big-box retail stores. I’m poking … Continued
Nudie playing cards and pole-twisting dancers doused in blacklight paint? It’s all in a night’s work for New York artist Ryan McGinness. The international art darling just wrapped up an action-packed month in Los Angeles, where he painted two major … Continued
No more backstreet art dealing for Mark Quint. For seven years, San Diego’s boldface gallerist and party thrower kept his HQ hidden in a La Jolla alley. This March, Quint Contemporary Art (quintgallery.com) debuts grand new digs a few blocks … Continued
Quint Contemporary Art has had several addresses in the past 30 years, but wherever it has been — downtown, Mission Hills, the Miramar area or La Jolla — the gallery has been a space you just had to visit. My … Continued
Fifty seems like a reasonable number of artists for an exhibition meant to offer a mini-panorama of the San Diego art scene. It should be said that this show at Quint Contemporary Art is not a look at the wider … Continued