5 Works of Art to See in San Diego in May

As featured in KPBS:
'Mamma Mobius' by Mark di Suvero
The great American sculptor Mark di Suvero (born in 1933) has a large 2018 work of bright red painted steel parked in the front courtyard at La Jolla's long-running Tasende Gallery, visible from the sidewalk. Di Suvero's works have been installed around the world for decades, and Tasende has a significant collection of his work on view in an exhibition through late June. The exhibition includes several large sculptures, as well as smaller sculptures indoors and works on paper.

Many of di Suvero's sculptures feel industrial, with massive beams of steel bolted and welded together, something akin to remnants from a construction zone, but the angles and the lines — to say nothing of the shiny paint in vivid colors — are far too dramatic for building scraps but never too precious. Di Suvero is known for wanting his works to be climbed on and touched, and when this work was recently installed at the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, the dance company Movement Arts Collective choreographed a work inspired by — and performed on — the sculpture. Many of di Suvero's works evoke movement, some literally, while others just make you feel like something's moving, like in "Mamma Mobius," with its sweeping loops in the suggestion of its namesake strip.

On view through Jun. 25, 2022 at Tasende Gallery (viewable outside), 820 Prospect St., La Jolla. Free.

Evans, J. D. “5 Works of Art to See in San Diego in May.” KPBS Public Media, 6 May 2022, www.kpbs.org/news/arts-culture/2022/05/06/5-works-of-art-to-see-in-san-diego-in-may.