Before leaving San Diego, I had the chance to attend the True Blue exhibition currently happening at the MinGei Gallery in Balboa Park! The show explores the colour blue by categorizing works into four materials: Indigo, Turquoise, Cobalt and Lapis Lazuli. The pieces on display are all beautiful, functional, and mostly from anonymous sources, which are all artistic considerations that resonate with me personally … It’s a wonderful show, and if you find yourself in the area, I’d encourage you to read more here and attend before it closes on February 17th, 2013.
By the way I love the colour blue. I wish I could see this exhibition. I also wonder if they had some of Yves Klein’s work.
Symeon do you know the work of Yves Klein? check out his blues. I believe there are ultramarine blue. I remember seeing some of his work and was absolutely blown away by the colour.
Hi Tricia—I wish you could see the exhibition too! There weren’t any works by Yves Klein in this show, but that fits within the gallery’s philosophy of focusing on works mostly from anonymous artists. The colours of Klein’s work really are amazing though (and, yes, they’re ultramarine pigment with a PVA binder).