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Boehm Gallery hosts mixed media exhibit April 3- 20 Sydney Davison The Telescope
The latest exhibit at the Boehm Gallery -- Ojalá: Considerations of the Unavoidable Syndrome of Illusion by artist Marisol Rendón -- opened April 3 and will run through April 20. Rendón is displaying a mixedmedia show that includes seven to eight large-scale sculptures consisting of metal work, carved wood, light, heat and form plastic -- three of them at a monumental scale. Also included in the show are charcoal drawings done in a large scale. With these drawings, as well as her other works, Rendón is attempting to have the audience interact with the theatricality of the large-scale objects.
“She concerns herself directly with the poetics, with objects and materials that utilizes metaphor,” said Ingram Ober, director of the Boehm Gallery and husband of Rendón. It’s meant “to be theatrical and powerful as opposed to cerebral or academic art.” Rendón’s use of contrasting light and dark help to create a cerebral metaphor for psychological problems and help her audience to reflect on the world in which we live. The large-scale aspects of her work help the audience realize the severity of psychological problems, such as anxiety or depression. “We inhabit a world in which we unceasingly look for a way, any way to justify the difficult and sometimes the impossible,” Rendón said in her mission state-
ment for the art. Ober said Rendón also works to create an illusionist space, trying to show a window into another world or environment and then using that illusion toward how we perceive and live in the world. “We all utilize illusion to cope with everyday life, whether that’s religion or politics,” Ober said. “Dreams and hopes are feelings that somehow have been helping us to keep our balance,” Rendón wrote. “However, I’m sure of something: In most cases, behind and after each moment of illusion, there is a sigh of resignation. I would love to find a way to represent that sigh.” Rendón’s exhibit is free to the public. sdavison@the-telescope.com
ABOVE AND RIGHT: Large-scale sculptures are part of Artist Marisol Rendón’s Ojalá exhibit at the Boehm Gallery April 2• Brian Korec/ Telescope
Earth Day
Tie-dye t-shirts displayed during an Earth Day event at Palomar College on April 26, 1991 • Telescope file photo
Palomar celebrates Earth Day April 22 Palomar’s Earth Day event will be hosted by the Inter-Club Council from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the SU quad.
Local Earth Day events • April 21, Earth Fair 2013 in Balboa Park, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., largest free environmental celebration in the city of San Diego • April 21, Earth Day 10K in Carlsbad 7 a.m., scenic 6.2 mile run/walk along the coastline • April 21, Beach Clean up at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas, 9 a.m., hosted by Surfrider Foundation to keep San Diego’s favorite playground clean
• April 21, Encinitas Garden Festival 10 a.m.- 4 p.m., Self-guided walking tour through unique neighborhoods in Encinitas • April 27 & 28, California Earth Day Jam 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Environmental networking event with empowering speakers, health fair, music and eco-fashion • April 21-29, National Park week, in honor of Earth Day all national parks are offering free admission