5 Works Of Art To See In San Diego In August
KPBS
By JULIA DIXON EVANS
The newest installation in the Murals of La Jolla project is a highly saturated abstract painting by prestigious LA-based artist June Edmonds. Edmonds completed her undergrad at San Diego State. This piece is based upon Henrietta VanHorn-DeBose, who was the first African-American woman to settle in La Jolla, beginning in the early 1900s, and ultimately Henrietta and her husband Thomas DeBose would own multiple properties along Draper Ave.
The curvature in Edmond's mural echo the shapes of Draper and Girard, and Edmonds uses color and repetition in her works to reflect the interwoven layers of race, politics and identity. The work is massive, wrapping around two entire walls and rising approximately three stories.
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