Created in 2021 from the merger of the Lux Art Institute and the San Diego Art Institute, the Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego (ICA San Diego) presents experimental art and learning with a mission to question everything. A highly dynamic platform and a living laboratory of art and ideas, the ICA aspires to surprise, excite, and challenge every assumption. ICA San Diego is everywhere and for everyone—a space for the public to gather, question, learn, and shape the future.
Institute of Contemporary Art San Diego
Melissa Walter, DNA 003, 2023. Ceramic, synthetic hair, dimensions variable.
Manuel Alejandro Rodrìguez-Delgado, Estudio para Combina Orbital #3 ECO-3 (Study for Orbital Combine #3), 2023-2024. Mixed media.
Nathalie Miebach, Restless Waters, 2024. India ink, data, 24 x 18 inches.
Manuel Alejandor Rodrìguez-Delgado, Viajero (Traveler), 2024. Mixed media.
Melissa Walter, Southern Blot Method, 2020-2021. Charcoal on Paper, 100 individual works at 11 x 15 inches (each).
Nathalie Miebach, Restless Rivers, 2024. Paper, wood, data, 30 x 23 x 23 inches
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Warhol’s film Chelsea Girls is a commercial success, offering an unedited glimpse into the daily lives of several Factory Superstars. Later it is considered an influential forerunner of reality TV.