34 MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY AUGUST 8-14, 2024 www.montereycountynow.com ART For its new season, Monterey Museum of Art will host four exhibits. The first of these, on display until Dec. 22, features four artists—two couples, each pair inspired by a partner’s work. “It’s about artistic collaboration,” says John Rexine, the museum’s manager of collections and exhibitions. Pointing out the example of Francis and Eugenia McComas, he adds, “She became more expressive and abstract, almost cubist, which eventually inspired him too.” More people know about Francis, an Australian, than about San Francisco artist Eugenia. The two painters, tonalists by training, traveled together capturing landscapes and traditions of Spain and Mexico, her sharp bold lines gradually becoming his. Together they made Pebble Beach their home. He died in 1938; Eugenia lived until 1982. When the iconic photographer Edward Weston visited Henrietta Shore’s gallery in Los Angeles, he was taken by her paintings, drawings and prints, especially of shells. There was a time when Shore had been compared to Georgia O’Keeffe. “It influenced his direction,” Rexine says. Weston’s further works were very focused, showing singular objects, such as shells and rocks, reminiscent of sleeping animals or ancient masks. Weston and Shore walked along Point Lobos together and while his career soon took off, leaving Shore in a relative obscurity, he acknowledged the value of her work, writing an essay in her 1933 catalog. “There was no question, the response was immediate; those deeply felt, finely executed paintings moved me at once,” Weston recalled of first seeing Shore’s art. The lack of recognition is a pattern. “That often happens to female artists who moved to the area,” Rexine says. Among the shells and rocks, the exhibit presents the duo’s different approaches to nakedness—Shore’s drifting between the Renaissance of apple-like breasts and round female bellies, Weston’s minimalistic, sharp with more fit, 20th-century forms. The Center for Creative Photography in Tucson has the biggest Weston collection. Fear not, a few reproductions included in the exhibit are very satisfying. Double Vision: Edward Weston and Henrietta Shore; Francis and Eugenia McComas is viewable 11am-5pm Thursdays-Sundays. Monterey Museum of Art, 559 Pacific St., Monterey. $15; free/students, military, teens, children. 372-5477, montereyart.org. JOHN REXINE Seeing Double Monterey Museum of Art exhibit focuses on how artistic couples influenced each other. By Agata Pop˛eda Monterey Museum of Art’s new marketing associate, Kylie de Jesus, looks at a piece by Henrietta Shore. “Rocks, Point Lobos” is from the Double Vision exhibit. 10% OFF your order with this ad Valid until 8/31/24 Open Mic Night sweet & savory crepes • paninis • bagels • tea • 11th Hour coffee THE CRÉPERIE CAFÉ THE CRÉPERIE CAFÉ THE CRÉPERIE CAFÉ THE CRÉPERIE CAFÉ @ @ @ @ 1123 Fremont Blvd, Seaside 831-901-3900 Mon–Fri 7am–4pm (Sat & Sun 8am–4pm) Come share your talent with us (or enjoy from the audience) This Friday (August 9) • 7-9 pm Explore our expanded coffee menu featuring drinks from around the globe FRESH. LOCAL. TASTY. Fisherman’s Wharf FRESHEST SEAFOOD with PANORAMIC VIEWS Open Daily at 11:30am • At the end of Fisherman’s Wharf #1 www.rockfishmonterey.com • 831.324.4375 Can You Solve the MYSterY Before tiMe runS out? Follow the rabbit. Rob the bank. Travel through time to save the world....and many more. A 60 minute adventure, 9 rooms to choose from each with a different theme. Great for birthdays or special events. Kid friendly. All locations surrounded by great local restaurants. 4 MONTEREY LOCATIONS 765 Wave St, Ste A2 • 599 Lighthouse Ave • 700 Cannery Row Ste DD and Oscar’s Playground 685 Cannery Row (Third Floor) 831.241.6616 BOOk TODAy! Escaperoom831.com oscar’s Playground Voted Monterey County’s Best new Business ’23
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