MOPA marks picture-perfect 50th anniversary
“Lady Gaga: Mademoiselle Caroline Riviere,” a 2013 high-definition video by Robert Wilson, is featured in “Video Portraits: Robert Wilson” at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park. (MOPA Photos)
By Seth Combs
We are a media of movement. We pan and zoom and dolly and track and jib and fly. And if we're not moving, our subjects are. But the world of portraits is static; think Rembrandt and Liebowitz. So when you come across a story about an artist who does video portraits you have to ask yourself; is this even possible? The folks at San Diego's MOPA think it is.