In June 1979 Tasende Gallery opened in La Jolla with a museum-caliber exhibition of sculptures and drawings by laureate artist Giacomo Manzù. The artist’s ten-foot-tall Grande Striptease in bronze, installed in front of the building, heralded the beginning of a new era in the cultural climate of the community.
Exhibitions with accompanying publications soon followed for Latin-American luminaries Jose Luis Cuevas and Roberto Matta.
With the cooperation of Henry Moore, Tasende Gallery presented a comprehensive exhibit of the artist’s work in the early 1980’s featuring more than 20 sculptures and 13 drawings. As part of the exhibition, two monumental Moore sculptures were temporarily installed at the Ellen Browning Scripps Park and The Salk Institute. A lively community debate over the value of the two monumental works was played out within the pages of the local newspapers.
A relationship with the Musée Rodin, Paris, was established and two extraordinary historical exhibits of sculpture by Auguste Rodin were presented in 1987 and in 2000
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