See ‘Carol-Ann on Fire’ at Center for Performing Arts

Ever wonder what art would look like if it caught on fire? You can find out Sunday at the .

San Diego artist Robert Glick, along with 25 other artists, will be at an artists’ at the center this weekend. About 70 pieces of work will be shown and guests can mix and mingle with the artists of each masterpiece, inquiring about methods used on pieces they love.

The main event of the evening, though, will be the premiere of Glick’s seven-foot tall anthropometry “Carol-Ann on Fire.” The large piece of work is an abstract representation of a nude woman, made from fire and with large influences from French provocateur Yves Klein.

“He is definitely an inspiration of mine,” Glick said.

“Carol-Ann on Fire” appears to dance through the air where she is mounted on an ebony fixture that hangs from the upper balustrade of the Center for the Performing Arts.

“There is really no better place than a center for performing arts to premiere this piece,” Glick said. “ ‘Carol-Ann’ is a dancer. It’s the perfect place.”

“Carol-Ann” is fire art, constructed from the creative mind of Glick using a plein air portrait of a nude woman then using water, paint thinner and a flammable concoction made up by Glick. The method is complex and intriguing.

“As it burns, it crisps,” Glick said. “Some people say it looks like an x-ray.”

This artists’ reception is being sponsored by the La Jolla Art Association, a non-profit since 1918 that helps promote local artists and their work.

This free art show will be held June 10 at the Poway Center for Performing Arts from 2-4 p.m. Refreshments will be served and if you like what you see, art can be purchased from the participating artists.