by Patricia Frischer
Ethan Chan: Selections from the Closets of
the People That I love….
Until April 30, 2023
I
have to admit that the description of Ethan Chan’s clothes made out of take
away condiment packets was the final push that got me to go to the Oceanside
Museum of Art to see ALL the exhibitions on view there. This obsession need to
use an everyday material is close to my heart, and Chan took it all the way by
creating clothes for his friends which includes some lovely details like
untucked shirts and rosette decorations.
Quinton McCurine: Materialing
Until
April 30, 2023
Quinton
McCurine, in his own way, does the same thing by using paint, not to paint, but
to make actual objects. You can still smell that familiar oil medium when you
walk in to the space. The thickness leaps off the canvas, and his little
animal, cake and paint tube sit on a mirror duplicating themselves.
Lani Emanuel: Beside Herself
Until
March 25, 2023
Lani
Emanuel’s portrait jump right off the walls and grab you. And that is such a
refreshing surprise because we see portraits all the time so it takes some
doing to stand out. Emanuel was the grand prize winner of the OMA Artist
Alliance 2022 Biennial and she is one to watch.
Legacy: Twenty Five Years of Art
Community
The
Early Years (1997-2014): Until Jan 29, 2023
The
Recent Years (2014-2021): Until Feb 19, 2023
This
is a survey show curated by Danielle Sussella of some of the first 25 years of
exhibitions at the museum and I have selected just a tiny selection of images
from those shows. I am proud to say that many of these artists are recipients
of the SD Art Prize or have been shown in the SDVAN’s New Contemporaries
series. I am delighted to say that a large portion of the work on view is by
women. The two-part exhibition is well displayed and documents a part of the
quarter century of the museum and their coming of age.
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| Marianela de la Hoz |
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| Claudia Cano |
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| Cheryl Tall |
Allison Renshaw, Mary Feemer, Jen Trute, Ethel Greene
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| Tom Driscol |
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| Ernest Silva |
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| John Dillemuth |
Pop Smoke: A Veteran Art Exhibition
Until
Jan 15, 2023
Although I saw this exhibition on the last day of its
display, I want to give a shout out to some of the artist included and to the
curator Amber Zora for trying to expand our view of veterans who are artists. Although a few of the artist have been
inspired directly by Pop Art, “The exhibition's title is a military slang term
referring to throwing smoke grenades as a means of cover or escape during
battle. The term pop smoke is also common slang that means to leave a
place.“ WM Marquez with hanging threads gives us the experience of smoke from grenades.
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| Thomas Gronowski |
Gina Herrera uses the memories of the trash she saw while stations abroad and turns it into a whimsical flowing totem.
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| Michael Stevens |
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| Vincent Pugliese |
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| WM Marquez |
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| Reginald Green |
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| Fred Marinello |
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| Fred Marinello |
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| Don Reedy |
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