By Patricia Frischer
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| Ye Hongxing - detail |
For those of you with bad eyesight, you might be familiar
with the experience of everything being a complete blur and then, voila, your
glasses bring everything into focus. I am not saying that the blur isn’t nice
once in a while, but seeing every detail, every bright colored petal, every
curve of every leaf, and most of all the incredible variety of textures in the
world, can be mesmerizing.
The Techne Art Center exhibition was curated by Chuck Thomas,
and it is really his vision that is on view here. He hand-selected 25 artists
and gave each of them a whole area of their own in the space, to really shine.
They represent nationalities from all over the world, but they are almost all
local artist and all are members of the Oceanside Artist Alliance. Yes, the
theme flora and fauna is a bit porous (a description by True Ryndes), but I
found the incredible textures of the show create a flow that leads you from artist
to artist.
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| Ye Hongxing |
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| Ye Hongxing |
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| Ye Hongxing |
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| Ye Hongxing - detail |
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| Ye Hongxing - detail |
The star of the show is Ye Hongxing in the large central gallery. She is an
internationally known artist who first showed in SD at the old Lux Institute
(now the ICA) in 2014. She now lives 6 months of the year here and what a
treasure to have amongst us. It is an understatement to say the works are
complex. The mind reels with the details and quantity of content. The surfaces
seem to be sometimes embedded with matter and sometimes collaged and flooded
with clear bubbles of some sort of plastic.
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| But don’t rush through the gallery. Stop and smell the roses along the way. The aforementioned True Ryndes’s work is the illustration for the invite and was a big incentive for me to see the show. |
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| True Ryndes |
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| Susan Osborn opens the show at the entrance to the gallery. |
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| I was surprised by the wall of funky soft and found object wall sculptures by Vicki de Long. You can again, see Thomas’s hand in the arrangement of these objects. |
The amazing set of 4 videos by Lucy Boyd-Wilson are stellar and deserve a long view….come back after you are exhausted by the visual variety and take a load off. |
| Lucy Boyd-Wilson - captured still from video |
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| Lucy Boyd-Wilson - captured still from video |
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| Ellen Dieter delivers as always to the theme and her giant tulip will gladden any heart. |
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| Ellen Dieter |
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Ceramic sculpture portrait heads by Reginald Green are tribal in nature and full of surface delights.
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| Reginald Green |
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| Sylvia Fernandez |
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| Erick Perez - just part of the large display |
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| View from the balcony of Ye Hongxing, Erick Perez and Reginald Green |
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| Upstairs forest of sculptures by Scott Bruckner, hangings by Oriana Poindexter, large flowers by Brenda Hope Zappitell and a selection of Megan DeRoma |
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| Megan DeRoma |
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| Robin Raznick |
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| Micki Brown |
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| Briana Miyoko Stanley |
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| Briana Miyoko Stanley |
The Installation room for the gallery features Briana
Miyoko Stanley who incorporated her designs into the existing light
fixtures also give us a number of wall pieces that are elegant. By the way, the light fixtures throughout the
space are artworks themselves and worth a look on their own. Don’t miss the “refreshment”
room which is Chuck Thomas’ own studio as his works certainly fit into the
theme of this show. Artist and Curator, we will continue to watch this space
and his efforts with great interest.
Other artists in the Oceanside Museum of Art Artist Alliance included in this exhibition: Jennifer Steffey, Stephen Harlow, Christine McKee,
Annalise Neil, Nanette Newbry, Rhonda Anderson, Lucy
Boyd-Wilson, Lisa Croner, Gail Wagner, and Safa Salman.
Techne
Art Center: Flora and Fauna
Opening reception: Saturday, September 7th. 4-7pm showing until Oct 10, 2024
Opening Days Thursday 1-6pm Friday 1-6pm
Saturday 1-6pm
917.972.1752
1609 Ord Way, Oceanside, 92056
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