OMA Home > Exhibits > Past Exhibits2009 > Past Exhibits97-08 Exhibits OMA's exhibitions showcase the finest art of regional and international artists. From classic landscape paintings and studio furniture to neon sculpture, art quilts and architectural glass, the museum's galleries are redesigned for each exhibit, surprising visitors with a fresh, exciting visual transformation for every show. C U R R E N T   E X H I B I T I O N S FROM PAGE TO SCREEN Character and Creature Designs of Neville Page July 18 – August 15, 2010 Science fiction movies rely on artists to bridge the gap between fantasy and reality. Neville Page brings to life monsters that decimate New York City and aliens who wage battle with humanity. From Page to Screen displays the original designs from Star Trek (2009), Cloverfield, and Piranha 3D (which will be released in August), among others, showcasing Page’s use of traditional media as well as digital tools such as Photoshop and Zbrush to create fantastic creatures and exotic characters. The exhibition features Page’s design progressions, from early pencil sketches, to more developed digital concepts and small 3D models. Neville Page is one of the most recognizable artists in the entertainment industry and his iconic designs are known worldwide. From Page to Screen will be on view in the OMA Groves Gallery July 18 through August 15, 2010. Join the artist Neville Page on Saturday, July 31 at 2:00 p.m. as he discusses his work on movies such as Avatar and Tron:Legacy. The lecture will be followed by a presentation on How to Create a Creature from Soup to Nuts. Attendees will have a chance to win signed prints from Page’s collection. Reservations are $35 or $25 for OMA members. Seating is limited for this special engagement so make your reservations now. Born in England and raised in Chicago, Neville Page came to Hollywood at the age of seventeen with the dream of making it big in the entertainment industry. In 1990 he graduated with a degree in industrial design from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. In 1994 Page accepted a teaching position at the Art Center’s branch in Switzerland which lasted two years. After returning from Switzerland Page began working in the film industry on everything from engineering to costume and character design. He has worked on blockbusters such as J.J Abram’s Star Trek (2009) and Cloverfield, Zach Snyder’s Watchmen, James Cameron’s Avatar -- which is currently the highest grossing film of all time, and the upcoming Disney film Tron: Legacy. When time allows, Page continues to teach at his alma mater, the Art Center, as well as Gnomon School of Visual Effects.  From Page to Screen is sponsored by David and Jan Arnold. Exhibition partner Aptera Motors. Defying Expectations: Contemporary Native American Art from San Diego County July 11 – December 12, 2010 Breaking stereotypes of Native American Art Defying Expectations Contemporary Native American Art from San Diego County examines the work of four contemporary Native American artists. Featured artists include James Luna, Gerald Clarke, Catherine Nelson-Rodriguez, and Raymond Lafferty. Works within the exhibit respond to issues of Native American identity and authenticity, but also to problems affecting the entire region, such as the housing crisis and water shortages. The exhibition opens with a preview reception on Saturday, July 10 from 5-7 pm. OMA’s receptions are known for their party atmosphere complete with wine and scrumptious hors d’oeuvres prepared by OMA’s own Culinary Arts Council. Admission to the reception is $10, and free for OMA members as a benefit of membership. Defying Expectations is curated by Leah Cluff, a doctoral candidate at the University of California San Diego, in the Visual Arts department. The exhibition will be on view through December 12, 2010. James Luna is perhaps best known for his 1987 installation and performance Artifact Piece at the San Diego Museum of Man; more recently he has represented the United States at the 2005 Venice Biennale and is a 2007 Eiteljorg Fellow. Luna’s recent works have involved sculptural installation pieces and performances, many of which present his perspectives on modern Native American identity. Gerald Clarke is also an Eiteljorg Fellow from 2007, his works are often large scale installations that respond to events and crises affecting much of the United States. Catherine Nelson-Rodriguez is a self-taught painter; her paintings reflect the realities of contemporary Native American lives. Several of her paintings have recently been purchased by the National Museum of the American Indian. Raymond Lafferty is a painter, filmmaker, and performance artist. Lafferty’s paintings are a contemporary extension of Abstract Expressionism; they juxtapose the appearance of a machined finish with a hand-applied painting process INTIMATE VIEWS: West Coast Drawing OMA Parker Gallery, June 12 – August 13, 2010 Drawing, in all its diversity, is an end, not just a means. In this exhibition some of San Diego's best artists working in drawing media will display varied “intimate” subject matter in styles ranging from photorealism, to total abstraction, and expressionism. Meet the Founder and the President of West Coast Drawing Saturday, July 17 at 2:00 p.m. Founder Karen Rhiner and President Mick Phelan will speak about the history of the organization and the theme of the exhibition, followed by a presentation of drawings by some of the member artists and culminating with the presentation of the Platinum Pencil award to a well known member of the community supportive of drawing as a fine art. The talk is free with museum admission and complimentary for OMA members. Intimate Views will be on view June 12 through August 13, 2010 in the OMA Parker Gallery. West Coast Drawing is a collective of artists that work to provide inspiration, artistic support, and career advancement for outstanding artists working in drawing media in the San Diego area. They promote respect for drawing as an art form by providing information and mounting exhibitions of members' work. The group was founded in 2003. Each member of West Coast Drawing conducts a productive professional art career apart from the activities in this organization. For this exhibition each member of West Coast Drawing has given careful study to the concept of “Intimate Views” and has used drawing to create a work of art reflecting this interpretation. PAINTING WORLD WAR II: THE CALIFORNIA WATERCOLOR ARTISTS April 18 - October 3, 2010 Painting World War II is an historic first examination of paintings by California Style watercolor artists on the subject of WWII. Fifty-five paintings depicting scenes of California mobilizing for the war as well as images of the war overseas will be on view. Featured artists include Arthur Beaumont, Rex Brandt, Hardie Gramatky, Dong Kingman, Barse Miller, Phil Paradise, Charles Payzant, Ed Reep, Millard Sheets, and Milford Zornes. A preview reception introduces the exhibition on Saturday, April 17th from 5:00- 7:00 p.m. OMA’s receptions are known for their party atmosphere complete with wine and hors d’oeuvres prepared by OMA’s Culinary Arts Council. In celebration of the exhibition The Antelope Valley Jazz Ensemble will perform swing music reflective of the World War II era. Free admission to all active military and their families. Admission to the reception is $10, and complimentary for OMA members. The exhibition will be on view April 18 through October 3, 2010. Forged in the Great Depression, California Style watercolors form an important West Coast chapter of American Scene and American Regionalist art. As a group these artists examine a broad survey of everyday life in California and create memorable artistic accounts of the unfolding local history of California from 1930 through the 1970s. Meet the curator of the exhibition Glen Knowles Thursday, May 20th from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. during a “Walk and Talk” through the exhibition. Knowles is a professor of art at Antelope Valley College in Lancaster and has curated seven exhibitions on the history of California Art. The Walk and Talk is $5 and free for OMA members. U P C O M I N G   E X H I B I T I O N S LOOKING BACK / MOVING FORWARD: CONTEMPORARY MEXICAN-AMERICAN ART Einar & Jamex de la Torre Raul Guerrero July 31- Oct 31 Looking Back / Moving Forward: Contemporary Mexican-American Art celebrates Mexican culture by examining the recent work of Einar and Jamex de la Torre and Raul Guerrero. The art created by these three artists’ addresses important cultural and historical concepts with very personal perspectives and extremely different mediums. Inspired by Spanish Mexican colonial art, kitsch and the Baroque aesthetic the de la Torre brothers create Pop Assemblage art primarily of glass and found objects. Layers of symbolic and cultural meaning fused with whimsical and humorous imagery tell stories reflecting their wide range of social and political interests. Raul Guerrero employs a representational style of painting to comment on themes of history, cultural and social stereotypes and place. The paintings on view from his Bars, Women and Fast Food series, represent a variety of images related to California’s history.   LIQUID: RICHARD GLEAVES August 21 – November 21, 2010 Experience the feeling of being underwater in a new installation by Richard Gleaves titled Liquid. Gleaves will fill the Parker Gallery with a floating 8-foot cube constructed from 19,000 feet of monofilament fishing line. The cube creates what the artist calls "a tactile field of simulated liquid" which abstractly represents both the visual and tactile properties of water. Viewers are encouraged to not just look at the artwork, but also to walk through it and under it to experience the sensation of liquid. Liquid will be on view in the OMA Parker Gallery August 21 through November 21, 2010. Meet the artist Richard Gleaves on Saturday, September 25 at 2:00 p.m. and hear him discuss the concept behind his new installation. The talk is free with admission and free for OMA members. Refreshments will be provided. The concept for Liquid relates to the artist’s childhood growing up on the seashore. His family had a beach house on the sand in Sunset Beach, California (in Orange County), so every summer was spent being a beach kid. His older brothers were active fishermen, so fishing poles and lots of fishing line were always around the house. As a result, fishing line is something he feels very comfortable with, having grown up playing with it. Gleaves is no stranger to the San Diego art scene. His work has been featured at the San Diego Museum of Art, The New Children’s Museum, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, Sushi Performing Art and many local galleries. Born in Los Angeles, Gleaves moved to San Diego to study at University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University. He received a M.A. in Educational Technology from SDSU after a year of studying visual arts at UCSD. Gleaves currently lives and works in La Jolla, California. P A S T  E X H I B I T I O N S IMPRESSIONS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: ROBIN HALL AND JEFF YEOMANS OMA Groves Gallery, May 25 – July 11, 2010 Impressions of Southern California presents captivating views of San Diego and beyond from the illimitable coastline to dense urban landscapes that color the city. Orange County artist Robin Hall and San Diego artist Jeff Yeomans will display new paintings of Oceanside inspired by the recent transformation of urban development in the area as well as endearing scenery from Southern California. Meet the Artists Robin Hall and Jeff Yeomans on Saturday, June 12 at 2:00 p.m. and hear them discuss the artistic process behind their artwork. The talk is free with museum admission and complimentary for OMA members. Impressions of Southern California will be on view May 25 through July 11, 2010 in the Oceanside Museum of Art Groves Gallery. The focus of Robin Halls work is capturing the saturated light of California and the drama it creates on surfaces and architecture; giving more attention to how color and edges are affected by light and its absence. Hall’s paintings have been exhibited in numerous museums and galleries including the Laguna Plein Air Invitational at the Laguna Art Museum in 2009, and Sites of Southern California at the Bowers Museum in 2004. California contemporary painter Jeff Yeomans paints to document California now, to remember the culture and “fabric” of the region. His work ranges from coastal studies to figurative work and urban landscapes. Yeomans recently had his first one-man exhibition at the San Diego Art Institute and in October 2007 Yeomans completed a commission for the Naval Hospital in Balboa Park, San Diego. Plastic Fantastic: Allison Renshaw January 31 – June 20, 2010 Preview Reception Saturday, January 30th from 5:00-7:00 pm Plastic Fantastic explores the contrast between McMansions, plastic surgery and the artificiality of high- end living with San Diego’s gorgeous seaside weather and natural beauty. While seemingly random and difficult to decipher, Plastic Fantastic references today’s open-source culture of sampling and recycling. Fashion, modern architecture and beach aestheti- cism combine and collide in Renshaw’s vibrant mixed-media compositions. A preview reception introduces the exhibition on Saturday, January 30 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. OMA’s receptions are known for their party atmosphere complete with wine and scrumptious hors d’oeuvres prepared by OMA’s own Culinary Arts Council. Admission to the reception is $10 and complimentary for OMA members. Pulsating with energy and pop abstraction, the imagery in Allison Renshaw’s paintings allows lines between organic and man-made to blur while exploiting the tension between plasticity and temporality. She creates a chaotic universe weaving fragments of pop culture into a fusion of color and intricate doodle-like patterns. Plastic Fantastic is the first West Coast one-woman museum exhibition for San Diego artist Allison Renshaw. THE THINGS THEY CARRIED: WORLD WAR II TRENCH ART OMA Parker Gallery, March 27 – June 4, 2010 FREE Reception May 1, 2010 In the wake of World War II extraordinary works of art were created from metal and scrap detritus that carry with them both meaning and memory. The Things They Carried: World War II Trench Art is an exhibition that offers something tangible to the investigation of the human spirit during times of war. Expended artillery shell casing, bullets, shrapnel, ship, tank and aircraft parts are transformed into emotionally charged souvenirs. Objects such as delicately engraved artillery-shell casings; ashtrays, jewelry, sugar scoops, model planes and personalized cigarette cases and lighters tell of life and death experiences with tactile immediacy. For many serving on the war front, objects were created during stays in the hospital, prisoner camps, or in the trenches, recording their experiences with artful craftsmanship. The Things They Carried: World War II Trench Art opens in the Parker Gallery March 27th and will be on view through June 4, 2010. A Free reception for the exhibition will be on May 1st from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Refreshments will be provided. This exhibition is sponsored by the Oceanside Public Library and the National Endowment for the Arts. A bullet or bomb carries no such other meaning than hurt, death and total destruction. Yet, patiently tooled, crafted, carefully engraved and thoughtfully expressed Trench Art reveals the personal and historical experiences of WWII with the things they carried. The term Trench Art originated in France during the early years of World War I when soldiers in the trenches began transforming weapons of destruction into healing forms of art. The term has since been expanded to include objects collected from the battlefield by troops or non-combatants, handcrafted pieces created by troops or civilians from battlefield detritus, handcrafted pieces made by prisoners of war, handcrafts made by wounded troops, post-war souvenirs made by ex-troops and civilians, and “trench art style” manufactures war souvenirs. Like most folk art, trench art is largely anonymous; artists may not have considered their work important enough to sign. Most World War II trench art comes from North Africa, East Asia, Europe and Hawaii. Honor: Marine Portraits by Stathis Orphanos March 27 – May 2, 2010 OMA Groves Gallery Glimpse inside the private lives of young Marines in our upcoming exhibition Honor: Marine Portraits by Stathis Orphanos. Restricted access to Camp Pendleton was granted by the Pentagon for this rare photography exhibition that gave Orphanos the opportunity to photograph major base activity including Marine training camp and the intimate living quarters on base. These never before seen images depicts intimate portraits of hundreds of San Diego Marines. With great respect Orphanos captures the rituals of Marine life and honors these young men in the prime of their life. Orphanos takes a close look at the strength, individuality and innocence of the young Marines in San Diego. He photographed Marines in formal and work uniforms standing at attention within a concrete niche. This physically and psychologically close space restores each Marines sense of self, honoring them individuality. Orphanos has named this his Kouros series which from Greek translates collectively as “Young Men.” The classic Kouros statues are of male figures positioned in similar stances to those of the Marines depicted in these images. He has taken over 300 photographs of Marines in this position attired in everything from training shorts all the way up to full dress uniforms. This homage to Greek statues invites the viewer to contemplate the idea of youth and the moral and physical beauty Marines embody. Also on view will be large photographs of Marines in action. Orphanos was granted access to top secret training camps on Camp Pendleton. One of the camps located in a bunker is a simulated Iraqi village where Marines act out combat scenarios. Observing Marines in these situations gave Orphanos a rare look at how these heroes perform and react in threatening environments. Meet The Artist Stathis Orphanos Saturday, April 24 at 2:00 p.m. and hear him discuss the hurdles he overcame to create this exhibition, the respect he has for the Military and the humanitarian look inside Marine life. Meet the Artist is $5 and complimentary for OMA members. Stathis Orphanos has photographed many of today's top cultural and entertainment figures, including over one hundred authors such as Norman Mailer, John Updike, Gore Vidal, Graham Greene, and John Irving, and artists such as David Hockney and Elaine De Kooning. Born in 1940 to parents of Greek heritage he currently resides in Los Angeles, San Marcos, and at his home on the Greek island of Samos. His portraits have been internationally exhibited, seen on many book jackets, featured in Vogue, and Harper's Bazaar, and are now housed in UCLA’s Stathis Orphanos Photographic Archive at the University Research Library's Special Collections Department. Industrial Alchemy: John Zabrucky November 15, 2009 - March 28, 2010 Preview reception introduces the exhibition on Saturday, November 14th from 5:00- 7:00 p.m. Over the past two decades John Zabrucky has been creating a series of flat relief works that celebrate the mysteries of technology. The hyper-detailed reliefs produced with industrial techniques are at the intersection of art and science suggesting both the beauty and terror of life in a high-tech world. He uses a process so time consuming, technical and tedious that the resulting art can only be called Industrial Alchemy A preview reception introduces the exhibition on Saturday, November 14th from 5:00- 7:00 p.m. Admission to the reception is $10, OMA members complimentary. November 15, 2009 - March 28, 2010 Join us Thursday, January 7th from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. for “An Evening with John Zabrucky.” He will present a power point lecture that demystifies the complex process behind his artistic technique. The lecture is $5 and free for members of Oceanside Museum of Art. DISCOVERIES IN DYSTOPIA: Greg Brotherton Parker Gallery, January 16 - March 19, 2010 Images of a dark dystopian future haunt the work of San Diego artist Greg Brotherton. Each meticulously detailed object fabricated with steel, teakwood and found objects ironically refers to a dangerous future society where life is distinguished by hard work, alienation, deprivation, suffering, and general unhappiness. Brotherton imagines the appearance of this dystopian future in his work by creating Kafkaesque figures in various isolated arrangements that depict the loneliness of a post-industrial world. “Meet the Artist” Greg Brotherton February 6 at 2:00 p.m. is free with museum admission and complimentary for OMA members. 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