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Exhibit dates: January 25 through March 21, 2004 Generation to Generation: Contemporary Assemblage features found objects that have a specific history. These recycled objects are co-mingled with new or personal materials that yield a second generation of combined ideas and insights. This exhibition at the Oceanside Museum of Art opens January 25, 2004 and continues through March 21, 2004. Meet the artists at a preview reception, Saturday, January 24th from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Oceanside Museum of Art. Cost for the reception is $8 and includes OMA’s famous hors d’oeuvres created by its own Culinary Arts Council. OMA members are free.
Prometheus, James Watts
The artist, Jean Dubuffet coined the term “assemblage” in 1953 to describe any three-dimensional collage composed of found objects. Curators Debby and Larry Kline use the term in a contemporary context, one that extends the format to include room-sized installations which viewers may enter. The exhibition features the work of artists Poupee’ Boccaccio, Irma Sofia Poeter, and James Watts. Each artist creates art imbued with strongly personal histories by combining personal and found objects into artist-made objects. These disparate elements are assembled to offer fresh meanings for viewers.
Generaciones, Irma Sofia Poeter
The artists and curators will present a Gallery Talk on Thursday, February 12 at 7:00 p.m. that will focus on specific works in the exhibition and the assemblage concept. Admission for the Gallery Talk is $5, OMA members are free. The public is invited to attend.
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