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  Oceanside Museum of Art presents, Borderless Dreams, featuring three Southern California artists who explore how Latino lives and experiences are woven into the social fabric of the United States. The exhibition is on view September 11- October 30, 2005. Artists Laura Alvarez of Los Angeles, Perry Vasquez of San Diego, and Ruben Ochoa an Oceanside native, make art that is accessible and yet reveals profound ironies of our contemporary society. Laura Alvarez has created the Double Agent Sirvienta series with paintings and film that portray a dual character, part sirvienta (domestic worker) and part secret spy, who negotiates both cultures in Alvarez’s version of the Mexican telenovela (soap opera). Perry Vasquez depicts an immigrant alien, who through a process of mistaken identity becomes the ominous character of sci-fi movie posters and comic books. Vasquez’s Halvoline oil paintings comment on car culture but also evoke the mystery of religious apparitions. His surreal scenes are beautifully painted stills suggestive of Hollywood film noir.  El Camino High alumnus, Ruben Ochoa merged his cultural history with his artistic career, developing several projects that have garnered critical acclaim. His site-specific work reinterprets Mexican icons while speaking to and about the Latino community in Oceanside. Bridging the gap between public and private environments, he engages the viewers with a surprise participatory element. In Borderless Dreams, he has created an Oceanside influenced installation.
If the title of the show, Borderless Dreams, speaks to a possibly unattainable condition, the artists, Latinos themselves, create from a highly personal bi-national reality. They bring forth poignant pieces that hint at the many levels of missed understanding in a society unwilling, or unable, to accept its multiple cultural identities. This exhibition was made possible in part by a grant from the Colonel Frank C. Wood Memorial Fund of The San Diego Foundation. Oceanside Museum of Art is located at 704 Pier View Way in downtown Oceanside. Museum hours are 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday. The museum is closed on Mondays and major holidays. General admission is $5 with admission for seniors, students, and active military, $3. For information about Borderless Dreams or other OMA programs, call 760-721-2787 or visit the web site, www.oma-online.org.
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