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C U R R E N T E
X H I B I T I O N S
Fabric
of Survival: The Art of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz
June
14 - October 25, 2009
Exhibition Opening and Holocaust Memorial Service, Sunday, June
14th from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Esther Nisenthal Krinitz was a teenager in rural Poland when the
Nazis invaded her quiet village, changing her life forever. Separated
from their family, young Esther and her sister survived the Holocaust
pretending to be Polish Catholics, eventually coming to America
after the war. Several programs are planned throughout the exhibition
that celebrate Jewish culture and honor Holocaust memories. The
exhibition will open on Sunday, June 14th with a Holocaust Memorial
Service from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. conducted by Rabbi Dorit Edut.
In New York, Esther continued the sewing and embroidery she learned
as a child. She was an avid storyteller and throughout their lives,
shared with her daughters the story of her harrowing days as a youth
in Nazi occupied Poland. A gifted seamstress, Esther decided, at
age 50, to tell her story in cloth, stitching thirty-six beautiful
and poignant appliqué and embroidered panels which comprise
the exhibition, FABRIC OF SURVIVAL: The Art of Esther Nisenthal
Krinitz.
On June 28th from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., Mrs. Krinitz’ daughters,
Bernice Steinhardt and Helene McQuade will present a slide lecture
at the museum as co-founders of the nonprofit organization Art and
Remembrance. The purpose of Art and Remembrance is to use the power
of storytelling and art to illuminate the effects of war, intolerance,
and social injustice. The exhibition also features a 13-minute video
with Mrs. Krinitz by award-winning director, Lawrence Kasdan.
Other programs planned during the exhibition are performances by
the San Diego Jewish Men’s Choir, the Second Avenue Klezmer
band, and screening of the film, Crossing Delancy for our Culinary
Cinema Series presented at the museum that pairs food with a film.
We’ll dine on traditional favorites prepared by one of San
Diego’s premier Jewish caterers.
Institutional
Wellbeing: An olfactory plan for the Oceanside Museum of Art
March
29 – August 9, 2009
Institutional Wellbeing: An Olfactory Plan for Oceanside
Museum of Art is a site-specific installation created by conceptual
artist Brian Goeltzenleuchter that explores the perception of fragrance
as an art media for interior environments. It playfully exploits
the language of corporate aesthetics as well as new age healing
to create and brand a scent for the museum using the latest in scent
engineering technology. A preview reception introduces the exhibition
on Saturday, March 28th from 5:00- 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. Members of the museum enjoy complimentary
admission as a benefit of membership.
This is an ideal time in the museum’s history to present Institutional
Wellbeing… which will open one year after a dramatic
expansion that quadrupled the size of the museum. Goeltzenleuchter
will examine the shifts that have occurred in the dynamics of the
staff, board members, and visitors, and address the importance of
their wellbeing by creating a fragrance for the museum to stimulate
consistent degrees of positive energy and creativity, encouraging
high levels of productivity and enthusiasm. Careful observation
and personal interviews will provide the identity that becomes the
fragrance known as “OMA” representing the olfactory
experience of Oceanside Museum of Art. The fragrance “OMA”
will accompany the exhibition as both a scent presented in the installation
and as a retail product available in the museum’s store so
that visitors can purchase the fragrance for use in their own interiors,
incorporating the museum experience into their personal environment.
Goeltzenleuchter is skilled in merging architectural interiors with
their inhabitants. He established Contraposto Home Décor
Co. in 1998, a purveyor of fine home accents inspired by global
culture. An interactive installation such as Institutional Wellbeing
. . . invites surprising reactions from the museum audience. The
project uses ironic humor and droll commentary to draw together
the multiple narratives and experiences of the participants in an
attempt to reveal the organizational and social dynamics surrounding
the business of culture. The exhibition will include an immersive
scent-based meditation room; a gallery featuring photographic documents
of the Institutional Wellbeing process; and an educational station
featuring interactive smelling stations, web and video works, and
reading room with literature on the Contraposto project, olfaction
and art, environmental psychology, and the Oceanside Museum of Art.
Born in San Diego in 1976, Brian Goeltzenleuchter was raised in
a culture that placed great value on consumption, display, and performance.
His artwork opens theoretical questions about the role of criticism,
museums, academies, journals and web sites and how they contribute
to the cultural, historical and economic value of "art"
objects. Goeltzenleuchter earned his MFA at the University of California,
San Diego. His work has been exhibited and performed nationally
and internationally. Solo projects include: “Institutional
Wellbeing: An Olfactory Intervention for the GAU,” Grafisch
Atelier Utrecht, The Netherlands (2006); “Stoicism and Other
Character Flaws,” Tacoma Contemporary, Tacoma WA (2006); “Exchange
Value(s),” Gallery 500, Portland, OR (2004); “Re:Sushi,
A Retooling,” Sushi Performance and Visual Art, San Diego,
CA (2001).
Join us April 30th from 7:00-9:00 p.m. for
“Fragrance Forum” with artist Brian
Goeltzenleuchter, fragrance expert Jan Moran, art critic Kevin Freitas
and psychologist Dr. David Peterzell. There will be a dynamic discussion
about the power of olfaction and the Institutional Wellbeing project.
“Fragrance Forum” is $5 and complimentary for OMA members.
U P C
O M I N G E X H I B I T S
DELAYED GRATIFICATION by
Dave Ghilarducci
OMA Parker Gallery, July 14 – Sept. 25,
2009
Are you sick and tired of struggling for results? Well, you’re
in luck: WE CAN’T HELP YOU. Delayed Gratification offers
a stationary test drive into a world of leaking desires and technological
insurgence that may be ours or someone else’s…all we
know for sure is you’ll have to get a sweat on. San Diego
artist Dave Ghilarducci will install a bicycle with a generator
connected to the back wheel that will power an LED display. When
the visitor climbs on the bicycle and takes a ride, the LED will
project words of wisdom from books that discuss utopian and dystopian
views of the future. Delayed Gratification, curated by Emily Phelps,
will be on view in the Parker Gallery July 14 through September
25, 2009. “Meet the Artist” David Ghilarducci on Saturday,
August 8th at 2:00 p.m. “Meet the Artist” is free with
museum admission and complimentary for members of Oceanside Museum
of Art as a benefit of membership.
Ghilarducci’s participatory work investigates perception on
an everyday level, often using popular technology as the subject
and object of artistic inquiry. Delayed Gratification playfully
confronts the contemporary paradigm that if man willingly submits
to technology he will become more efficient and therefore lead a
more meaningful life. The artwork complicates the matter by creating
a forced multitasking environment; instead of simply riding a bike
or reading a book, the two activities have been overlaid to the
extent that one must experience both activities simultaneously or
neither at all. The work further plays on the notion of labor; revealing
the book’s contents requires physical labor on the part of
the viewer.
An American Dream
August 30, 2009 – January 10, 2010
In this dramatic body of work, ceramic artist Gregg Jabs searches
for The American Dream, only to find dysfunction. By questioning
the reality of the dream, the myth begins to unravel with surprising
results. Ultimately, Jabs explores the delicate balance between
collective identity and individual response with wry humor and keen
insight.
September 24, 7-9pm: Gallery Walk
and Talk with Gregg Jabs
Industrial Alchemy: John
Zabrucky
November 15, 2009 – April 28, 2010
P A S
T E X H I B I T S
2009
CELL
MEMORY by Valentyna Roenko Simpson
May
4 – July 2, 2009
Artist Valentyna Roenko Simpson has created a fiber installation
that addresses the potential that DNA holds for unlocking the secrets
of human ancestry. Roenko Simpson’s fiber media portraits
appear individualized, yet they are also universal, suggesting a
link reaching back to the origins of human history. Themes of identity,
ancestry, science and memory permeate her artistic vision. Cell
Memory will be on view in the Parker Gallery May 4th through July
2, 2009. “Meet the Artist” Valentyna Roenko Simpson
on Saturday, June 20th at 2:00 p.m. and hear her talk about the
universal thread of humanity that lies within our DNA. “Meet
the Artist” is free with museum admission and complimentary
for members of Oceanside Museum of Art as a benefit of membership.
“Each face is a symbol of mother eve” according to Roenko
Simpson whose portraits are embroidered with wrinkles to symbolize
the story that lies deep within the lines of a person’s face.
Each portrait will be graphically designed by Roenko Simpson, hand
felted with merino wool and machine embroidered.
Roenko Simpson was born in the Volyn Region, Ukraine and earned
a Masters of Art and Design from Lviv Academy of Decorative Art
in 1978. She has experimented in many different fields of fiber
art including silk tapestries and silk paintings. Since 2000, Roenko
Simpson has been living and exhibiting in California discovering
the amazing possibilities of quilt and felt art.
VORTEX PLASTIQUE BY PEGGY
ANN JONES
A
Collaboration of MiraCosta College and Oceanside Museum of Art
May 3, 1:00-4:00 p.m.
Vortex Plastique is a collaborative exhibition organized by artist
Peggy Ann Jones who has brought together sculptor Jennifer Miller,
as well as friends and students to create sculptures of and about
plastic that is in our lives and our environment. This exhibition
sponsored by the Oceanside Arts Commission will be on view during
“Free Family Art Day” at Oceanside Museum of Art, Sunday,
May 3rd from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. The sculptures on view include
a carpet Jones constructed of approximately 3420 braided shopping
bags over 13 feet in diameter, and five life-sized, figurative sculptures
constructed of discarded consumer plastics representing themes of
environmental concerns. This will be a unique experience for people
to view artwork made of plastic recycled materials and have the
occasion to make their own sculptures and wearable recyclables.
Materials will be provided but you are encouraged to bring your
recyclables. Artist Peggy Jones will give a talk about the Vortex
Plastique project and sculptures of and about plastic from 2:00
– 2:30 p.m.
Commesso
Made in America,“Gemstone Fine Art”
OMA
Parker Gallery, March 3 – May 1, 2009
Commesso
Made in America,“Gemstone Fine Art” is the first
museum exhibition of the American made fine art of creating commesso
di pietre dure e tenere, stone mosaic pictures. The artwork is made
from precise placement of hand cut rocks and gemstones, with an
occasional shell or other hard material. Pietre Dure means hard
stone, such as agates, jades, jaspers, and chalcedony. Pietre Tenere
means softer stone such as marble, lapis lazuli, malachite, and
turquoise. Each stone has to be hand cut and placed into the mosaic
painting without grout, requiring countless hours of intense concentration
and skill.
Guest curator and artist Dennis Paul
Batt will discuss the process and history behind
Commesso during an informal “Meet the Artist” on Saturday,
April 25th at 2:00 p.m. “Meet the Artist”
is free with museum admission and complimentary for members of Oceanside
Museum of Art as a benefit of membership.
The American style of Commesso was initiated by a group of dedicated
artists beginning in the 1930s who developed their own techniques
using whatever tools and machinery were available and reached its
peak in the late 1960s – 1980s. Today Commesso is a nearly
extinct art form with few American practitioners and is rarely exhibited.
Assembled for this exhibition are some of the finest contemporary
Californian Commesso artists such as the late William Grundke, one
of the most celebrated Commesso artists; his son Conrad Grundke,
an award winning Commesso artist who currently teaches Lapidary
and Intarsia at Saddleback College; Charlotte Burk; Anne Timmins;
Amy Spencer; and San Diego artists Dennis Paul Batt and the late
Jonny Johnson.
LOWBROWart:
Nine San Diego Pop Surrealists
January 25 – May 24, 2009
With origins in pop culture, comics and hot rod street culture,
Lowbrow Art reaches beyond the conventional art world to
include a visual feast of pop surrealism created by the finest alternative
culture artists from the San Diego region. Guest curators: Jerry
Waddle and Michael C. Gross.
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