Stitched and Forged: The Art of Kelly Witmer and Mônica Lóss

Stitched and Forged: The Art of Kelly Witmer and Mônica Lóss 

january 16–may 11, 2025
OMA WEST AT THE SEABIRD

Curated By Natalie Gonzalez

This exhibition brings together the works of Kelly Witmer and Mônica Lóss, two artists whose diverse backgrounds and unique approaches to art offer a rich dialogue on contemporary practices. Both artists, though hailing from different parts of the world, share a commitment to exploring the intersections of culture, environment, and personal expression, and engage in a compelling conversation between metal and textile mediums.

When brought together in this exhibition, metal and textile do more than simply contrast; they engage in a dynamic interplay. Their combination reflects the interconnectedness of various artistic traditions and materials, blurring the lines between the industrial and the domestic, the rigid and the pliable, the masculine and the feminine. This fusion becomes a rich visual and tactile conversation, illustrating how art can transcend cultural and material boundaries, speaking to a universal language of creation and expression.

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Esta exposición reúne las obras de Kelly Witmer y Mônica Lóss, dos artistas cuyos diversos orígenes y enfoques únicos del arte ofrecen un rico diálogo sobre las prácticas contemporáneas. Ambos artistas, aunque provienen de diferentes partes del mundo, comparten el compromiso de explorar las intersecciones de la cultura, el medio ambiente y la expresión personal, y participan en una conversación convincente entre los medios metálicos y textiles.

En esta exposición, el metal y el tejido no sólo contrastan, sino que se combinan para crear un juego dinámico. Su combinación refleja la interconexión de diversas tradiciones artísticas y materiales, difuminando las fronteras entre lo industrial y lo doméstico, lo rígido y lo maleable, lo masculino y lo femenino. Esta fusión se convierte en una rica conversación visual y táctil, que ilustra cómo el arte puede trascender las fronteras culturales y materiales, hablando un lenguaje universal de creación y expresión.


SELECT WORKS

CELEBRATE

Exhibition Celebration: Thursday, January 16, 6:00-7:30pm, at OMA West Gallery

VISIT

OMA West At The Seabird, an Annex Gallery of Oceanside Museum of Art, is located inside the Seabird Resort in downtown Oceanside, at 101 Mission Avenue, Oceanside, CA 92054. The gallery is on the ground floor towards the back of the building, accessed through the front of the hotel.

 

FURTHER INFORMATION

If you would like to learn more about the artwork on view please email OMA West Exhibition Coordinator Natalie Gonzalez, natalie@oma-online.org.


Artwork at the top of the page, right: Mônica Lóss, Hive, from Go Back to the Sea, Offering! (detail), 2022. Textile construction: Used clothes, fiber fill, cotton thread, sewing thread, wire, 38" x 32" x 20". Left: Kelly Witmer, Talisman #24 (detail), 2024. Ceramic and glass, 21" x 9" x 4".

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