A Taste Of Art: Andy Warhol
Enjoy appetizers, beverages, a brief presentation by Robin Douglas on Pop Art and a hands-on workshop featuring the painting and printmaking processes used by Andy Warhol. All supplies provided.
Reverse Painting On Plexiglass
Using the reverse painting technique used by Tiffany Glass, paint with acrylics to create colorful images that will be mounted on and illuminated by a simple light box built during this three-day workshop taught by Robin Douglas.
Supplies needed:
• a sheet of plexiglass
• 1×2 clear pine strips to construct a frame around the plexiglass
• string of mini lights
• all other supplies will be provided
Beauties Beasts Interactive Talk & Book Signing
Join curator Bob Self and artist Olivia De Berardinis for an interactive talk and book signing in the exhibition before it closes.
The Very Best of OMA Artist Alliance 2016
Artist Alliance is closing out the year with the exhibition, The Very Best of OMA Artist Alliance 2016, at L Street Fine Art Gallery located in Downtown San Diego across from the Omni Hotel. Juried by L Street gallery director Kay Colvin, this exhibition includes both two-dimensional and three-dimensional artwork in a variety of media. Admission is free.
Beauties Beasts Vignette
As a complement to their show God of Carnage, and in tandem with the exhibition opening at OMA on October 28 at Art After Dark, selections from Beauties Beasts will be on exhibition at New Village Arts in Carlsbad for the run of the show, October 14–November 13. Admission to see the artwork is free. For tickets to see God of Carnage, click here or call (760) 433-3245.
Exhibition Reception At NCRT
Enjoy appetizers and wine at this juried Artist Alliance satellite exhibition. This exhibition is the first solo artist exhibition from the Artist Alliance at North Coast Rep, featuring Phyllis “Phaya” Gifford. Her award winning artwork is exhibited in galleries in Southern California. She signs her work with the pseudonym, “Phaya,” a moniker given to her as a child by her family. This exhibition runs the duration of two consecutive shows at NCRT, The Girl Singers of the Hit Parade Holiday Show and Marjorie Prime, on view December 6, 2016–February 5, 2017. Free to attend.
First Friday Art Walk
Downtown Oceanside comes alive with art, performances, music, poetry, activities, food, and fun for all ages at a variety of venues, including OMA.
Beauties Beasts
Is there a place in the human imagination where the glamorous and the grotesque can co-exist in harmony? Many artists would say yes, it’s possible to portray sensuality and monstrosity as compelling complements to one another. Bob Self certainly thinks so. The curator of last year’s Carnival of Astounding Art strikes again, this time with a sideshow-themed exhibition that showcases the works of two legendary artists—Olivia De Berardinis and Jordu Schell. De Berardinis is one of the world’s most renowned pinup artists. Her iconic paintings of gorgeous women (many commissioned by Playboy magazine) are a case study in “Beauties.” Schell is a preeminent creature artist, and his detailed sculptures of original monsters certainly qualify as “Beasts.” In our ever-changing popular culture, there is the ongoing notion that “opposites attract.” It’s a notion that Self exploits as he juxtaposes the work of these two artists who have never before been exhibited together. Indeed, their work doesn’t even appeal to the same audiences. Or does it? Are romanticized versions of flawless beauty and profound deformity really that different from one another, or are they extreme variations on the same artistic point of view?
Programming related to this exhibition:
• Art After Dark: October 28
• CANCELLED: Interactive Presentation: November 9 (replaced with event on November 26)
• Interactive talk and book signing: November 26
Exhibition Reception
Sip, nosh, and mingle with artists and fellow art lovers as OMA celebrates the opening of Dan McCleary, Etchings and Studies: Taller de Grabado, Oaxaca 2000–2016, Alexia Markarian: Desire Is Never Enough, and Trinh Mai: Lifeline.
Millennium Club members are invited to a VIP reception beforehand from 5:00–6:00pm.
Lecture: Russell Forester
Russell Forester was one of southern California’s most innovative postwar modernist artists. His widow, Christine Forester, will share stories about her late husband—the architect, the artist, and who he was as a person.
