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Spitting In The Wind: Art From the End of the Line by Richard Allen Morris, John Baldessari, Bob Matheny and Russell Baldwin
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Oceanside Museum of Art |
Address |
704 Pier View Way |
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Oceanside |
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CA |
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92054 |
Opening Hours |
Reception August 9, 6-8pm.
Museum Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 10am-4pm; Sunday 1-4pm. Closed Monday |
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Fee |
Complimentary for OMA members,students and military. $5 Seniors; $8 General Admission |
Reception Date |
08-09-2014
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Dates |
Starts On 07-05-2014 Ends On 11-02-2014 |
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Event Description |
Spitting In The Wind is envisioned as a tribute to the long-standing friendships of Richard Allen Morris (b. 1933), John Baldessari (b. 1931), Bob Matheny (b. 1929) and Russell Baldwin (1933-2008), and the astonishing range of artworks they made while living and working in the San Diego area. The exhibition is focused on, but not limited to, the late 1950s and the 1960s, when these young artists frequently saw each other's work and participated in the same exhibitions. Although the four friends produced some of the most vigorous, humorous and unconventional art in the region, their efforts were often stymied by San Diego's rather limited capacity to appreciate them.
"...A lot of what we did was just spitting into the wind..." is how Baldessari once characterized the energetic art programs and activities at Southwestern College, where he was on the faculty with Bob Matheny. Despite their socio-geographical situation at "the end of the line" in what was then an out of the way, largely |
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