Currently running at the Oceanside Museum of Art is an exhibition titled The Stories that Connect Us: Selections from the OMA Collection.
Each work by 35 Southern California artists is like a unique story that invites you to think, interpret, dream–and thereby become part of the same story. Your inclusion in each artwork’s story might be untold, but it is real.
The museum’s collection contains diverse pieces in different styles, some by highly renowned artists such as John Baldessari and James Hubbell.
I was surprised to learn the Baldessari piece in the exhibit was painted circa 1959, before the artist burned “all” of his work. His Wikipedia page explains: In 1970, Baldessari and five friends[8] burnt all of the paintings he had created between 1953 and 1966 as part of a new piece, titled The Cremation Project. The ashes from these paintings were baked into cookies… This painting survived.
Here are a few photos. If you’d like to become an integral part of these stories, visit the Oceanside Museum of Art by August 31, 2025.
The following James Hubbell watercolor includes a poem that he wrote in 2004. To read it, visit the museum!
The exhibition also includes two small, typically beautiful Hubbell sculptures.
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the watercolor by James Hubbell clearly shows influence from the 2003 Cedars Fire which destroyed much of his home at Ilan Lael. That knowledge for a viewer would help them become a part of the story told by the work.
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That makes sense. Thank you.
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