Last night I went to the opening reception of "Centered on the Center" at the Huntington Beach Art Center. It's a massive salon-style show featuring over 400 works by over 200 artists.
I went because my friends John Sollom and Nancy Johnson had pieces in the show…
The show is absolutely massive, and kind of overwhelming. At first I walked around in a kind of daze, taking pictures…
Then I went on a kind of "Where's Waldo" treasure hunt, looking for John and Nancy's pieces. It took me a while, and some help, but eventually I found them. Here's John's piece:
And here's Nancy's…
There were some interesting sculptures…
And then I walked through the gallery, looking for pieces that "spoke to me." Here are some of them:
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| "Thomas" by Cynthia Kelber (photograph) |
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| "3-D Lucky Bunny" by John Ha (mixed media) |
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| "RIP Nelson Mandela" by Jim Morey (artificial pumpkin) |
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| "Sumo" by Bruce Robertson (oil on canvas) |
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| "Vulture Beach Party" by Sonya Orloff (mixed media) |
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| "Mamba #24" by Armando Barcelo Captaine (acrylic on canvas) |
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| "War is Hello" by Bruce Hood (mixed media) |
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| "The Watching Trees" by Darren Hostetter (serigraph print) |
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| "The Viking" by Kari Ivey (ceramic) |
The show runs through the end of March. Visit
www.huntingtonbeachartcenter.org for more info.
