ExploreDisrupted Realism in OMA’s Upcoming Exhibition

Exciting news for art lovers! Oceanside Museum of Art will present a new juried exhibition, “More Disruption: Representational Art in Flux,” which promises to be a mind-bending experience!

More Disruption exhibit in Oceanside Museum of Art — Sima Jo Benson, Signs of Blue, 2020. Oil on canvas, 51″ x 96″. 6/53

The exhibition, juried by John Seed, Aleah Chapin, and Timothy Robert Smith, explores the dynamic shifts in representational art that have been “disrupted” by abstraction, web-based imagery, and socio-political concerns in response to contemporary life.

As representational art continues to evolve, “More Disruption: Representational Art in Flux” invites you to engage with artworks that challenge traditional boundaries.

This exhibition of over 50 works, through various mediums and styles, offers a narrative on how contemporary issues influence artistic expression.

Each piece showcases how today’s artists must find the combination of subjects and individual hybrid styles that engage their artistic imagination, resulting in works that energize the flux of contemporary representational art.

This exhibition is inspired by juror John Seed’s book of the same name, as well as his earlier book “Disrupted Realism: Paintings for a Distracted World.”

Oceanside Museum of Art exhibition — David Fobes, Disruption of Innocence, 2023. Oil and paper mounted on board, 24.75″ x 35.75″.

See you there!

The exhibition will run from June 8 to September 15, 2024.

Oceanside Museum of Art is located at 704 Pier View Way, Oceanside. For more info, visit the website here and follow them on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook for updates.

See you there, San Diego!