Oceanside Museum of Art
The Oceanside Museum of Art has a lot more going on than I expected. I went up to see "Transformative Currents: Art and Action in the Pacific Ocean. This is part of the many exhibits funded by the Getty Foundation linking art and science. It was an excellent and engrossing collection. The exhibits included sculpture, film, painting and soundscapes. The artists included a wide swathe of geographical homes from indigenous artists from Canada to artists in New Zealand and as far as Singapore. I especially enjoyed the work of Genevieve Robertson who uses pollutants, such as oil, drawn from ocean water to create her pigments. Another thought-provoking piece were drawings imagining different uses for defunct oil rig platforms in the Pacific Ocean. This exhibit is a good one for children. There is a re-creation of the hut of the heroine of "Island of the Blue Dolphins" - a true story of survival set on the Channel Islands of Californi...
