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| Artist Josh Marlar |
The Force of Digital
May it be with You!
It
is scary, this new force in the world of Art. I have seen this perplexing
reaction from my art friends who are traditional artists in the world of media
which we consider the classic form of Art. Who would want to do anything else in creating
art for the new age of collectors? Remember when Andy Warhol did multiple
prints in different colors of the same subject? The dots of Roy Lichtenstein,
the introduction of the acrylic paints taking the place of Oils?
When
the Oceanside Museum of Art presented the Art of Neville Page one of the
patrons of the Museum had trouble considering this exhibition true Art. Never
the less, this exhibition set record attendance for the Museum. Does this
validate the new digital other worldly as Art? Apparently to the younger generation
this is so.
History
is replete with changes in the world of the Arts. It has to reflect the time in
which it is made either to glorify an idea, or to shine the sun on the times it
portrays. We live in the age of “screen”. It has come to many of us uninvited,
and in our faces forcing our minds into images never seen in real life, and is
made up from the imagination of artists much younger than I.
I
have embraced the digital in my later years as a way to cope with the unsteady
hands. It really does help, and keeps my art self out there in the ether with
the new generation and we share the wonders of the “what ifs” in a way which
wan never before possible.
This
all brings me to the newest exhibition of Josh Marlar at the Hill Street
Country Club Gallery in Artists Alley. Josh an adventurer in the world
imagination, brings his creations to the Oceanside
It
is wondrous for me to see the young energy which is transforming our Beautiful City Oceanside
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| The Hill Street Country Club Gallery, the Art of Josh Marlar |
