Photos and Phantasy: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation

Orlan, Self-Hybridization No. 37 (1998); Tom Burr, Folding Screen (2004); Orlan, Self-Hybridization No. 38 (1998)

Srdjan Loncar, Mountain (2006); Melanie Pullen, Blue (Water Series) (2005); Srdjan Loncar, Self-Portrait (2002); Srdjan Loncar, Self-Portrait (Blocks) (2004)

Robert Rauschenberg, Tree 5-79-U-28A #2; Boat 5-79-U-14 #3; Interior 5-79-P-29-A #2; Truck 10-81-A #1 (1951-53, printed 1979-81)

Timothy Tompkins, Highway 89A (After Friedrich) (2003); Srdjan Loncar, Mountain (2006)

Christo, Surrounded Islans (Project for Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, FL.) Drawing 1982 in two parts (1982); Srdjan Loncar, Self-Portrait & Self-Portrait (Blocks) (2002 & 2004); Jarbas Lopes, Untitled (Debate Series) (2007)

Yannick Demmerle, Sans Titre (2003); Srdjan Loncar, Mother (2006)

Jane Gottlieb, Picasso’s Dancers (1994); Paul Rusconi, Untitled (No Way Out) (2007)

Jarbas Lopes, Untitled (Debate Series) (2007)

Date:  March 8, 2008 – May 18, 2008

Curated By: Billie Milam Weisman
Venue: Carnegie Art Museum
424 South C Street, Oxnard, CA, 93030

Exhibited Artists:
John Baldessari, Bijou, Beau Bradford, Tom Burr, Debbie Fleming Caffery, Christo, Dawn Dedeaux, Yannick Demmerle, Richard Ehrlich, Brian Forrest, Catherine Forster, Audrey Glassman, Judith Golden, Joe Goode, Jane Gottlieb, Gustav Gurianov, David Hockney, Jay Johnson, Elad Lassry, Louise Lawler, Srdjan Loncar, Jarbas Lopes, Renee Lotenero, Didier Massard, Luciano Matus, Joel Morrison, Orlan, Melanie Pullen, Jessica Rath, Robert Rauschenberg, Thomas Ruff, Paul Rusconi, Rocky Schenck, Hans Christian Schink, Kiki Seror, Christopher Taggart, Timothy Tompkins, Nicole Tran Ba Vang, Trujillo-Paumier, Raissa Venables, Andy Warhol, John Waters, and Xianyong Zhang.

Photos and Phantasy: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation

Over the course of the 20th century, photography came to be seen as an increasingly creative medium which artists could use to alter, as well as capture, reality.  With the rise of digital imagery, photo-based art has evolved into a dynamic means of manipulating, instead of documenting, what is real.  This exhibition highlights the many diverse ways that photographic technologies can create fantasies and a new form of contemporary art.

 Featuring photography, painting and sculpture by over forty national and international artists, the exhibition includes works by:  John Baldessari, Christo, Dawn Dedeaux, David Hockney, Srdjan Loncar, Didier Massard, Robert Rauschenberg, Trujillo-Paumier, and Andy Warhol and many others.