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| Thursday, Jul 31 2008 1:56 PM
Last Updated: Wednesday, Jul 30 2008 4:41 PM
Infinite canal and telephone wire stretched along a country road. The mild, grassy spring you wish outsiders would consider for their first impressions.
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“Bike Path at Truxtun Lake” by Kevin Hardin. One of 19 in The Californian’s Eye Gallery art series.
The men and creatures hardy enough to toil in fields the rest of the year.
We all have our own visions of what makes these 8,140 square miles of the planet ours.
With that in mind, for the second year in a row we called upon local artists to create original works under the loose theme of Kern County. Teachers, students, retirees, even a chef returned with intimate scenes lifted from our collective memory. A few went beyond popular artistic subjects and tuned into the unconventional, hidden beauty of our icons, including, of all places, an old-fashioned ladies’ room at the Fox.
Others commented on contemporary environmental and economic crises that have prompted life changes in an oil-soaked city.
You’ll see a range of hometown talent as Eye Gallery unveils new works, 19 in all, each Thursday through Sept. 4. To appreciate their vivacity, textures and sheer size better than what our humble newsprint will allow, you’ll have to visit the Bakersfield Museum of Art for our reception and the opening of three more exhibits Sept. 11.
And if one reminds you of dusty summer childhoods or activates that cosmopolitan side, it could be yours. All works are for sale.
GO & DO
WHAT: The Eye Gallery series with Transcendental Observation: Paintings by Dorothy Churchill-Johnson; Labor & Leisure: From the Collection of George and Marcia Giumarra; You See: The Early Years of the UC Davis Art Department.
WHEN: 6 p.m. Sept. 11; includes no-host bar and appetizers. All exhibits run through Nov. 23.
WHERE: Bakersfield Museum of Art, 1930 R St.
ADMISSION: $10 for the public, free to members.
MUSEUM HOURS: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Closed Monday and holidays.
INFORMATION: 323-7219