"COSTA MESA, California - As a former teenage suburbanite, I arrived at the Orange County Museum of Art's California Biennial, Desperate, Scared, But Social, with excitement. I expected to feel kinship with the theme, which revolves around adolescence and the feelings, identity, and sense of the world that mature from it. Instead, I was underwhelmed by its shallow curiosity about today's teenagers, and the exhibition's stunted growth."
"The biennial, which had been on hiatus for a number of years, returned with 12 artists depicting youth culture primarily through photography, painting, drawing, and readymade objects pulled from their personal archives. It also features two shows within the show - the delightful Piece of Me, organized by the Orange County Young Curators program, which gives local teens a taste of art curation and administration,"
Orange County Museum of Art's California Biennial, Desperate, Scared, But Social, returned after hiatus with 12 artists portraying youth culture through photography, painting, drawing, and readymade objects from personal archives. The biennial includes Piece of Me, organized by the Orange County Young Curators program, and a display from the Gardena High School Art Collection (1919–56). Deanna Templeton's What She Said pairs 1980s diary entries with contemporary portraits of teen girls in global countercultures, highlighted by hot pink accents. Overall presentation leans on juvenilia from established artists, offering shallow curiosity about contemporary teenagers and a muddled message.
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