Mark Chamness: 'Outside the Mall' opens at The Hill Street Country Club this weekend. The longtime Oceanside artist is a skilled, working carpenter with a CalArts degree. During the COVID-19 pandemic, his artistic practice evolved, particularly in the use of trash. He collects plastic bags — found along beaches, the side of the road, wherever — and turns them into thin strips that he then adds into tufted fiber works. The pieces are abstract and evocative, with just the slightest shimmer that hints at the darker environmental omen of the plastic.
Detail of work by artist Mark Chamness shows the blend of yarn and scavenged plastic trash tufted into the textile in an undated photo.
Details: Opens with a reception from 5-8 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 2. On view by appointment through Dec. 9. The Hill Street Country Club, 530 S. Coast Hwy, Oceanside. Free.