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This series of photographs was taken by Rolf Gross at MoLAA in Long Beach, CA in November 1998. Lacking a catalogue and information on the artist, they are without captions. Omnia means "everything". The exhibition in Long Beach covered 2 large rooms and their connecting hallways, an area of about 12'000 square-feet. The heads are about 8 feet high. They are made from papier maché in the fashion of Mexican piñatas and painted with oil paints and mixed media. Their models are the ancient "Olmec" heads of Mexico.

Room I

A series of 4 paintings entitled "Los 4 Elementos" on paper covered the walls, each measuring 47-by-395 inches. The papier-maché head of a "Bruja" guarded the room.

Note: As a measure of the size of the objects and canvasses : The Hall has a height of about 12 ft.

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Room II

In Room II six more papier-maché "Olmec"-heads were surrounded by a collection of large oil and mixed media canvasses.

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Lunatics sleep-walking - A painting from the ante-room to the exhibition : Associations of Death....

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.... and a large "El dia de los muertos" (?) .

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 The Seventh Head