JORDAN EAGLES: HEMOSAPIEN
Dates:
Sat Jan 30, 2010 00:00 - Wed Dec 02, 2009
Location:
United States of America
Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art is pleased to debut a major solo exhibition of new monumental works by artist and emerging talent Jordan Eagles who will cover the entire 3000+ square-foot space with preserved blood in a site-specific installation titled HEMOSAPIEN.
This exhibition is the first public opportunity to view Eagles' largest and most experimental blood works to date—a massive, 30-foot, multi-panel, abstract mural in which animal blood is suspended, encased and fully preserved in plexiglass and resin.
HEMOSAPIEN also features Eagles’ new forays into large-scale projections and color photography. Eagles utilizes overhead classroom projectors to set the entire space aglow in luminous, wall-to-wall projections of “blood light.“ Life-size color photographs of nude models, onto whom he projected blood patterns, serve as documents of his photographic shoots and introduce new figurative elements that emphasize Eagles' fascination with corporeality, mysticism, and physical and intangible spaces. The exhibition is lit to create multidimensional and translucent works that reveal the finite details and textures of the blood as well as the material's uniquely reflective and refractive qualities.
This exhibition is the first public opportunity to view Eagles' largest and most experimental blood works to date—a massive, 30-foot, multi-panel, abstract mural in which animal blood is suspended, encased and fully preserved in plexiglass and resin.
HEMOSAPIEN also features Eagles’ new forays into large-scale projections and color photography. Eagles utilizes overhead classroom projectors to set the entire space aglow in luminous, wall-to-wall projections of “blood light.“ Life-size color photographs of nude models, onto whom he projected blood patterns, serve as documents of his photographic shoots and introduce new figurative elements that emphasize Eagles' fascination with corporeality, mysticism, and physical and intangible spaces. The exhibition is lit to create multidimensional and translucent works that reveal the finite details and textures of the blood as well as the material's uniquely reflective and refractive qualities.
Aljira's Holiday Party & Affordable Art Sale
Dates:
Thu Dec 10, 2009 00:00 - Wed Dec 02, 2009
Location:
United States of America
Aljira's Holiday Party & Affordable Art Sale
Art Sale runs through Jan 30 during regular gallery hours and by appointment
Thursday, December 10, 5:30pm-8:30pm
Just in time for the season of giving…Aljira’s Affordable Art Sale.
Extraordinary contemporary and decorative art to satisfy your budget.
Proceeds benefit Aljira’s groundbreaking exhibitions, public and educational programs.
Roster of artists include Keith Duncan, Jordan Eagles, Dame Laura Knight, Lancelott, Franco Mondini-Ruiz, Ernestine Ruben, Mimi Smith, Alec Soth, Helen M. Stummer and many more.
Admission to the Holiday Party: a suggested donation of $20 per person; $30 per couple; this amount applied to art purchase $150 or more. Guests may enter a free drawing to win 2 tickets to The Aljira Fine Art Auction 2010 on May 13, 2010
Art Sale runs through Jan 30 during regular gallery hours and by appointment
Thursday, December 10, 5:30pm-8:30pm
Just in time for the season of giving…Aljira’s Affordable Art Sale.
Extraordinary contemporary and decorative art to satisfy your budget.
Proceeds benefit Aljira’s groundbreaking exhibitions, public and educational programs.
Roster of artists include Keith Duncan, Jordan Eagles, Dame Laura Knight, Lancelott, Franco Mondini-Ruiz, Ernestine Ruben, Mimi Smith, Alec Soth, Helen M. Stummer and many more.
Admission to the Holiday Party: a suggested donation of $20 per person; $30 per couple; this amount applied to art purchase $150 or more. Guests may enter a free drawing to win 2 tickets to The Aljira Fine Art Auction 2010 on May 13, 2010
The B-Sides
Dates:
Sat Nov 22, 2008 00:00 - Fri Nov 14, 2008
Location:
United States of America
November 22nd, 2008 - March 7th, 2009
The B Sides
This group exhibition explores the dynamic relationship between house music and contemporary art. Artists are working in various media such as installation, painting, performance, photography, sculpture, and video. Participating artists include:
Jaishri Abichandani, Elia Alba, Vincent Bryant, Lorie Caval, April Choitz, Pradeep Dalal, Jerry Gant, Gerard H. Gaskin, Leor Grady, Uraline Septembre Hager, Ryan Joseph, Jayson Keeling, Simone Leigh, Francis Legge, Muema Lombe, Ivan Monforte, Rashaad Newsome, Louis Nieves, Luna Luis Ortiz, John Parris, Carlo Quispe, Jacolby Satterwhite, Ethan Shoshan, Soigné Deluxe, Eugene Tambourine, Rhina Valentín, Z Collective
Opening Reception:
Saturday, November 22, 2008
5:30-8:30pm
(973) 622-1600
The B Sides
This group exhibition explores the dynamic relationship between house music and contemporary art. Artists are working in various media such as installation, painting, performance, photography, sculpture, and video. Participating artists include:
Jaishri Abichandani, Elia Alba, Vincent Bryant, Lorie Caval, April Choitz, Pradeep Dalal, Jerry Gant, Gerard H. Gaskin, Leor Grady, Uraline Septembre Hager, Ryan Joseph, Jayson Keeling, Simone Leigh, Francis Legge, Muema Lombe, Ivan Monforte, Rashaad Newsome, Louis Nieves, Luna Luis Ortiz, John Parris, Carlo Quispe, Jacolby Satterwhite, Ethan Shoshan, Soigné Deluxe, Eugene Tambourine, Rhina Valentín, Z Collective
Opening Reception:
Saturday, November 22, 2008
5:30-8:30pm
(973) 622-1600
Closing Reception and Film Night
Dates:
Tue Feb 19, 2008 00:00 - Thu Feb 07, 2008
Location:
United States of America
Closing Reception and Film Night
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
5:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Free Admission
Please join us for a special closing reception for the exhibitions Bending the Grid: Rest in Peace by Helen M. Stummer, 5 Days in July: A Video Installation, and Rebuilding Newark, along with a featured screening of the film Revolution '67.
The evening includes a book signing with photographer Helen M. Stummer for her fully illustrated catalogue; an artists' talk with Chuck Schultz and Esther Podemski moderated by Komozi Woodward, Professor of History at Sarah Lawrence College, for 5 Days in July; and a video screening of the documentary film Revolution '67 by Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno, an additional perspective on the 1967 Newark civil disturbances.
Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art
591 Broad Street, Newark, NJ 07102
p. 973 622-1600 f. 973 622-6526
info@aljira.org www.aljira.org
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
5:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Free Admission
Please join us for a special closing reception for the exhibitions Bending the Grid: Rest in Peace by Helen M. Stummer, 5 Days in July: A Video Installation, and Rebuilding Newark, along with a featured screening of the film Revolution '67.
The evening includes a book signing with photographer Helen M. Stummer for her fully illustrated catalogue; an artists' talk with Chuck Schultz and Esther Podemski moderated by Komozi Woodward, Professor of History at Sarah Lawrence College, for 5 Days in July; and a video screening of the documentary film Revolution '67 by Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno, an additional perspective on the 1967 Newark civil disturbances.
Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art
591 Broad Street, Newark, NJ 07102
p. 973 622-1600 f. 973 622-6526
info@aljira.org www.aljira.org
Aljira Emerge
Deadline:
Sat Feb 02, 2008 00:00
Location:
United States of America
Calling All Artists!
Now accepting applications for Aljira Emerge10
A Strategic Career Management and Exhibition Program for
Emerging Artists
Aljira Emerge is a strategic career management and exhibition program for emerging artists. Artists are taught an approach to strategic career management that challenges the assumptions about working artists that hold all of us back. Under the tutelage of experienced artists and professional coaches—including Colleen Keegan, Ela Troyano, Tracie Morris, Matthew Geller, and Jeffrey Gibson— artists learn how to manage their careers as arts professionals and to develop a personal strategic plan. The program is designed to provide emerging artists with the resources to overcome obstacles, focus on goals, and move forward in their creative careers. Aljira Emerge attempts to address practical areas of concern to artists, such as curatorial practice, legal and financial issues, gallery representation, exhibition and public art opportunities, and marketing. The program culminates with a group exhibition and fully illustrated catalog.
The application process is competitive and the class is limited to 22 artists. The program meets bi-weekly on Saturdays at Aljira in downtown Newark, New Jersey—from April to June.
Spring 2008 Schedule
April 5 (T: Intro) May 31 (PDW)
April19 (PDW)June 14 (PDW)
May 3 (T)June 28 (T)
May 17 (T)
(T= talk, 2-4pm; PDW= Professional Development Workshop, 9:30am-5pm)
Providing a program of this nature and quality for emerging artists is expensive. If accepted to the program, you will be asked to pay only 5% of the estimated cost of this program, or $350, as an investment in your career and a commitment to the program. We welcome all eligible artists to apply—limited, additional need-based financial assistance is available.
The application deadline is Saturday, February 2, 2008 or postmarked by January 26, 2008.
Download application at www.aljira.org
Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art
591 Broad Street
Newark, NJ 07102
Ph: 973-622-1600
Fx: 973-622-6526
Now accepting applications for Aljira Emerge10
A Strategic Career Management and Exhibition Program for
Emerging Artists
Aljira Emerge is a strategic career management and exhibition program for emerging artists. Artists are taught an approach to strategic career management that challenges the assumptions about working artists that hold all of us back. Under the tutelage of experienced artists and professional coaches—including Colleen Keegan, Ela Troyano, Tracie Morris, Matthew Geller, and Jeffrey Gibson— artists learn how to manage their careers as arts professionals and to develop a personal strategic plan. The program is designed to provide emerging artists with the resources to overcome obstacles, focus on goals, and move forward in their creative careers. Aljira Emerge attempts to address practical areas of concern to artists, such as curatorial practice, legal and financial issues, gallery representation, exhibition and public art opportunities, and marketing. The program culminates with a group exhibition and fully illustrated catalog.
The application process is competitive and the class is limited to 22 artists. The program meets bi-weekly on Saturdays at Aljira in downtown Newark, New Jersey—from April to June.
Spring 2008 Schedule
April 5 (T: Intro) May 31 (PDW)
April19 (PDW)June 14 (PDW)
May 3 (T)June 28 (T)
May 17 (T)
(T= talk, 2-4pm; PDW= Professional Development Workshop, 9:30am-5pm)
Providing a program of this nature and quality for emerging artists is expensive. If accepted to the program, you will be asked to pay only 5% of the estimated cost of this program, or $350, as an investment in your career and a commitment to the program. We welcome all eligible artists to apply—limited, additional need-based financial assistance is available.
The application deadline is Saturday, February 2, 2008 or postmarked by January 26, 2008.
Download application at www.aljira.org
Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art
591 Broad Street
Newark, NJ 07102
Ph: 973-622-1600
Fx: 973-622-6526
