Three new exhibitions reopen our Spring season, plus a new round of Activate: Market Street



EXHIBITIONS



Heather Hart Heather Hart



Material Memory : Heather Hart, Nick Pilato, Sophy Naess

Curated by Barbara Madsen

February 22 - May 24, 2014

Opening Reception February 22, 7-10 PM

Main Gallery



Material Memory is an exhibition bringing together three heterogeneous artists whose work engages observers to create their own narratives whether they are rooted in quotidian encounters, material process, or triggered latent memories. One may look to material culture studies to frame the associations that cultures have with objects, structures and landscapes through collective experience and memory. The exhibition considers the artist’s choices when deciding which physical intransient substances to use, directly or indirectly manipulating perception based upon the audience’s experience with the material. It raises questions about mortality and the invaluable commodity of time, ever present and yet fleeting, concrete and yet intangible. It examines the artist’s daily observations, transmuting meaningful or mundane fodder into content. What roles do everyday objects play in our lives? How are inherent memories born from these objects? How do material objects, and structures generate communal memory? What triggers the decisions we make? Is it a simple fragment from the street? Shard? House? How are these impulses implemented? For more information visit aferro.org





Masquerade

James Horner

February 22 - March 29, 2014

Opening Reception February 22, 7-10 PM

Project Room



Masquerade explores the mundane faces people put on to deal with the everyday - happy, sad, hiding, and tough. To handle life and get from a to b, we sometimes have to mask our true selves to cope with reality. James Horner is a painter who lives in New York City. His colorful expressionistic paintings explore the psychological effects of the environment on individuals. Figures are abstracted and overwhelmed by their surroundings. Shape interact with figures in space as lines connect atmospheres in different directions, creating islands with systems of thought. Horner communicates his viewpoint thorough a unique style of painting, which samples from traditional and contemporary abstract/expressionist and surrealist art. The foreground and background are pushed and pulled with a battle that erupts between bright colors and muddied hues that develop a kaleidoscope for the eye to move around the surface. For more information visit Masquerade explores the mundane faces people put on to deal with the everyday - happy, sad, hiding, and tough. To handle life and get from a to b, we sometimes have to mask our true selves to cope with reality. James Horner is a painter who lives in New York City. His colorful expressionistic paintings explore the psychological effects of the environment on individuals. Figures are abstracted and overwhelmed by their surroundings. Shape interact with figures in space as lines connect atmospheres in different directions, creating islands with systems of thought. Horner communicates his viewpoint thorough a unique style of painting, which samples from traditional and contemporary abstract/expressionist and surrealist art. The foreground and background are pushed and pulled with a battle that erupts between bright colors and muddied hues that develop a kaleidoscope for the eye to move around the surface. For more information visit aferro.org



Miroloyia

Alexandra Desipris

February 22 - March 29, 2014

Opening Reception February 22, 7-10 PM

Liminal Space



MIROLOYIA (“fate words”) uses the form of rural Greek funeral rituals: lamentation, burial, and exhumation - as a means to explore moments of finality, memory, and the subject of death. The imagery presented in the poetic language of the MIROLOYIA is transferred into a visual language evoking the same sense of resignation, sadness, and eventual joy in the brighter moments of life. A sparse palette, minimal forms, and symbolic use of specific materials (steel, lead, stone) will draw the attendee into this ritual and include them in the artist’s acts of mourning and desire for transcendence. MIROLOYIA is ultimately a celebration of hope.



Alexandra Desipris is a Greek-American artist based in Newark, NJ whose work focuses on deconstructing and examining ritual, religion, and ethnicity through the lens of her own cultural experience through painting, sculpture and writing.For more information visit aferro.org



Unusual Suspects

Jerry Gant

February 22 - May 24, 2014

Opening Reception February 22, 7-10 PM at Gallery Aferro

Activate: Market Street

75, 77 and 85 Market Street Storefronts



Jerry Gant is master of many media, from textile and clothing design, to metal sculpture, woodcarving, wall murals, and even spoken word. He has been a fixture of the Newark Art Scene for decades, occupying a unique niche as a commentator. In the words of fellow artist, Kevin Blythe Sampson: “If Newark were to look for an artist that most represents it, it would be Jerry Gant. […] No artist in this city has had a more visible presence or impact on the people of Newark.” Gallery Aferro is honored to have our new public art project, Activate: Market Street feature the city's single, largest multi-site exhibition of public art by a solo artist .









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973 353 9533info@aferro.orgGallery Hours:Th-Sat 12-6 and by appt.We are a 501(c)3 nonprofit free and open to everyone.Directions here Make a tax deductible donation in support of our exhibitions, residencies and educational programs.The mission of Gallery Aferro is to bring cultural education and aesthetic engagement with contemporary issues to all people equally, and to create an environment where artists can gather and share physical and intellectual resources.We gratefully acknowledge the support of our funders and the individual donors who make our programs possible:The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation,the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State,a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts,RBH Group,and the Prudential Foundation.

