Studio Montclair presents the exhibit, ”By Chance” to run from April 3 through April 29, 2017, at the Montclair Public Library Gallery, 50 S. Fullerton Ave., Montclair, NJ. An opening reception will be held at the library on Monday, April 9, 2018 from 6:30 to 8pm.
Montclair Public Library Gallery
50 S. Fullerton Ave.
Montclair, NJ 07042
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The show features work in a variety of visual media in which chance played a major role in the creative process, inspiring the artist to examine their work in a new way or take a different approach moving forward.
Explains curator Matt Roberts, “Artists fall ‘victim’ to mishaps and random occurrences all the time, whether it’s spilling something on the canvas they are working on or failing to set their camera’s exposure speed properly. For all of the artists in the show, ‘mistakes’ were not a message to start over; rather, they provided a starting off point – an impetus to a new direction and a new fusion of energy into the work.”
Participating Artists
Linda Aldrich, Danielle Cartier, Trish Classe Gianakis, Leslie Connito, Stephanie Cortazzo, Elizabeth DeMarco, Theresa DeSalvio, Andrea Epstein, Leslie Ford, Emily Gilman Beezley, Michelle Harpster, Daniel Hughes, Jeannine Hunter Lazzaro, Marquise James, Ann Kraus, Rachael Krehel, Lisa Madson, Larry McKim, Paul Nisenson, Arthur Paxton, Katharine Philip, Sima Schloss, Douglas Smith, RoByn Thompson, Coleen Tyler, Ashley Warner, Andrew Wohl, Tony Zaza
CURATOR
Matt Roberts is a New Jersey-based photographer and collage artist who has been active in photography since the 1970s. He studied photography in the MFA program at Pratt Institute. A two-time recipient of Fellowships from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, his work has been shown in a wide range of venues in New Jersey, as well as in group shows in galleries in New York City, Boston, Vermont, Colorado, and Oregon.
Roberts recently retired from a 35+ year career as a marketing executive in the magazine industry, including positions at The New Yorker, Vogue, GQ, House Beautiful and others. He has been a member of Studio Montclair since the year of its inception.
Reception: Monday, April 9, 2018
Photos: Amy Becker