5/13 – 8/15, 2014
Opening Reception: Friday, May 16, 6-9pm
SMI Gallery @ Academy Square
33 Plymouth Street
Montclair, NJ
Hours: Monday thru Friday: 7am to 7pm
On May 13, 2014 Studio Montclair opens The Window, a show that considers what painting, two-dimensional art, has become since Brunelleschi thought of it as a metaphorical window into a naturalistic, ordered world. It brings together the diverse works, practices and genres of pictorial art that have grown from that concept. It runs from May 13 through August 15, Mon-Fri, 7am-7pm, at SMI Gallery at Academy Square, 33 Plymouth St. Montclair, NJ 07042, with an opening reception May 16, 6-9 pm.
About the Curator/Jurors
Michael Benevenia, is an artist from and working in Northern New Jersey. His work concentrates primarily on the intersection of painting and sculpture, incorporating personally reflective, meditative forms. He received his BFA in Visual Art and Art History from Mason Gross School of the Arts and worked for The Sculpture Foundation installing and building monumental metal sculpture.
Pam Cooper has curated exhibitions for a number of non-profit organizations in the Metro area and has also served as a corporate art consultant and curator for the past five years. An artist herself, Pam uses mixed media in her sculpture, papermaking and printmaking work.
Participating artists include Sono Arima, Susanna Baker, Howard Berelson, Ron Brown, Sara Conklin, Kristen Crouch, Joshua Didriksen, Madeline Giotta, Mildred Kaye, Julie Levine, Isabella Pizzano, Janice Rose, Phillipa Scott, Hilary Shank-Kuhl, Heather Shaw, Caren Sommer-Lazar, Irv Suss, Heidi Sussman, Marianne Trent, Tony Zaza.