Subject: cWOW - Seton Hall Lobby Filled with "Nonsense"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 
(See links below to formatted release and images)



SETON HALL LAW LOBBY FILLED WITH “NONSENSE”


Nonsense, curated by City Without Walls (cWOW) Gallery Manager Jill Wickenheisser, explores artists who use nonsensical and fantasy imagery in their work. The exhibition includes eighteen large two-dimensional works by artists John Coburn, Thomas Francisco, Rachel Leibman, Bud McNichol, Elizabeth Mead, Andrea Morganstern, and Melinda Yale. The exhibition is free and open to the public from August 2, 2010 through January 7, 2011, daily 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., at Seton Hall University School of Law, One Newark Center, Newark, NJ 07102. 

The artists in this exhibition playfully address the interconnectivity between real and imaginary characters and objects in nature, social and political situations.  The results can make viewers laugh or just allow them to explore the sensations of a new environment. The exhibition displays a variety of large-scale media such as photographs, paintings, mosaics, pencil drawings, and paintings on photographs.

cWOW Gallery Manager Jill Wickenheisser is a curator, photographer and art educator. Ms. Wickenheisser curated the exhibition “Storm” for SubmergedArt Gallery in 2010 and was previously associate curator at Jajo Gallery, both in Newark. Ms. Wickenheisser was an instructor for RUN Art, the Rutgers University after-school enrichment program, and has also worked at the Brooklyn Museum, Black and White Gallery, Stephen Kasher Gallery, and Jane Magazine in New York City. She studied at the American University of Paris and received her BA in art history from Rutgers University Newark.

cWOW is a non-profit urban gallery for emerging art that advances the careers of artists while expanding the audience for contemporary art. Our award-winning exhibition and education programs use art and technology to help build communities, careers, and contemporary culture. Based in Newark since 1975, cWOW is New Jersey’s oldest nonprofit contemporary art space, and a three-time winner of the prestigious NJ State Council on the Arts "Citation of Excellence." It is easily accessible by car, mass transit, or online. For more information, please visit www.cwow.org.

CONTACT: Jill Wickenheisser, 973-622-1188, or jill@cwow.org

FORMATTED PRESS RELEASE WITH IMAGES: 
http://cwow.org/cwowfiles/press/10-07-Nonsense/cWOW-PR-SHLNonsense.pdf


DETAILS AND SAMPLE HI-RES IMAGES FOR NONSENSE:


Bud McNichol, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dork (2009, oil on enlarged photograph, 32 x 40 inches).
http://cwow.org/cwowfiles/press/10-07-Nonsense/cWOW-PR-10-07-Nonsense1.JPG


John Coburn,  Redux (2006, oil on canvas, 56 x 48 inches)
http://cwow.org/cwowfiles/press/10-07-Nonsense/cWOW-PR-10-07-Nonsense3.jpg

Rachel Leibman, Illumination #9 (2007, collage from images of ancient manuscripts, 36 x 24 inches)
http://cwow.org/cwowfiles/press/10-07-Nonsense/cWOW-PR-10-07-Nonsense2.jpg


Andrea Morganstern, Arrival (2007, c-print, 32 x 44 inches)
http://cwow.org/cwowfiles/press/10-07-Nonsense/cWOW-PR-10-07-Nonsense4.jpg



DIRECTIONS TO SETON HALL UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL: One Newark Center, Newark, NJ 07102. Located near the corner of Raymond Blvd and McCarter Highway, 1 blk from Newark Penn Station. NJ Turnpike: Exit 15E to Raymond Blvd. Garden State Parkway: Exit 140 to Rte.22 East. L at Rte.1&9 junction onto Rte.21 North/McCarter Hwy. Mass Transit: Any PATH, NJ Transit or Amtrak train to Newark Penn Station. Walk 1 block up Raymond Blvd.



CITY WITHOUT WALLS – SCHEDULE OF EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS, 2010

8.9.10-12.26.10. “NONSENSE,” curated by Jill Wickenheisser. Twenty two large scale works that explore fantasy and nonsensical imagery. Show dates and location: August 2, 2010 to January 7, 2011, Seton Hall University School of Law, One Newark Center, Newark, NJ 07102. Free and open to the public, daily 10am - 5pm. More information: 973-622-1188 or www.cwow.org.

9.10-10.10 (DATES TBD). “CITY MURALS,” dedication ceremonies throughout Newark. Locations and dates TBD. More information: 973-622-1188 or www.cwow.org.

9.25.10. “WALL TO WALL,” cWOW’s 35th Anniversary fundraising event where 200 tickets for $200 guarantees each attendee an original work of art. Preview: Thursday, September 23-Saturday September 25, 12-6PM. Event date and location: Saturday, September 25, 2010, 7-10pm, 77 Market Street, Newark, NJ. More information: 973-622-1188 or www.cwow.org.

10.8.10. “MONTGOMERY HEIGHTS COMMISSION,” dedication ceremony for major new work of permanent public art at the corner of Martin Luther King Boulevard and Montgomery Street, Newark, NJ. Hours TBD. More information: 973-622-1188 or www.cwow.org.

10.10.13. “PALMER HAYDEN AUCTION,” The original, signed Palmer Hayden watercolors Girl with Cat and Untitled (The Carousel Wharf) gifted to cWOW by the Benny Andrews Foundation will be auctioned on October 13, 2010, hours TBD at the African-American Fine Art Auction, Swann Galleries, Inc., 104 East 25th Street, New York, NY 10010. For more information contact Nigel Freeman at 212-254-4710 ext. 33. 

10.23.10-12.23.10. “METRO 27,” cWOW’s twenty-seventh annual juried small works travelling exhibition will have its opening reception from 6-8pm on Thursday, October 14, 6-8pm. Show dates and location: October 14 to December 22, 2010, City Without Walls, 6 Crawford Street, Newark, NJ 07102. More information: 973-622-1188 or www.cwow.org.

###


................................................................
This email should only be sent to those who have asked to receive it.
To , return to the web form where you first subscribed and
click the "" button, or contact the owner of the website.