11/01/2021
Exhibition installation sneak peaks….
WW12: A Health Survey
November 1 - December 10, 2021
Artist reception: Thursday, November 4, 2021 5-8pm
Artists:
Pollie Barden
Doris Caçoilo
Christine DaCruz
Sharon Lee De La Cruz
Mary Jeys
Kristy Lopez
Melissa MacAlpin
Avani Palkhiwala
Stephanie Tichenor
Agnieszka Wszolkowska
Ten artists united in January 2021, as part of the 12th Wonder Women Artist Residency, to research and create work addressing health. The current pandemic has exposed healthcare system failures and has forced urgent conversations about our personal and collective health that would otherwise be considered private. These public conversations demanded that the artists address the bodies they live in, how they are perceived, and the acknowledgment of those who are often not accounted for when we say our bodies. The health concerns addressed in this show are pre-pandemic issues but lensed from a place of grief, frustration, fear, and a range of mountainous feelings brought on by more than a year and a half of isolation and global turmoil. The works highlight these concerns and present a collection of self-portraits at this historic moment. The exhibition considers our urgency to get “back to normal” vs. the reality of a global pandemic that is still ongoing and has fundamentally changed our health and social structures.
JC Fridays Virtual Artist Talk: Friday, December 3, 2021
NJCU Winter Jazz Festival gallery hours:
Saturday December 4th and Sunday December 5th 12-6pm
New Jersey City University Visual Arts Gallery
100 Culver Ave., Jersey City NJ
Gallery hours Monday - Friday 11am- 5 pm and by appointment
