Jen Williams and Wilfredo Ortega "Phase Shift"
La MaMa La Galleria
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This collaboration between two local artists results in an exhibit of installation pieces that respond to the changes in both the Bowery’s physical surroundings and its community. Jen Williams- “it’s an amalgamation of memory, images, and research which will become a site specific collage construction (or deconstruction) of the Bowery’s present state. Wilfredo Ortega- “The work is measured, rectilinear, and colorful. Compositions of interlocking vinyl sheets are grouped and taped directly to the wall emphasizing the geometric order of the architecture. The architecture generates my work.”
Jennifer Williams received her BFA from Cooper Union and her MFA from Goldsmiths College in London. She has lived and worked primarily in Manhattan for the last twenty years and has made the visual exploration of New York City a central theme in her collage and photography work. Shown in Europe and the US, exhibitions include: The Homefront in Long Island City, Queens, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; as well as Silvereye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh,PA. Her work has been included int he Dumbo Arts Festival and the Howl Festival. She is a 2011 Center for Emerging Visual Artists and was a 2008-2009 A.I.R. Fellow, as well as a 2009 resident a the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, NY. Her work is included in “Stickers: Stuck-Up Piece of Crap: From Punk Rock to Contemporary Art”, The New Yorker Photo Blog, and “The Landmarks of New York” volume IV. She currently is a Visiting full time Professor in Visual Art at Brown University. For more information go to: www.jennifer-williams.com.
Wilfredo Ortega received his BFA from Pratt Institute and his MFA from Yale University. He was born, lives, and works in the Lower East Side of New York. His work has been exhibited at the Chelsea Art Museum, and the Bronx Museum of Art where he participated in “Artist in the Marketplace 29”. He is currently a Visiting Instructor at Pratt Institute. For more information go to: www.wilortega.com
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from January 06, 2011 to January 30, 2011