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Exhibition Detail

Group Show

Theory + Practice

Curated by: Evonne M. Davis

Gallery Aferro

73 Market St
Newark, NJ 07102

1 person has recommended this exhibit

April 19th, 2008 - May 17th, 2008

Opening:
April 19th, 2008 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Tori Purcell, Race Rubric

> ARTISTS

Andrew Leo Baron	Tracie Lee
Alan Bigelow	Paula McCartney
Deric Carner	Tori Purcell
Robert Ladislas Derr	Stephanie Standish
Nisha Drinkard	Alina Tenser
Katarina Jerinic	Matthew Verdon
Darren Jones	Brian Wondergem

> QUICK FACTS

WEBSITE:

http://www.aferro.org

NEIGHBORHOOD:

newark

EMAIL:

ewilcox@aferro.org

OPEN HOURS:

Th, Fri, Sat 12-6

COST:

FREE

CHILDREN:

This event is appropriate for children

> DESCRIPTION

Theory + Practice curated by Evonne M. Davis

April 19 – May 17, 2008
Opening Reception Saturday April 19, 7-10 PM

“…There are no countries now….” From artist Alan Bigelow’s When I was President

Theory+ Practice is an acknowledgement, interrogation and fete of the void between what the world could be and what it is. Web artist and writer Alan Bigelow’s piece, When I was President is an interactive projection that details a presidency ended by a suicide bomber: “a high school teacher from Des Moines.” “She said it was the only way to make the world right again.” Site-specific sculptural works by Brian Wondergem include a 15-foot high Ferris wheel built exclusively out of ladders, suggestive of both an extreme pragmatism as well as yearning for escape.