Out of Step @ NJCU – just a minor threat

Out of Step
Opening Reception: Tuesday, October 8, from 5 – 8 p.m., with an artist talk at 6:30 p.m.

Featured Artists: Sharon L. Butler, Mark Dagley, Enrico Gomez, Tom McGlynn, Gary Petersen, Kati Vilim, and Sara Wolfe. Curated by Brendan Carroll. 

Given the new media of today—Internet art, generative software, digital projection mapping—why do artists continue to paint? And why do they continue to explore abstraction?

Out of Step is an informal survey of current practices in abstract painting. The artists may vary in style, subject matter, temperament, and conceptual framework, but they are unified by their no-nonsense approach to painting. Most of the work on view presents simple geometric shapes that are executed in broad expanses of pure color. From cerebral to laid-back, the artists explore line, value, color, and texture in their compositions. Despite the works’ superficial differences, each piece, however minimal, reveals the touch of the artist’s hand. For the artists in the show, paint is a means to an end, not the end. Abstraction, likewise, is not a cul-de-sac, but a living, breathing means of visual communication.

Harold B. Lemmerman Gallery
Hepburn Hall 323, Third Floor
New Jersey City University
2039 Kennedy Boulevard
Jersey City, NJ 07305

Gallery Hours: Monday to Friday, from 11am to 5pm, and by appointment.
Tel: 201-200-3246

For directions please visit NJCU website
www.njcu.edu

Opening reception of Mark Dagley: Recent Paintings and Kati Vilim: Extempore Refrain at Hamilton Square

Photographs from the opening reception of Mark Dagley: Recent Paintings and Kati Vilim: Extempore Refrain at Hamilton Square, which was held Friday, September 6, 2013, from 7—9 p.m. Most of the photographs were taken by Rita Maria Salpietro unless otherwise noted. Enjoy.

Opening Reception of Mark Dagley: Recent Paintings at Hamilton Square. Courtesy of Rita Maria Salpietro.

Opening Reception of Mark Dagley: Recent Paintings at Hamilton Square. Courtesy of Rita Maria Salpietro.

Opening Reception of Mark Dagley: Recent Paintings at Hamilton Square. Courtesy of Rita Maria Salpietro.

Opening Reception of Mark Dagley: Recent Paintings at Hamilton Square. Courtesy of Rita Maria Salpietro.

Opening Reception of Mark Dagley: Recent Paintings at Hamilton Square. Courtesy of Rita Maria Salpietro.

Opening Reception of Mark Dagley: Recent Paintings at Hamilton Square. Courtesy of Rita Maria Salpietro.

Opening Reception of Mark Dagley: Recent Paintings at Hamilton Square. Courtesy of Rita Maria Salpietro.

Opening Reception of Mark Dagley: Recent Paintings at Hamilton Square. Courtesy of Rita Maria Salpietro.

Opening Reception of Mark Dagley: Recent Paintings at Hamilton Square. Courtesy of Rita Maria Salpietro.

Opening Reception of Mark Dagley: Recent Paintings at Hamilton Square. Courtesy of Rita Maria Salpietro.

Opening Reception of Mark Dagley: Recent Paintings at Hamilton Square. Courtesy of Rita Maria Salpietro.

Opening Reception of Mark Dagley: Recent Paintings at Hamilton Square. Courtesy of Rita Maria Salpietro.

Opening Reception of Mark Dagley: Recent Paintings at Hamilton Square. Courtesy of Rita Maria Salpietro.

Opening Reception of Mark Dagley: Recent Paintings at Hamilton Square. Courtesy of Rita Maria Salpietro.

Opening Reception of Mark Dagley: Recent Paintings at Hamilton Square. Courtesy of Rita Maria Salpietro.

Opening Reception of Mark Dagley: Recent Paintings at Hamilton Square. Courtesy of Rita Maria Salpietro.

Opening Reception of Mark Dagley: Recent Paintings at Hamilton Square. Courtesy of Rita Maria Salpietro.

Opening Reception of Mark Dagley: Recent Paintings at Hamilton Square. Courtesy of Rita Maria Salpietro.

Opening Reception of Mark Dagley: Recent Paintings at Hamilton Square.

Opening Reception of Mark Dagley: Recent Paintings at Hamilton Square.

Opening Reception of Mark Dagley: Recent Paintings at Hamilton Square. Courtesy of Rita Maria Salpietro.

Opening Reception of Kati Vilim: Extempore Refrain at Hamilton Square. Courtesy of Rita Maria Salpietro.

Opening Reception of Kati Vilim: Extempore Refrain at Hamilton Square. Courtesy of Rita Maria Salpietro.

Opening Reception of Kati Vilim: Extempore Refrain at Hamilton Square. Courtesy of Rita Maria Salpietro.

Opening Reception of Kati Vilim: Extempore Refrain at Hamilton Square. Courtesy of Rita Maria Salpietro.

Opening Reception of Kati Vilim: Extempore Refrain at Hamilton Square. Courtesy of Rita Maria Salpietro.

Opening Reception of Kati Vilim: Extempore Refrain at Hamilton Square. Courtesy of Rita Maria Salpietro.

Opening Reception of Kati Vilim: Extempore Refrain at Hamilton Square. Courtesy of Rita Maria Salpietro.

Opening Reception of Kati Vilim: Extempore Refrain at Hamilton Square. Courtesy of Rita Maria Salpietro.

Opening Reception of Kati Vilim: Extempore Refrain at Hamilton Square. Courtesy of Rita Maria Salpietro.

Opening Reception of Kati Vilim: Extempore Refrain at Hamilton Square.

Opening Reception of Kati Vilim: Extempore Refrain at Hamilton Square.

Opening Reception of Kati Vilim: Extempore Refrain at Hamilton Square.

Opening Reception of Kati Vilim: Extempore Refrain at Hamilton Square.

Sneak Peek of Kati Vilim’s New Installation at Hamilton Square

Opening Reception is tomorrow, September 6, from 7:00—9:00pm. Madame Claude will provide wine and light fare.

Kati Vilim, Extempore Refrain, 2013, digital animation (color and sound), 15-minute continuous loop.

Kati Vilim, Extempore Refrain, 2013, digital animation (color and sound), 15-minute continuous loop.

Map from Grove St PATH Station to Hamilton Square.