“I begin by thinking… Looking into an artist’s studio is a bit like looking into an artist’s brain — Artists Alliance Inc. and The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center and present the 24th edition of The Clemente Open Studios from January 28 through January 31, 2021. Despite unprecedented individual and institutional challenges, which …
Omnibus
2 short digital films from 2020-1
The headlines tell us we are living through a historic time, but this seems a promise—a consolation prize of sorts—as from moment to moment I feel lost in time. It is as if time has ceased to move forward at all. The historical event promised to us comes from imagining ourselves on the other side …
Art Break at the Getty
I am going to give a short talk and share with you two works of my own making and we will all look together at a third work, a Dutch Drawing, that is in the Getty’s collection. First Slide Please – Slide 1 – Mirror 1 This first image is an oil painting I made …
Virtual Visit – Attending to Particulars at Tibor de Nagy
Like so many other shows that opened in March – my show at Tibor had a short run as it was shuttered early on as New York entered the ‘pause’. Below is a short video and the press release — Attending to Particulars Virtual Walkthrough – Tibor de Nagy Gallery, Spring 2020 from J Mazza …
The Green’s Out.
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye at the Huntington GREEN The pointed fingers of glass hang downwards. The light slides down the glass, and drops a pool of green. All day long the ten fingers of the lustre drop green upon the marble. The feathers of parakeets–their harsh cries–sharp blades of palm trees–green, too; green needles glittering in the …
Distraction
The headlines tell us we are living through a historic time, but this seems a promise – a consolation prize of sorts – as from moment to moment I feel lost in time. It is as if time has ceased to move forward at all. The historical event promised to us comes from imagining ourselves …
“Disobedience is not careless” at the James Gallery
About the exhibition Join us for the exhibition reception of “Disobedience is Not Careless” by Jen Mazza in the James Gallery on Thursday, September 20, 2018, from 6-8pm with a special poetry reading by Jess Laser. What does painting specifically do? Painting has been a mode of public expression throughout many systems of culture and …
Two upcoming exhibitions in February and March
Shows opening at Tibor de Nagy, February 26th and at the Knockdown Center March 4th