Ruth Hamill, On the Grid, Off the Grid, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ, In the Dark Sunshine, Diptych, Mixed Media
“On the Grid, Off the Grid” in the Terrarium Gallery
The grid has been used throughout art history as a tool for creating accurate and proportional drawings. Artists to this day have continued using the grid as an important element to create balance and symmetry, as well as imbalance and asymmetry, in their work. The concept of being On or Off the Grid may also relate to our current society which relies on our interconnected and ever-widening systems of communication. Works for this show may engage a literal system of the grid or a distortion or deconstruction of the grid, and may also make reference to the cyber-connected universe we live in or to a departure from it.
On the Grid, Off the Grid Artists:
Adam Murray, Andrew Chalfen, Ann Antoshak, Anne Trauben, Ariana Padovano, Barbara Smith Gioia, Brad Terhune, Catherine Orrok, Christine Janove, Christine Wilkinson, Cynthia Egle-Grant, Dale Emmart, David Larson, Don Fortenberry, Donald Morgan, Erin Juliana, Eugenio Espinosa, Eva Weiss, Fain Hancock, Felicia van Bork, Francine Demeulenaere, Frankie Mainieri, Gabriel Feld, Hal Goetzinger, Henry Brown, James Pustorino, James M Kozlik, Jaq Chartier, Jenifer Kobylarz, Jennifer Krause Chapeau, Jenny Krumpus, Jim Goss, J.T. Donovan, John Patterson, Jonathan Fabricant, Judy Zehentner, Julianna Dail, Karen Abada, Kit Callahan, Laura Cantor, Laurie Newman, Linda Streicher, Lori Ortiz, Maggie Hinders, Maria Teresa Gil Lucientes, Mary Cara Bates, Michael Filan, Michael Hines, Nickie Gunning, Nicole Lenzi, Pam Cooper, Rachel Kirk, Raisa Nosova, Roseanne Swider, Ruth Hamill, Ry McCullough, Sharon Pofelis, Sean Burns, Sean Gillis, Serena Buschi, Sharon Ligorner, Shawn Edrington, Sophie LaBell, Steve Gavenas, Susan Tompkins, Tim Merrick, Tom Burtonwood, Tracy Finn, Valerio Murri, Virginia Schaffer Block
In keeping with our love of music, this show is dedicated to the Beastie Boys, an American hip-hop group formed in New York City in 1981, composed of teen-aged Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz, Adam “MCA” Yauch and Michael “Mike D” Diamond. We love the energy of their music and dedicate “On the Grid, Off the Grid” to them and their song “Off the Grid”, a catchy, atmospheric instrumental track off their 2007 album “The Mix-Up”, praised for its pop sensibilities. We recognize their place in music history as brilliant young white guys whose loud and spirited music influenced the course of hip-hop at this early time in its history, both here in the US and around the world.