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2 Major Openings Tonight!

Tonight, Friday, February 15th marks my professional curatorial debut with the opening of Copy.right? The Art of Appropriation at 33 Contemporary Gallery in Chicago.

It is also the opening of Motion to Stillness, a small invitational group show that includes two of my pieces (Incubator and Augamy) at Zhou B. Art Gallery.

Coincidentally, both shows are in the same building. So come out and see both shows!

Minneapolis Photo Center Exhibition

Untitled (with Deer Skulls) will be on display at the MinneapolisPhoto Center in the exhibition, The Human Condition: A Survey of Humanity. The show opens Saturday November 10th 2012 and is on exhibit November 10th, 2012 through January 4th, 2013.

The show is juried by Annie Griffiths-Belt, National Geographic Photographer and Founder and Executive Director of the Ripple Effects Foundation.

Untitled(with Deer Skulls) is part of a larger series of work, Surrealscapes which examines the degradation of woman through the use of dramatic narrative and surrealistic imagery offering a grim outtake on the paths women are faced to choose. For a comprehensive view of work in progress for this series, visit my website.

Exhibition Updates

This has been a busy week of preparing for several exhibitions: Flying House collaboration, Woman Made Gallery's exhibition, "Inspired By," Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts Exhibition, "Diversity," Art Space's "Synergy" exhibition in Vienna, Austria and Flow Art Space's exhibition, "Passages, Pathways and Portals" (information for all shows listed below.) Please plan to attend one or all! of the exhibitions.

As always, check out more of me here. 


Passages, Pathways and Portals
Flow Art Space
13th Avenue NE
Minneapolis MN
Exhibition Dates: Aug 8-25
Opening: Thursday, August 9

Inspired By
Woman Made Gallery
685 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, IL
Exhibition Dates: August 24 - September 27, 2012
Opening: Friday, August 24

Flying House 2012
Maes Gallery 
167 North Racine, Suite 1 
Chicago, IL
Opening: Saturday, August 25
 
Synergy
Art Space 191 
Vienna, Austria  
Opening: September 12 

Diversity
Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts  
New York 28  Blue Mountain Lake, NY
Exhibition Dates: August 31st - September 29th, 2012 

I love good news!

I've been working diligently on another project which is an extension of "Creatures" - images will be posted soon!

But I'd love to share some wonderful news...

I have been invited by photographer and professor, Paul Shranz to Dona Ana College in Las Cruces, NM to host a workshop. Dates and workshop description to follow - but I'll give you a hint - the workshop will be held in the spring and will involve instruction on theatrical narrative photographic work.

Also, I am happy to report that my work, Blasphemy Rules the World in White Dresses was blogged about by BAS-relief. (Read the entry, curtsey of http://brophyarts.blogspot.com/ below or visit the blog which includes wonderful write ups about local Chicago artists.)

Fear Not That Which Watches You

Blasphemy Rules the World in White Dresses Jennifer Moore
Photo courtesy of http://www.jmooreart.blogspot.com/

I am seeing the trend in photography selections, fear not, it will not last.  This artists however bears mention.  On my first adventure to the Zhou B Art Center I was overwhelmed by the abundane of art on display.  A bit chaotic, the gallery was filled with scultptures, paintings, photographs, and onlookers.

I entered the first exhibit, FACEMASK the 8th Annual National Self-Portrait exhibition, curated by Sergio Gomez.  I wasn't sure what I was walking into, but I was arrested by this digital print by Jennifer Moore, Blasphemy Rules the World in White Dresses.  The print is luminous, with an ethereal glow exuding from the white clad figure.  A soft focus on the edges brings the work into a beautiful dream-like state.  While many may find the piece haunting, the woman behind the skull, there is something very serene about the work in person.

I continued my stroll through the warehouse, walking into numerous spaces, but this work by Moore is one that has followed me into my work week beyond the gallery openings.

Moore is a local, Chicago digital artist, featured in numerous gallery exhibitions throughout Chicagoland.  To see more work by Moore visit her site and her blog.

Solo Show Closes

My solo show, Parts of the Whole at the Photo Four Gallery located inside South Suburban College closed today. The show included a mix of pieces from a few bodies of work from 2005 - present. See images below (excuse the camera phone pics! I forgot to bring my real camera to the closing!)

 

Flying House!

I am more than thrilled to say that I have been chosen to  participate in Flying House 2012,  an annual collaboration project that kicks off each Spring with the announcement of five artist-writer pairs.Once the pairs are chosen, the collaborative projects begin. When the work is completed, there is a show, a reading and last but not least, an anthology for all of our lovely sponsors, friends, family, and participants to enjoy. The books are on sale online through the Flying House website, at the show, and hopefully soon, at independent bookstores around Chicago. 

I have been paired with CD Mitchell, who has a long list of publications, including "This, too, is Vanity" and "Stud Fee." He also has a laundry-list of life-time experience ranging from defense attorney to professional boxer.


His Flying House Bio is listed below: 

CD Mitchell’s stories are at once realist, and insanely far-fetched. His submission, God’s Naked Will, centers around a southern preacher heading north in search of a solution to his problem (he’s a virgin and needs a woman––unknown to his parish––to remedy his virgin situation), and at the same time it’s a story of entrapment––by God, and by a sly prostitute named Delilah. CD turns the table of expectations in a Flannery O’Connor sort of way, which makes for nice surprises. 

CD has a large list of publications to his name, as well as Pushcart nominations. He holds an MFA with concentrations in fiction and creative nonfiction, and currently teaches at Middle Tennessee State University. As he puts it, “I was a boxer, attorney, carpenter, fry cook, daddy, and an ex-husband four times. But I have never been a best man.”



My Flying House Bio is listed below. Pretty cool.  And, as always, check me out here.


Jennifer Moore is currently a professor of photography at the Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago.
Her themes draw on personal experiences rooted in relationships, family, birth, death, sexuality, gender roles and religion. She explores the commonalities inherent in these themes through photography and digital art, hoping to better understand humanity, motherhood and womanhood. More often than not, she incorporates text directly into her work.

Jennifer earned both a Bachelor of Arts degree (2002) and a Master in Arts degree (2005) from Governors State University. Her award-winning photography has been shown in exhibitions all across Illinois, and very soon in the Regional Museum of Natural Science in Turin, Italy.

All Ready for Italy!

Matted, framed and packaged! All ready for the show in Tourin, Italy.

Unnatural Annihilation, 2012

You eat the earth without regret, without regard for her. You treat her as one would treat a cheating lover. Forget her beauty. Forget her graciousness. Forget her ability to give selflessly. Forget her.  Use her like she will be there forever. Use her like she means nothing. Use her like she is a whore. Use her. Abuse her. Consume her without regret. No need to reach for her. She submits. She takes your abuse. Sometimes it looks like she enjoys it. You assume she will always be there. You assume she’s yours alone. You assume she cannot fight back. You mistake her calm for weakness. But one day you will feel her wrath. You will feel how wrong you were. You will feel regret. You will feel shame. You will feel like the whore.

-Jennifer Moore

Original Sin

I'm working on a new series, Original Sin, A Necessary Evil. The subject matter is slightly grotesque: animal parts, but the theme is centered around Christian theological doctrine (of which I am not an expert, but am researching!)

A Necessary Evil

According to St. Thomas, evil is a privation of form or order or due measure. The existence of evil began when Adam and Eve ate from the Tree of Knowledge against God’s wishes. From that point forward, men were born with Original Sin. Christian theological doctrine states that Original Sin is humanity’s state of sin resulting from the fall of man when Adam and Eve ate that fateful fruit. 

Prior to Adam and Eve eating from the Tree of Knowledge, they knew no pain. They lived in a beautiful, lush garden, had plenty of food to eat and lived a pain-free life without death. So why did they choose to eat the fruit that God had forbidden them to? As God made us intelligent, inquisitive beings capable of thought, wasn’t it just a matter of time before Adam and Eve disobeyed Him?

Without evil, would we know that good existed? I am interested in exploring the idea of good and evil coexisting. I am interested in exploiting the contrast between good and evil through their coexistence. Without evil, perhaps good would cease to remain good. Perhaps evil is as necessary as good. 

-Jennifer Moore

Art, Energy, Future

I have the unique opportunity to show in Turin, Italy at the Regional Museum of Natural Science, May 24 - July 1, 2012

Consider checking out the video that our curator, Sergio Gomez has put together for this exhibit, Art, Energy, Future!

15th International Open @ Woman Made Gallery

I am delighted to say that I am one of the 31 artists chosen to show at Woman Made's 15th International Art Open. 


Linda Warren juryed entries for the "15th International Open" exhibition on display from March 2 to April 26, 2012 at Woman Made Gallery 685 North Milwakee Aveune, Chicago. After reviewing 750 artworks, she selected 33 pieces by 31 artists.

I am honored to show among so many talented artists...

Karen Appleton, Patti Bartelstein, Angelique Brickner, Cat Del Buono, Catherin Colaw, Renee Couture, Pat Dumas-Hudecki, Sebrina Fassbender, Alexandra Fritz, Amanda Greive, Amy Guidry, Zoe Hawk, Edith Hillinger, Ellen Holtzblatt, Aran Illingworth, Pamela Johnson, Kay Knight, Mie Kongo, Sioban Lombardi, Jennifer Moore, Anna Pamasa, Silvana LaCreta Ravena, Janet Roberts, Clare Rosean, Sausan Saulat, Carrie Schumacher, Soo Shin, Beverly Y. Smith, Allison Svoboda, Camille Swift, and Susan Smith Trees.

Exhibition Dates: March 2 to April 26, 2012
Opening Reception: March 2, 2012  6-9pm 

Copyright Jennifer Moore, 2011

Transcendental Parts of the Whole

You're dying. You're sinking slowly into an abyss. The abyss consumes you - eats you alive. You feel it creeping up your spine, but before you notice that it has become one with you - like a parasite - it feeds from your dying body. It suffocates you. You can't breath. The next thing you know, you're gone, poof - vanished clean off the face of the earth.