“UNEMERGED” OPENS AT THE NEW JERSEY ARTS INCUBATOR GALLERY

West Orange, New Jersey, January **, 2011 – “Unemerged,” an exhibition of paintings, sculpture and photography, will be the newest exhibit on display the New Jersey Arts Incubator Gallery starting January 22nd. Curated by Larry and Jane Dell, “Unemerged” presents the work of 8 artists whose artistic achievements are the result of a lifetime of observation and thought about artistic process, subject matter, the nature of creativity process and the role of the artist in contemporary culture. The artists exhibiting are: Pam Cooper, Robert Coto, Larry Dell, Jane Dell, Susan Lisbin, Robert Lobe, Carol Radsprecher, and Walter Zimmerman.

“Unemerged” will be on display from Saturday, January 22nd through Sunday, February 26th at the New Jersey Arts Incubator Gallery located at 495 Prospect Avenue, Essex Green on the Courtyard. Just ‘follow the art’ down the walkway to the AMC Cinema entrance and turn right at the beautiful mural. Opening reception will take place on January 22nd from 1pm- 4pm. The gallery is open Saturday and Sundays 1pm – 4pm and by appointment.

The exhibition includes paintings, sculpture, photography and mixed media. Pam Cooper’s sculptures, prints and works on handmade paper address her inner most emotions: fear, dread, insecurity and anxiety. Robert Coto’s process driven reductive paintings explore expressive potential of color and surface within a 20” x 20” format. Larry Dell’s central sculptural work is a response to a recent startling discovery about his birth. Jane Dell’s expressionist paintings and mixed media work are an elegy to the natural worlds losing battle against the forces of development and urbanization. Susan Lisbin’s spare paintings and sculpture are an affirmation of herself as a woman and as a valuable presence to others. Robert Lobe’s “urban still lifes” uncover the visual and rhythmic poetry of everyday surroundings. Carol Radsprecher’s thought-provoking Photoshop drawings/prints refer to the human body, specifically the female body, in both subtle and brazen ways. And Walter Zimmerman’s sculpture uses inorganic materials to create and literally capture visceral animal like forms that come alive and inhabit the space between the natural and the manmade.

The Incubator Gallery presents a year-round schedule of changing exhibitions devoted to contemporary arts. The mission of the Incubator Gallery is to curate and present the work of emerging and established artists with a commitment to providing exhibition programming with depth and relevance to multiple disciplinary perspectives and a diverse community audience.  In particular, the gallery strives to provide an environment dedicated to inspiration and culture enrichment.

The New Jersey Arts Incubator’s mission is the economic development of artists and arts organizations through technical assistance, employment, marketing, programming, performance, and education in an effort to support, sustain, and promote viable arts agencies to act as economic drivers in communities across the State of New Jersey.

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“Buttons” by Larry Dell. Foam rubber, acrylic paint, wire and buttons.