Jared Friedman

Bio

Jared Friedman was born in New York City in 1988. Friedman finds tenderness in an illogical machinemade world through closely observed paintings of inanimate objects rendered on canvas, AstroTurf, and rug. His practice confronts the ambiguity between admiration and apathy in overlooked spaces, such as the vent beneath a subway seat or the underbelly of a defunct refrigerator. By animating the inanimate he questions our understanding of sentimentality. Friedman received his BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2010. He recently received his MFA in Studio Art at Hunter College in 2023. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.

jaredpfriedman.com thejaredfriedman@gmail.com

Withdrawal (Automated Teller Machine 1)

Acrylic and colored gesso on AstroTurf

21 x 21 in.

$2600

Jen Blaine

Bio

Jennifer Blaine is an interdisciplinary artist currently based in New York City. She is an MFA candidate at Hunter College with expected graduation in December 2024. She completed the Drawing Intensive at the Royal Drawing School in London, England, and received a BA in Studio Art and BA in Computing in the Arts from the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina. She is the founder of Beforehand Publishing, a DIY publishing press specialising in limited run artist books and prints.

@jenniferleighblaine jenleighblaine@gmail.com

Aestas

Graphite and acrylic on muslin, ceramic tile, and wood

19.5 x 15.25 x 2 in.

Joe Tokumasu Field

Bio

Joseph Tokumasu Field was born in Manhasset, New York and studied art history with Dr. Lewis Kachur at Kean and earned a Masters from Richmond in London. He has worked in New York City as museum educator for over a decade currently teaching at The Noguchi Museum and Barnes Foundation.

Drawing from his archive of music ephemera, Field presents the iconic Rising boombox as an instrument, a tool of war and an essential element of the culture to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of hip hop and coincide with this exhibition. A special audio mix can be accessed from the QR code on the front of the work.

The Zero Hour, 2023

Silver “20-20” Rising boombox

Manufactured in Japan, c. 1984

16 x 24 x 7 in.

Space Travel Serial, 2023

Audio

Jonathan Glass

Bio

Jonathan Glass is a fine artist/illustrator who specializes in drawing live concert sketches in real time. Since college, Jonathan has had the ambition to create drawings that span a good portion of musical history. Through his experiences, Jonathan has expanded his sense of community among many greats, many of whom are friends. At first Jonathan used to go backstage to get autographs and learn about each musicians’ background. His love for jazz expanded as did Jonathan’s album collection. Jonathan prides himself for seeking the acquired tastes in music as well as the popular choices in all genres. While his style evolved with time, Jonathan is always considering pictorial language of musical bodies in movement. This movement is both rhythmic and informed by the music Jonathan listens to. His schooling had achieved the same fluidity whether drawing old folks in nursing homes in Buffalo, or dancers in practice at the Martha Graham Dance School.