{"id":850,"date":"2009-04-08T13:08:40","date_gmt":"2009-04-08T18:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2009\/04\/08\/shout-out-to-jersey\/"},"modified":"2009-04-08T16:28:32","modified_gmt":"2009-04-08T21:28:32","slug":"shout-out-to-jersey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2009\/04\/08\/shout-out-to-jersey\/","title":{"rendered":"~SHOUT OUT TO JERSEY !!"},"content":{"rendered":"

. . . surprise, surprise, NOT !!
\nthere are a lot of local artists in – JERSEY CITY !!!<\/p>\n

a few of them are exhibiting their work in the windows of that big ‘hi-rise’ residential building, called GROVE POINTE – at the corner of MARIN & GROVE Streets in downtown Jersey City.
\nthe exhibit is called: ‘Art @ Grove Pointe’, and is curated by ERIC SOPHIE.<\/p>\n

\"jersey
\nDIANE FLEMING, ERIC SOPHIE, and BOJANA COKLYAT – outside GROVE POINTE.
\nERIC SOPHIE, aka LEGOMASTER, curates the project, which is centered on local Jersey City artists.<\/p>\n

\"Jersey
\nclose-up !!
\nDIANE FLEMING, ERIC SOPHIE, and BOJANA COKLYAT !!<\/p>\n

\"jersey
\na figure built entirely of legos, by ERIC SOPHIE aka LEGOMASTER.<\/p>\n

\"jersey
\n . . . a kind of futuristic ‘headquarters’ !!
\n‘Mech Bay 12’ – by ERIC SOPHIE – aka LEGOMASTER.
\n(note: the photos were taken at night, and through glass windows – so there is a lot of ambient reflections.)<\/p>\n

\"legomaster
\nso, luckily some of the artists were able to send us some ‘studio’ jpegs !!
\n‘Mech Bay 12’ – ERIC SOPHIE. installed in the Grove Pointe window.
\nPHOTO COURTESY: ERIC SOPHIE<\/p>\n

\"legomaster
\n‘Mech Bay 12’ – ERIC SOPHIE.
\nPHOTO COURTESY: ERIC SOPHIE<\/p>\n

\"legomaster
\n‘Mech Bay 13’ – by ERIC SOPHIE.
\nPHOTO COURTESY: ERIC SOPHIE<\/p>\n

\"legomaster<\/a>
\nyou can check out more of ERIC SOPHIE’s lego work on his: LEGOMASTER\/myspace page !!<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Legomaster
\npainted, more likely stained !! – wood carving by PETER ROSZKOWIAK
\nPHOTO COURTESY: THE ARTIST<\/p>\n

\"jersey
\nDOMINIQUE MANGUAL – ACRYLIC ON CANVAS<\/p>\n

\"Jersey
\nDIANE FLEMING – beside her ‘window’.<\/p>\n

\"Jersey
\nACRYLIC ON CANVAS – DIANE LOMBARDI FLEMING<\/p>\n

\"Jersey
\nACRYLIC ON CANVAS – DIANE LOMBARDI FLEMING<\/p>\n

\"Jersey
\nDiane’s painting in the Grove Pointe window,
\nDIANE LOMBARDI FLEMING – ACRYLIC ON CANVAS.<\/p>\n

\"legomaster
\nDIANE LOMBARDI FLEMING – STUDIO JPEG – ACRYLIC ON CANVAS.
\nPHOTO COURTESY: THE ARTIST<\/p>\n

\"Jersey
\ngoing to look at RULER’S work …. who, I believe is also a tattoo artist.<\/p>\n

\"ruler
\nLARGE AIRBRUSH PAINTING\/MURAL – BY RULER – at GROVE POINTE.<\/p>\n

\"jersey
\ndetail, RULER.<\/p>\n

\"Jersey
\ndetail, RULER.<\/p>\n

\"Jersey
\ndetail, RULER – ART @ GROVE POINTE.<\/p>\n

\"Jersey
\nBOJANA COKLYAT – ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, GROVE POINTE WINDOW.<\/p>\n

\"jersey
\nBOJANA COKLYAT<\/p>\n

\"Bojana\"
\nBOJANA COKLYAT – STUDIO JPEG – ACRYLIC ON CANVAS.
\nPHOTO COURTESY: THE ARTIST<\/p>\n

\"Jersey
\nELAINE JAMES – OIL ON CANVAS.<\/p>\n

\"jersey
\nELAINE JAMES – OIL ON CANVAS.<\/p>\n

\"jersey
\nwe catch ERIC SOPHIE – the show’s curator – at work !!<\/p>\n

\"jersey
\nand, take the opportunity, to slip behind the window curtain – and get some pix of his detailed ‘lego’ work,
\nfrom the inside !!
\nLEGO FIGURE – by ERIC SOPHIE aka LEGOMASTER.<\/p>\n

\"lego
\nARTWORK – by ERIC SOPHIE aka LEGOMASTER.<\/p>\n

\"jersey
\ndetail, LEGO ARTWORK – by ERIC SOPHIE.<\/p>\n

\"jersey
\nLEGO figure from the back – ERIC SOPHIE aka LEGOMASTER.<\/p>\n

\"legomaster
\nthe exhibit windows at GROVE POINTE, JERSEY CITY – corner of Marin & Grove St.
\nPHOTO COURTESY: ERIC SOPHIE<\/p>\n

\"legomaster
\nthe ‘ART @ GROVE POINTE’ – POSTER.<\/p>\n

\"jersey
\non the same night – a small exhibit, also of local Jersey City artists – was opening
\nat the downtown JERSEY CITY HALL. DIANE FLEMING, here with her camera !! was our guide.<\/p>\n

\"jersey
\nBOJANA COKLYAT also had work in this show.
\nBOJANA with one of her paintings – in the show, which was called: ‘WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH GROUP EXHIBITION’. JERSEY CITY HALL, NEW JERSEY. The exhibit was organized by BRIAN LOUGHLIN, and ran MARCH 4-31, 2009.<\/p>\n

\"jersey
\npainting – by BONNIE GLORIS – ‘WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH’ EXHIBIT. JERSEY CITY HALL.<\/p>\n

\"jersey
\nalso – by BONNIE GLORIS.<\/p>\n

\"Jersey
\nPAINTING – by GERALD GLOVER – ‘WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH’, JERSEY CITY HALL.<\/p>\n

\"jersey
\npainting – by CHEESE. PORTRAIT OF JOAN MOORE.
\n‘WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH GROUP EXHIBITION’ .ORGANIZED BY BRIAN LOUGHLIN. JERSEY CITY HALL.
\nNEW JERSEY.<\/p>\n

ALL PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH – UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
\nJERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY. MARCH 11, 2009<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

. . . surprise, surprise, NOT !! there are a lot of local artists in – JERSEY CITY !!! a few of them are exhibiting their work in the windows of that big ‘hi-rise’ residential building, called GROVE POINTE – at the corner of MARIN & GROVE Streets in downtown Jersey City. the exhibit is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}