Solo(s) Project House

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It has been a while, Tumblr, but Solo(s) Project House has been up to great things!

This summer, Solo(s) Project House closed down it’s gallery, split it in half and handed it over to two artists for our second annual summer residency project. The two selected artists, Darren Mcmanus and Will Suarez, were GIVEN the space as a studio and worked throughout the months of July and August.

Their two solo projects opened to the public this past Friday, during our September 14th reception. The exhibition is live from September 14 through October 15th, and also will be featured during the Newark Open Doors Tour, October 5th-7th. In addition to a beautiful show, the exhibition features 3D art and a sling shot shooting range, so don't miss a chance to stop by 972 Broad Street, Newark! For more information on the two exhibitions, please visit: http://solosprojecthouse.com/2012-summer-residency/ 

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RW: Amiens, Darren Francis Mcmanus, 2010

from the exhibition Cosmosis

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Great news from Solo(s) Project House's friend, previous studio resident, and artist Daniel Parick Helmstetter. This week, Helmstetter stopped by with a copy of "Stop, Think, Go, Do : How Typography and Graphic Design Influence Behavior" by Steven Heller and Mirko Ilic, featuring his SPH 2010 lobby installation. Pick up a copy up and check out pg. 192!

http://www.qbookshop.com/products/195051/9781592537662/Stop-Think-Go-Do.html

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You Write It In Your Hands Digital Print & Plexiglass

Don’t pass up a chance to stop in to Solo(s) Project House’s brand new exhibition! Solo(s) Project House Presents: DER FEHLER: YOU WRITE IT IN YOUR HANDS May 25, 2012 - July 1, 2012

See more photos of the installation: http://solosprojecthouse.com/current-project/der-fehler-you-write-it-in-your-hands/

Visit Solo(s) Project House on the web! Keep up to date with upcoming events: http://solosprojecthouse.com/

Solo(s) Project House 972 Broad St. Newark, New Jersey image credit: John Masi

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Don’t pass up a chance to stop in to Solo(s) Project House’s brand new exhibition! Solo(s) Project House Presents: DER FEHLER: YOU WRITE IT IN YOUR HANDS May 25, 2012 - July 1, 2012

About DER FEHLER: YOU WRITE IT IN YOUR HANDS: Der Fehler (The Mistake) is a pseudonymous created in 2001 by a collective, a German duo graduated from Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. This entity was publicly assumed in 2005. Over time it evolved into an ongoing project that maintained continuity of the artistic identity, consistent with the original concept, despite occasional changes in team membership.

The collective sees Der Fehler as a “shrewd, a rebellious, amusing and ageless character”, focusing on political and social questions, with a critical and ironical approach.

Der Fehler’s work is known by its large-scale canvas prints and installations – often of a pamphleteer nature – exploring political iconography, producing illustration and graphic imagery. Most of his work is created and produced, exclusively, through the use of digital processes.

See more photos of the installation: http://solosprojecthouse.com/current-project/der-fehler-you-write-it-in-your-hands/

Visit Solo(s) Project House on the web! Keep up to date with upcoming events: http://solosprojecthouse.com/

Solo(s) Project House 972 Broad St. Newark, New Jersey image credit: John Masi

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Don't pass up a chance to stop in to Solo(s) Project House's brand new exhibition! Solo(s) Project House Presents: DER FEHLER: YOU WRITE IT IN YOUR HANDS May 25, 2012 - July 1, 2012

See more photos of the installation: http://solosprojecthouse.com/current-project/der-fehler-you-write-it-in-your-hands/

Visit Solo(s) Project House on the web! Keep up to date with upcoming events: http://solosprojecthouse.com/

Solo(s) Project House 972 Broad St. Newark, New Jersey image credit: John Masi

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Come see the current lobby installation at Solo(s) Project House!

Solo(s) Project House Presents: DAVID D. OQUENDO: DECIDE WHAT TO BE & GO BE IT May 25, 2012 – November 25, 2012

See more photos of the installation: http://solosprojecthouse.com/current-project/lobby-installation-david-oquendo/

Learn more about David D. Oquendo: http://davidoquendo.com/home.html

Visit Solo(s) Project House on the web! Take a moment to enjoy great art and browse through our archives and current exhibition pages. http://solosprojecthouse.com/

Solo(s) Project House 972 Broad St. Newark, New Jersey image credit: John Masi

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Come see the current lobby installation at Solo(s) Project House!

Solo(s) Project House Presents: DAVID D. OQUENDO: DECIDE WHAT TO BE & GO BE IT May 25, 2012 – November 25, 2012

See more photos of the installation: http://solosprojecthouse.com/current-project/lobby-installation-david-oquendo/

Learn more about David D. Oquendo: http://davidoquendo.com/home.html

Visit Solo(s) Project House on the web! Take a moment to enjoy great art and browse through our archives and current exhibition pages. http://solosprojecthouse.com/

Solo(s) Project House 972 Broad St. Newark, New Jersey image credit: John Masi

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Check out photos of THE BLUE WALL art opening from Solo(s) Project House’s friends at Art Kitchen.

THE BLUE WALL: Photographs by JOHN S. MASI & Artist - Made Goods provided by KEDAR STUDIO OF ART (www.kedarstudio.com) Art Kitchen Cafe/Gallery 61 Halsey St. Newark NJ 07102

(http://www.facebook.com/art.kitchen1#!/art.kitchen1)

image credit: John Masi

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Check out photos of THE BLUE WALL art opening from Solo(s) Project House's friends at Art Kitchen.

THE BLUE WALL: Photographs by JOHN S. MASI & Artist - Made Goods provided by KEDAR STUDIO OF ART (www.kedarstudio.com)

Art Kitchen Cafe/Gallery 61 Halsey St. Newark NJ 07102

(http://www.facebook.com/art.kitchen1#!/art.kitchen1)

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DAVID OQUENDO: 
DECIDE WHAT TO BE & GO BE IT

Take a look at Solo(s) Project House's upcoming Lobby Installation!

Solo(s) Project House presents: DAVID OQUENDO: 
DECIDE WHAT TO BE & GO BE IT May 25, 2012 – November 25, 2012

Opening reception: Friday, May 25, 2012 7-11pm

David D. Oquendo is a painter influenced by holy iconography and pop culture imagery. Using such, he creates a quasi-spiritual universe and attempts to confront human enchantment and doubt of perfection with the transcendence of communicating with a “higher power”.

Oquendo admits awareness of the human allure of finding self-improvement and reaching an overall higher plane. The notions of becoming your superior self, often imposed by non-secular groups, fascinate him, but also render him skeptical. Through collecting and reconstructing online images such as Cross Monkey, Mushroom, and Monk Puppy, he depicts human and nonhuman characters both meant to be part of the mythological and spiritual concepts of an imaginary world.

Driven by the vehicle of his symbolic language which he dubs the “Trickster”, Oquendo’s art possesses a type of deity that undermines grand institutional schemes that claim to have the answers to all moral and spiritual questions. Large in scale paintings of anthropomorphic figures on interior and exterior walls aim to create comprehensible compositions which challenge these popular notions of self-idealism. Essentially, at the core of his art practice, Oquendo’s symbolic language allows him to express his conflicted feelings toward the notions of transforming to an overall better human being without “drinking the kool-aid”

Oquendo hails from New Jersey and is currently a graduate student at Montclair University where he is acquiring his MFA in painting. Oquendo completed his undergrad degree at Rutgers State University with a BFA in painting and a minor in Art History. Since 2007 his work has been exhibited in the tri-state area and London. Oquendo is the recipient of the 2009 Rutger’s State University Creative Achievement in Art award.

http://davidoquendo.com/home.html

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Come see the current lobby installation at Solo(s) Project House!

Solo(s) Project House presents: HANNAH CRAFT: THE CHILD LOOKS UP AND… October 21, 2011 – May 12, 2012

See more photos from the installation: http://solosprojecthouse.com/current-project/lobby-installation-hannah-craft/

Learn more about Hannah Craft: http://hannahcraft.com/home.html

Photo by Kaitlyn McCabe

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Come see the current lobby installation at Solo(s) Project House!

Solo(s) Project House presents: HANNAH CRAFT: THE CHILD LOOKS UP AND… October 21, 2011 – May 12, 2012

See more photos from the installation: http://solosprojecthouse.com/current-project/lobby-installation-hannah-craft/

Learn more about Hannah Craft: http://hannahcraft.com/home.html

Photo by Kaitlyn McCabe

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Solo(s) Project House presents: HANNAH CRAFT: THE CHILD LOOKS UP AND… October 21, 2011 – May 12, 2012

“I want the viewer to be present before my work, to “see” with eyes, nose, tongue and fingertips, or at least imagine what they might perceive.”

Craft’s work strives to play a more active role in the art/audience relationship, at times even literally growing before the viewer. The purpose is to offer a physical experience to those who view the work and force the viewer into the realization that perhaps they are not viewing the same piece seen yesterday.

Craft’s installation that will open October 21st is another attempt to simultaneously comprehend and complicate perceptions of time and memory. Utilizing natural and artificial materials and methodical processes, snippets of a fleeting and long ago conversation held while walking on pine needles are memorialized by a shimmering reproduction in the entrance of Newark’s Solo(s)Project House.

http://hannahcraft.com/home.html

Photos by Kaitlyn McCabe

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Solo(s) Project House Summer Residency Program Friday, June 24 at 6:00pm - September 1 at 6:00pm Artist in Residence: Aimee Hertog www.aimeehertog.com/ For more info: http://solosprojecthouse.com/current-project/ photo by Linda Chen

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Solo(s) Project House Summer Residency Program Friday, June 24 at 6:00pm - September 1 at 6:00pm Artist in Residence: Aimee Hertog www.aimeehertog.com/ For more info: http://solosprojecthouse.com/current-project/ photo by Linda Chen

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Solo(s) Project House Summer Residency Program Friday, June 24 at 6:00pm - September 1 at 6:00pm Artist in Residence: Daniel Brophy www.danielbrophy.com/ For more info: http://solosprojecthouse.com/current-project/ photo by Linda Chen