"A PIECE APART"Aidan Savoy Gallery
Curated by Jordin Isip
(Press Release)
With a percentage of the proceeds going to benefit Free Rural Eye Clinic in the Philippines
Including works by: Lindsey Adelman, Lara Agulto, Jordan Awan, Melinda Beck, Gregory Benton, Jud Bergeron, Calef Brown, William Buzzell, Marco Cibola, Alika Cooper, Louie Cordero, Dalek, Edward del Rosario, Rachel Domm, Joel Dugan, Carl Dunn, Steve Ellis, Kiersten Essenpreis, Evah Fan, AJ Fosik, James Franklin, Sam Friedman, James Gallagher, Bonnie Gloris, Nicole Grazioso, Doze Green, Matt Haber, Joseph Hart, Maya Hayuk, Caroline Hwang, Jordin Isip, Minako Iwamura, Rich Jacobs, Frances Jetter, Aya Kakeda, Nina Katan, Misaki Kawai, Andy Kehoe, Hiroshi Kimura, James Kirkpatrick, Zohar Lazar, Liz Lee, Rob Leecock, Matt Leines, Jodi Levine, Alex Lukas, Sara Antoinette Martin, Eddie Martinez, Taylor McKimens, Tara McPherson, Gregory Nemec, Laura Normandin, Chang Park, Jason Porter, Jeff Quinn, Jonathon Rosen, Stanley Ruiz, Kim Schifino, Anna Sea, Christine Shields, Simone Shubuck, Ryan Jacob Smith, Shino Soma, Rodger Stevens, Sto, Thundercut, Anusha Vaswani, Ryan Wallace, Jessica Ward, Jonathan Weiner, Dave White, Eric White, Courtney Wotherspoon, and a site-specific window installation by William and Joseph Buzzell. November 15 - December 9, 2006 Reception: Wednesday, November 15th, 7-10pm
Jordin Isip has invited over 70 artists to participate in a group exhibition at Aidan Savoy Gallery. Providing each artist with two 5” x 5” wood panels, they were assigned the task of creating an image of one eye on each. These eyes will all hang on one wall of the gallery and ‘view’ the original works submitted by the same artists on the opposing wall. A Piece Apart creates a world of dialogue between the acts of exhibiting and viewing art.
A percentage of the proceeds from the sales of the ‘eye’ panels are going directly to FREC (Free Rural Eye Clinic), an organization run by Jordin’s uncle Dr. Guillermo de Venecia, an ophthalmologist who provides free eye surgery to blind and indigent people of the Philippines. With this humanitarian effort, Jordin has created the unique opportunity for visual artists to make works of art that will help to give people their vision back.
Jordin Isip received his BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and is an established, awarded and respected artist, illustrator and teacher. He currently resides in Brooklyn, NY and teaches at Parsons School of Design and Pratt Institute.
