and Lowery Stokes Sim, Curator
Emerita of the Museum of Art and
Design. The startling range and
depth of the work on display includes,
among other disciplines,
figurative art, abstraction, film,
performance, and photography
from some of the most talented
artists in New Jersey.
The unique combination of toxins
and nutrients in the Garden State’s
rich cultural soil is represented
in the edgy, delicate and exotic
blooms produced by this crop
of artists from all over the state.
They include Fairlawn’s young Eitan
Barokas who’s bright, colorful
canvases explode with ideas and
Marina Carreiras, a Newark native
who explores her Portuguese
heritage in her edgy, multimedia
work. Pat Brentano of Westfield is
an environmental activist whose
installation, Endangered Native
Habitat was exhibited at the Morris
Museum in 2014. Photographer
Michael Endy documents
“Blue Smoke” by Jane Biron
the state’s unlikely treasures while
Chung-Fan Chang of Sewell illuminates
displacement and her Chinese/Taiwanese
history. These are
just a few of the exceptional artists
represented and you can sample
all of the artists on Instagram: @
morrismuseum. The entire Dissonance
Catalog can be viewed on
the Morris Museum website.
In his introduction to the exhibition
for the museum’s catalog, Executive
Director, Cleveland Johnson
writes: “If you believe, as I do,
that artists are often on the cutting
edge of history, anticipating
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