ON VIEW: July 11 - August 16, 2020
Meet the Artists: Sunday, July 12
Jennifer Mannebach's work addresses remnants, boundaries and transition. She has exhibited at the Hyde Park Art Center, Flatfile Gallery and others, nationally and internationally. In 2006 she was a visiting artist at The American Academy in Rome. Mannebach received her MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she subsequently taught for 6 years. She is currently an art facilitator at Little City Foundation and an Artist/Researcher with CAPE. Awards include: Illinois Arts Council Fellowship, CAAP grants, IAC grants, and the Governor's International Arts Exchange Grant. Recent exhibits include STRIKE/SLIP at the Freeark Gallery in Riverside, IL (curator), One or the Other Must Be Blurred at the Jack Olson Gallery at NIU, and participation in the Terrain Biennial as a super host and exhibiting artist. Upcoming events include a residency with PLAYA and an exhibit at Governor's State University.
Read about Jennifer in her interview for the EAC 2020 Spring Edition of Concentrics.
ARTIST STATEMENT
My work focuses on the borders and edges of where things collect, and the relationships between what happens on either side of these demarcations. I've been fascinated by the advent of genetic engineering technologies like CRISPR Cas9 as a cogent parallel to the longstanding themes in my work that examines fragments and boundaries conceptually and physically. I often conflate the architecture of the interior body and the broader views of world maps and constructed barriers, incorporating the vibrant hues and intense chroma of the colored gels used in microscopic visualization. Replacing even a snippet of information to redirect a protein creates a chain of events; likewise, the removal of a community, however small, reverberates into future generations, as does changing the location or character of a boundary between countries or even neighborhoods. Most recent work speaks to aspects of touch and connection, questioning the nature of boundaries and relationships between material identities. Materials find a home with each other, but always with a looming tectonic shift. Lately I'm thinking about how a sense of rupture and disorientation can be an opportunity to be more carefully attentive.
Virtual Artist Talk:
GALLERY HOURS & VISITOR INFORMATION FOR COVID-19 GUIDELINES
This exhibition will be held in the Second Floor Atrium Gallery of the Evanston Art Center (EAC). When arriving at the EAC during our Gallery Hours, please wait outside and call us at (847) 475-5300 for entry. All visitors are required to wear masks and take their temperature upon entry using provided gloves, and share results with an EAC staff member. Please adhere to 6' social distancing requirements when in the gallery space.
Gallery Hours
Monday - Friday: 1 pm - 6 pm
Saturday: 10 am - 4 pm
Sunday: 12 pm - 4 pm
HOW TO PURCHASE ARTWORK
If you are interested in purchasing artwork on display, please contact Cara Feeney, Director of Exhibitions, at [email protected] or (847) 475-5300 x 107.
Above Images: Most Inclined (detail), 2020; You Never Held It at the Right Angle (detail), 2020