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Layers
OCCCA, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art
is pleased to present the exhibition LAYERS,
Curated by Andrea Moni
Now
ABOUT
Jenny Yurshansky
“My practice is deeply informed by being a refugee who was born stateless. Through a community oriented approach to research, I explore the trauma of displacement and interrogate notions of belonging and otherness within the frames of landscape, historical documents, and social constructs.
Formally, this manifests as absence, loss, or erasure. My long-term projects are intertwined narratives that utilize various materials such as cast, slumped, and found glass, charred steel, MDF manipulated to simulate antique display cases, embroidered textiles, hand-cut paper silhouettes of plants, laser etched granite, photographic installations, and writing. Developing these pieces requires intensive investigation through interviews and site visits to share the nuances of the stories of generations of migrants. My exhibitions revolve around public engagements and workshops offering the public opportunities to share, discuss, and exchange. I am a decentered facilitator who fosters connections between participants through somatic, visual, and written storytelling. These gatherings allow us to get to know one another in a way that allows us to be humans with nuance and specificity and to see one another through our stories, discovering the links between personal histories, the arc of socio-political events, and their impacts on our lives.”
Website: http://www.jennyyurshansky.com/
DATE
June 3 - June 24, 2023 Gallery hours: Fridays to Sundays, noon to 5 p.m.
Opening Reception: Saturday June 3 from 6:00-10:00 pm
LOCATION
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Jon Ng: “Fighter Series”
“The Figure has always been a subject that engages our senses, our mind, and our spirit. I am interested in the gesture and pose of a figure, as a means of exploring its character. In the 'Fighter' paintings, I examine possible traits while visualizing their potential form. Then develop cues that might suggest a motivation, or an emotion, behind the action. In the painting process, I typically transfer my drawing to the canvas over a color ground. I like to use a medium value red with a warm temperature. Over the drawn image on the canvas I will delineate edges with a thinned out raw umber. After confirming my composition, I will continue using the raw umber to block out shapes and begin to establish my value ranges. Next, I will use white to establish the higher end of the value range. From this point I will proceed to glaze in my colors.
Website: https://www.jonng.net/
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PAST EXIBITIONS
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art
117 N. Sycamore St., Santa Ana, CA 92701 www.occca.org
Begun by artists in 1980 with exhibitions free to the public, OCCCA, the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, is an all-volunteer, artist-run 501(c)3 non-profit gallery located in the heart of Santa Ana Artists Village. Contact info.occca@gmail.com for further information.