July 1 - July 15, 2020

A Two-Artist Exhibition

George Cochrane and jay moses

opening reception: july 1, 6-8pm

The two artists included in this exhibition use their own, idiosyncratic visual language to tell stories. Through digital collage, Moses superposes images and creates unexpected narratives. He playfully twists the message of advertisement billboards, magazine spreads, and instagram posts, resulting into works that reflect his keen and at times humorous sense of observation. Cochrane uses the more traditional media of the comic strip to tell personal stories - this time recounting a trip to FiveMyles on beautifully drawn, large paper sheets.

About the ArtistS

Jay Moses is a digital collage artist and a photographer currently based in Brooklyn, NY. His work can currently be seen on the large wood panels that cover SoHo boutiques, and on Instagram, @arvonworld. He is an MFA candidate at Cranbrook Academy of Art.

George Cochrane is an artist and Professor of Studio Art at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Born in 1971 at an American army hospital in Fürt, Germany, Cochrane grew up in Dublin, New Hampshire. His art training began at the Cambridge School in Weston, Massachusetts and continued at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York, where he received his B.A. He also earned an M.F.A. from Hunter College, City University of New York. His oil paintings, drawings, and prints have been exhibited at numerous venues, including Guild Hall, East Hampton, New York; Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey; Momenta Art, Brooklyn, New York; Repetti Gallery, Long Island City, New York; and Galerie Martin Kudlek, Cologne. His graphic novel work has appeared in various publications, such as ESOPUS and BOMB magazines. In addition, the first three chapters of his autobiographical graphic novel Long Time Gone debuted in 2009 at Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA), North Adams, Massachusetts and in 2010 the Tweed Museum of Art , Duluth, Minnesota, exhibited Chapter 4. More recently, at his solo show at 153 Coffey Street in Brooklyn, NY, Cochrane exhibited the first seven chapters of Long Time Gone, and his new illuminated manuscript of Dante’s Inferno (printed by Thornwillow Press) along with a series of paintings and additional works on paper. Original art works from Inferno were also exhibited at the Esther Rauschenbush Library at Sarah Lawrence College where the artist presented the project to the campus community. An original drawing from Inferno was exhibited at the Castello di Dante, Poppi, Italy in 2019. Other presentations of Inferno were held at Kent State in Florence and at the Palazzo Baldeschi in Perugia. Cochrane is currently at work finishing his complete “Divine Comedy” for Christmas, 2020. Cochrane lives with his wife, daughter, and dog in Brooklyn, New York.

DIRECTIONS:

Take 2, 3, or 4 trains to Franklin Avenue. Walk two blocks against the traffic on Franklin. Walk ¾ block to 558 St. Johns Place. FiveMyles is within easy walking distance from the Brooklyn Museum.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

FiveMyles is in part supported by the New York State Council for the Arts, Public Funds from the New York City Dept. of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Council Member Laurie Cumbo, The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation, and the Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation.