and if monday never had to come

Jacob m. fisher

and if monday never had to come is a light, string, and multi-media installation exploring love, loss, and trauma. This new work is Fisher's first attempt at addressing publicly one of the main sources of his work, the memories of a childhood marked by medical conditions that deeply impacted his life and mental well-being. The crisscrossing of strings, the bulks of tangled, brightly colored masses of materials that hang like hallucinated ropes invoke the image of a scarred body. The dramatic lighting enhances the installation by creating areas of darkness that the viewer cannot visually and mentally access. The show’s title is taken from Gwendolyn Brook's poem when you have forgotten Sunday: the love story, a poem of succinct, embodied nostalgia.

Jacob M. Fisher (b.1992) is an American installation artist living and working in New York City. He earned his BA in studio art from Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, where he studied with pioneering installation artist Judy Pfaff. His large-scale, site-specific installations have been exhibited nationally at institutions such as The Cornell Museum of Art & American Culture (Delray Beach, FL), and The Moxi Museum of Exploration + Innovation (Santa Barbara, CA). He has also had solo exhibitions at Nonfinito Gallery (New York, NY), On Canal (New York, NY). His most recent commission was for the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens Lightscape Show.

Artist talk - Join us Thursday, February 3rd at 7pm for a public conversation with Jacob M. Fisher and FiveMyles founder/director Hanne Tierney. The talk will be moderated by Richard J. Heby, founder of YTG Agency, and will offer a view into the history of FiveMyles and Fisher’s latest installation, and if monday never had to come, concurrently on view in the Plus/Space.

GALLERY HOURS:

Thursday - Sunday, 1 - 6pm, or by appointment. Please email hanne@fivemyles.org, or call 718-783-4438.

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, the Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, the Perlemeter Foundation, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Joseph Robert Foundation, and the William Talbott Hillman Foundation.