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BEN SHAHN GALLERIES PRESENTS SPECIAL
EXHIBIT IN CELEBRATION OF 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY
JAZZ ROOM SERIES
• Exhibit features photographs
of some of the jazz world’s most well-known musicians, including
Sonny Rollins, Joe Williams, Art Farmer, Benny Golson, Milt Hinton,
Jane Ira Bloom, and Rufus Reid in performance at the University
An exhibit of photographs that chronicles
the numerous world-class jazz musicians who have performed as part
of the renowned Jazz Room Series at William Paterson University
during its 25-year history are on view from October 20 through November
27 in the Ben Shahn Galleries on campus. Gallery hours are Monday
through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free.
An opening reception for the exhibit will
be held on Sunday, October 20 from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Galleries.
The reception is being held in conjunction with a gala 25th anniversary
Jazz Room Series concert featuring the renowned trumpeter Clark
Terry, which begins at 4 p.m. that afternoon in Shea Center on campus.
The exhibit, in Ben Shahn’s South Gallery,
features nearly 40 black and white photographs by JoAnn Krivin,
whose husband Martin Krivin founded the Jazz Room Series during
his tenure as a William Paterson professor of music. Her photos,
which date back to the first Jazz Room performance in 1978, document
a veritable who’s who of jazz, including saxophonists Sonny
Rollins, Benny Golson and Jane Ira Bloom, vocalists Joe Williams
and Vanessa Rubin, trumpeter Art Farmer, bassists Milt Hinton and
Rufus Reid, and others.
"Beyond the historical value of providing
a visual archive of some of the greatest jazz musicians of the post-World
War II era, these photos can stand on their own visually compelling
merits," says Joel Lewis, a poet, essayist and critic who has
written extensively on jazz. "What shines through (her) photos
is an unabashed, non-politicized humanism."
Lewis points to Krivin’s portrait of saxophonist Sonny Rollins
as a prime example of her art. A near abstract study in the geometrics
of haberdashery, Krivin captures the performer in an intense moment
with his saxophone – and in a striped jacket and his trademark
dark sunglasses. "Krivin certainly taps into the art of performance
less than the cult of personality," Lewis explains.
One of the few women in the field of jazz photography, Krivin has
frequently exhibited her work at a variety of venues, including
solo shows, jazz festivals, museums and university galleries. She
has served as a still photographer for New Jersey Public Television
projects and has contributed to a number of national jazz publications
and to internationally released CD and record covers. A former resident
of Glen Rock, N.J., Krivin and her husband now live in Oneonta,
N.Y.
A commemorative book of the photographs is being produced in conjunction
with the exhibit.
Launched in 1978, William Paterson’s Jazz Room Series is one
of the largest and most prestigious college-sponsored jazz events
in the country. Performers include renowned professionals who encompass
the complete spectrum of jazz, from practitioners of traditional
jazz to avant-garde to bebop to swing to Afro-Latin jazz –
as well as the University’s own student ensembles. The series
has won numerous grants from the National Endowment for the Arts
and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts for its innovative
programming.
"25 Years of The Jazz Room at William
Paterson University" is one of three shows on view concurrently
in the Ben Shahn Galleries. On view in the East Gallery is a one-person
show of paintings by artist Frances Kuehn. The Court Gallery exhibit,
"Life with Pocket Change and Other Pleasures: An Exhibition
of Artists’ Book," presents recent demonstrations of books
created as works of art. All exhibits are free and open to the public
and are wheelchair accessible.
This exhibit is made possible in part by
funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of
State, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.
For additional information, please call the Ben Shahn Galleries
at William Paterson University, 973-720-2654.
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- 10/15/02
For Further Information, contact:
- Mary
Beth Zeman, Director, Public Relations 973-720-2966
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