Jessica Caponigro: Sing a Funeral Song
March 5, 2016 – March 26, 2016

Reception: Saturday, March 5 // 4-7 PM
Gallery Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 3-6 PM + Saturday 12-3 PM
Reading with Amaranta Isyemille Lara + Diana Harper: Saturday, March 26 // 4 PM

Consisting of painting, installation, and projected video, the work in Sing a Funeral Song addresses Caponigro’s ongoing interest in cycles and the fine line between protection and suffocation. A pattern painted on the glass windows cast shadows that, depending on the time of day, interfere with the projected video. Accessible materials, including foliage, prayer cards, and landscaping lights, are altered and combined to disrupt and complicate their original meaning. By setting up delicate situations, then allowing them to transform organically, the work speaks to the futility of attempting to alter situations and circumstances that are truly out of our control.

Before receiving her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Jessica Caponigro attended Bryn Mawr College where she earned her BA in the History of Art. In her work, Caponigro explores ideas of restriction through repetition, reproduction, and accessibility. She has taught classes at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Olive Harvey College, and currently teaches studio and academic classes at Harold Washington College. She has exhibited work at the DePaul Art Museum, Chicago Cultural Center, and the Highland Park Art Center. Her work is in the permanent collections at the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College, California State Long Beach and the Joan Flasch Artists’ Books Collection. She is a member of the feminist art collectives W.I.T.C.H. and Tracers, and frequently participates in workshops, most recently at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and NYU Florence. For additional info and images of her work, please visit jessicacaponigro.com.

For further info: romansusan.org/sing or contact [email protected]

Image courtesy of Jessica Caponigro