Maureen Cavanaugh
Mike Cockrill
David Humphrey
Nathan Ritterpusch
Jon Elliott
Patryce Bak
Adam Eckstrom
Ted Kersten
Jeph Gurecka
Carol Riot Kane
Jeff Wyckoff
Leandro Flaherty
Erick Munari
Denise DeLong
John Merritt
Colleen Becker
Adam Taye
Giacomo Mirabella
LiYu Tsai
Barnaby Whitfield
Jason Clay Lewis
Greg Hopkins
Victoria Neel
Megan Maguire
Debora Gilbert-Ryan
Jon Elliott
27/10/2005
A Nightmare on Grand St.
31Grand, New York
Group show. The Jack o'Lantern is an ancient pagan invention. Villagers, fearful of the possibility of being visited by the ghosts of past occupants began to paint faces on turnips, or hollow them out and place lighted candles inside, hoping the representation of a dammed soul would ward the spirits away.
Group Show
31GRAND is pleased to host a Halloween party featuring the project 'A Nightmare on Grand St.' organized by Jon Elliott.
25+ jack o'lanterns made from the scooped out shells of obsolete computer monitors and televisions will be piled in front of 31GRAND and the surrounding sidewalks.
Each jack o'lantern face is created or designed by a different artist. The Transformation: The jack o'lantern is an ancient pagan invention. Villagers, fearful of the
possibility of being visited by the ghosts of past occupants began to paint faces on turnips, or hollow them out and place lighted candles inside, hoping the representation of a dammed soul would ward the spirits away.
Irish families who immigrated to America brought the tradition with them, but they replaced the turnips with pumpkins, which, native to the New World, were plentiful.
Old and obsolete computer monitors and televisions have
become more plentiful and common than pumpkins, thus completing the transformation.
Participating artists include: Maureen Cavanaugh, Mike Cockrill, David Humphrey, Nathan Ritterpusch, Jon Elliott, Patryce Bak, Adam Eckstrom, Ted Kersten, Jeph Gurecka, Carol Riot Kane, Jeff Wyckoff, Leandro Flaherty, Erick Munari, Denise DeLong, John Merritt, Colleen Becker, Adam Taye,
Giacomo Mirabella, LiYu Tsai, Barnaby Whitfield, Jason Clay Lewis, Greg Hopkins, Victoria Neel, Megan Maguire, Debora Gilbert-Ryan, and more.
Image: jack o'lantern by David Humphrey
Opening: October 28th, 7-10 pm
31 Grand
31 Grand Street - Brooklyn (NYC)