“Tech Vanitas: Dot Matrix” was mentioned in several reviews of the exhibition Art About Art: Contemporary Photographers Look at Old Master Paintings at the Princeton University Art Museum. The exhibition closed on November 5th, but you can read the reviews online.
Musée Magazine, October 30, 2023
Art & Archaeology news at Princeton, including an interview, September 27, 2023
Smithsonian Magazine, August 25, 2023
“Dot Matrix” from my Tech Vanitas series is on view at the Princeton University Art Museum. Don't miss the exhibition Art about Art: Contemporary Photographers Look at Old Master Paintings closing on November 5th.
The multi-artist exhibition was curated by Ronni Baer, Allen R. Adler, Class of 1967, Distinguished Curator and Lecturer, with Peter H. Fox, Curatorial Associate, European art. Contemporary artists include Yasumasa Morimura, Vik Muniz, Nina Katchadourian, Sharon Core, Bas Meeuws, Ori Gersht, Bill Viola, and Jeanette May
While a new museum building is under construction, this exhibition is presented at Princeton's Art on Hulfish space in downtown Princeton. Art on Hulfish is located at 11 Hulfish St, Princeton, NJ 08542.
More information from the Princeton University Art Museum:
Focusing on portraiture and still life, the exhibition features contemporary artists who use photography and video to reimagine paintings by early modern European artists. For example, Yasumasa Morimura finds inspiration for his theatrical self-presentations in portraits by Leonardo da Vinci, Jan van Eyck, and others. Vik Muniz and Nina Katchadourian toy with the artist’s toolbox, referencing well-known portraits by Renaissance and Baroque artists but using unexpected media to impart a sense of fun and whimsy to their images. Sharon Core, who meticulously grows her own horticultural specimens, and Bas Meeuws, who plays with scale and saturated color in his hyperrealistic photographs of flowers, draw on seventeenth-century Dutch floral imagery to delve into issues of picture-making and perception. Jeanette May investigates her anxiety about new technology and her love of obsolete machines in a carefully constructed jumble that recalls a Dutch tabletop still life. Ori Gersht ponders the relationship between beauty and violence by exploding three-dimensional versions of European still lifes. By exploring the various ways artists engage with the history of art, this exhibition showcases creative choices, artistic intent, and visual exchanges across time.
Still Life with Spy Camera
Purchase “Still Life with Spy Camera” or “Still Life with Clock Radio” by October 12th. Letter-sized prints of these photographs are once again available for $125 each. F22 Fine Art Prints has opened their archive for online print sales. These limited-edition archival prints come with a signed certificate of authenticity. “Still Life with Spy Camera” has only a few prints available; plenty of “Still Life with Clock Radio” in stock. Buy a set! https://www.f22prints.com/fineartprints
Larger print sizes are available from me directly. (all my prices are going up after Oct 15. Don't wait!)
$500 Image size 18 x 12"
$900 Image size 24 x 16"
$1800 Image size 36 x 24"
Still Life with Clock Radio
Press coverage for the exhibition “Art about Art: Contemporary Photographers Look at Old Master Paintings” at the Princeton University Art Museum includes SmithsonianMag.com, ArtNet.com News, and USA Art News. Clip from Smithsonian Magazine (online) discussing Jeanette May’s Tech Vanitas: Dot Matrix.
Members Preview opening reception August 19th at the Princeton University Art Museum. The exhibition, curated by Ronni Baer, Distinguished Curator and Lecturer, will be on view from August 19 - November 5. 2023. A new museum building is under construction, so this exhibition is held at Princeton's Art on Hulfish space: 11 Hulfish St, Princeton, NJ 08542
Jeanette May’s “Tech Vanitas: Dot Matrix” (left) in exhibition at the Princeton University Art Museum.
Photographs by Yasumasa Morimura and Vik Muniz in the Art about Art: Contemporary Photographers Look at Old Master Paintings.
“Dot Matrix” from my Tech Vanitas series will be included in the exhibition Art about Art: Contemporary Photographers Look at Old Master Paintings at the Princeton University Art Museum. Focusing on portraiture and still life, the exhibition features contemporary artists who use photography and video to reimagine paintings by early modern European artists. The exhibition was curated by Ronni Baer, Allen R. Adler, Class of 1967, Distinguished Curator and Lecturer, with Peter H. Fox, curatorial associate, European art.
Exhibition dates: August 19 - November 5. 2023.
Please join me at these exhibition related events:
Members Preview (join and register for the event!), Friday, August 18 at 6:30pm
Open House with Curators, Saturday, September 9 at 1:00pm
Contemporary artists in the exhibition:
Yasumasa Morimura
Vik Muniz
Nina Katchadourian
Sharon Core
Bas Meeuws
Ori Gersht
Jeanette May
While a new museum building is under construction, this exhibition will be presented at Princeton's Art on Hulfish space in downtown Princeton.
Art on Hulfish, 11 Hulfish St, Princeton, NJ 08542
Several of Jeanette May’s “Tech Vanitas” photographs are featured in “Vanitas: The Art of Death and Decay,” by Kristine Somerville. This article is published in the Summer 2023, vol. 46, no. 2, issue of The Missouri Review. You may download a PDF file here.
Pictured here is a painting by Audrey Flack.
Works by Jeanette May and JoAnne McFarland in the “Affiliation” exhibition.
While you’re strolling around Gramercy Park this afternoon, stop into the National Arts Club. My photographs are included in the group exhibition, “Affiliation,” in the East and West Galleries of The National Arts Club, June 5-30, 2023.
The exhibition, curated by Sasha Chavchavadze, Heather Topcik, and JoAnne McFarland (a current Fellow at The Club), showcases the work of twenty-one artists using art to explore who and what we want to belong to, and why.
The National Arts Club
15 Gramercy Pk S, New York, NY 10003
https://www.nationalartsclub.org
Gallery hours:
9am – 4pm, Mon – Fri (closed Monday, June 19th for Juneteenth)
10am – 4pm, Sat – Sun
“Affiliation” exhibition, The National Arts Club, New York City.
The National Arts Club, New York City
My tech still lifes are included in the group exhibition “Affiliation” at The National Arts Club on Gramercy Park in New York City, June 5 - 30, 2023.
The opening reception is scheduled for June 8th, 6 - 8pm. The reception is free and open to the public. A walk through with curator JoAnne McFarland takes place on Thursday, June 15, 6 - 7pm.
The exhibition, curated by Sasha Chavchavadze, Heather Topcik, and JoAnne McFarland (a current Fellow at The Club), will showcase the work of twenty-one artists using art to explore who and what we want to belong to, and why.
The National Arts Club
15 Gramercy Pk S,
New York, NY 10003
Hours:
9am – 4pm, Mon – Fri
10am – 4pm, Weekend
You're invited to visit my art studio at Industry City during the Design Festival & Open Studios. Artist studios and exhibition spaces throughout Industry City (in Sunset Park, Brooklyn) will be open to the public for this free weekend event. Open Studios is an opportunity to visit with artists in the space where they make art. My studio will be open May 20, noon to 5pm. In addition, Industry City offers restaurants, bars, shopping, and other activities.
My studio is located two blocks from the 36th Street stop on the D/N/R subway. If you drive, look for metered street parking or parking lots on 2nd Ave ($15-$20 day rate).
Jeanette's location:
Industry City, Building 5
3rd Floor, Studio B331
67 35th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11232
If you can't make it on May 20, contact me to arrange at studio visit at your convenience.
“Still Life with Spy Camera”
“Still Life with Clock Radio”
“Still Life with Robot” available on 1st Dibs only!
Letter-sized prints of recent still life photographs are once again available for sale at F22 Fine Art Prints for $125. During the F22 Pop-Up exhibition at Filter Space in Chicago, F22 will open their archive for print sales (only through May 4, 2023). https://www.f22prints.com/fineartprints
All 3 of my tiny still lifes are also available in larger sizes on my 1st Dibs storefront. Find me here: https://www.1stdibs.com/dealers/jeanette-may/
You may now purchase my photographs online from the 1st Dibs marketplace! Prints can be shipped to anywhere in the world, or picked-up from my Brooklyn, NY studio. View my offerings on the 1st Dibs website by clicking here. More prints will be made available in the coming weeks. Of course, you can always contact me directly: JM@JeanetteMay.com.