Gesture and Grid // 5:00pm-7:00pm

Friday, March 6th, 5:00pm-7:00pm

Fine Arts Gallery at Saint Peter's University 47 Glenwood Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306, 5th Floor (Mac Mahon Student Center)

The Fine Arts Gallery is pleased to present Gesture and Grid, a vibrant two-person exhibition exploring structure, spontaneity, and the space between. The exhibition brings together two accomplished painters, Marsha Goldberg and Jill Scipione, who invite viewers to consider how freedom and constraint coexist within contemporary artistic practice.

The exhibition juxtaposes expressive gesture - fluid, spontaneous, and emotionally charged with the regulating presence of grids, frameworks, and repeated structures. These opposing forces create a visual dialogue that reflects broader questions of control, chance, and the ways artists navigate between instinct and intention.

Marsha Goldberg’s imagery is rooted in the observation of form, light, and color, and has evolved into an intuitive, self-referential practice. She describes the slow, meditative process of completing one circle at a time, a method that requires hours or days to realize subtle shifts in color or the completion of a form. Each finished work becomes a record of time passing. Even within the structure of the grid, Goldberg introduces elements of chance by working on both sides of

transparent Yupo paper, creating an almost three-dimensional effect.

Jill Scipione began this series of works with the intention of creating spaces that reference passages from the Biblical Psalms and the Prophets, particularly Isaiah and Ezekiel. She describes light as being traced into the dark. Gesture in her work emerges through painted trails that form figures, atmospheres, and environments. The overlapping white lines create a deep spatial field in which viewers are invited to contemplate the biblical visions that inspired the work.

Rather than positioning gesture and grid as binaries, Gesture and Grid reveals how the two inform and depend on one another. Loose marks push against rigid structures, while ordered systems give context and resonance to expressive acts. The resulting works oscillate between chaos and clarity, precision and vulnerability.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair Accessible

• The gallery is free to the public and all are welcome. Parking is available on the street.

Contact

Website: https://www.saintpeters.edu/fineartsgallery/ Email: fineartsgallery@saintpeters.edu

Phone: 201-761-6480