HANDLE WITH CARE // 5:00pm-9:00pm

Friday, June 5th, 5:00pm-9:00pm

EONTA SPACE 34 Dekalb Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306

Our Spring 2026 exhibition is ‘Handle with Care’, a group show

that explores the nature of fragility, in materials, society and

culture.

Glass shatters, ceramics break, miniatures are fragile and thread

snags, snaps and unravels. Material use reflects the risks involved in

creating art. The inherent nature of the materials determine the

parameters under which the art is formed. In the same way, the

choices made by society to use materials, natural resources and

energy determine the limitations, risks and outcomes of using those

same elements.

MEGAN KLIM uses fire to make porcelain embellished wall pieces

that defy tradition. Added wire and other elements in fired clay flirts

with potential disaster in the kiln. Her white work speaks of transition,

risk and ultimately a calm, ethereal beauty.

GRETCHEN van DYK challenges the literal structure of her clay

masks, heads and hanging elements to resist outside forces. Strike or

kick a ceramic piece? We are asked to believe that they can be

moved around and shaken, loose additions inside make for sounds

that mimic nature and echo ancient ritual.

DAN PEYTON explores the nature of glass with pieced, leaded panels

and fused pictorial slabs. Glass represents a challenging medium

where cuts, burns and fractures are part of its everyday language.

Ultimately the transmission of light through and onto glass takes us to

a contemplative place filled with lambent, historical memories.

ASHI DIAMON recreates her living spaces with witty miniatures that

represent her everyday reality. One piece recalls a barbecue that got

out of control and remains a moment of deep embarrassment. Are

they memories of Ashi’s now or a method of recording, a means of

understanding the forces affecting the artist.

BAYARD fears neither color or scale. His enormous crochet piece

using lace-weight mohair becomes a refuge under it’s textured

canopy. A giant, ephemeral grid of Granny squares, separated in light

years by hook size, thread weight and intention from the ‘Grannies’

we once knew. The panels sway, drape and droop asking for

interaction. Touch, move within, see how colors overlap and create

constantly changing perspectives.

THE 16th ANTI-NUCLEAR POWER ARTISTS GROUP represents the

response to the Fukushima earthquake, tsunami and nuclear core

meltdown by Japanese artists working in the USA. March 11th is the

anniversary of this disaster which profoundly affected Japan and

indeed the entire world. Twenty-one artists show work that comments

on this event. As a society do we risk all to maintain our current levels

of development? Do we remain calm and acquiescent as Tepco, the Japanese utility turns the nuclear reactors back on?

Accessibility

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Contact

Website: eontaspacenj.com

Email: eontaspace@gmail.com

Phone: 973-722-0062