Closing Reception Brunch: Please join us for the closing reception of "I Would Prefer Not To..." Curated by Kele McComsey, Director of Mana Contemporary.
Sunday, November 19th
1:00PM to 4:00PM
ART150 157A First St, 2nd Floor Jersey City, NJ 07302 Art Fair 14C and Mana Contemporary are pleased to have partnered together for “I Would Prefer Not To...” a group show at the ART150 Gallery. The phrase “I would prefer not to” may be one of the most indelible spoken lines in American literature. The declaration derives its power from giving the slightest impression of hope that Herman Melville’s Bartleby may still fall in line with his fellow employees and do as he is told—thereby softening the true defiance of the statement.
“The simple addition of “would” and “prefer” creates a complex scenario where the appropriate answer is not readily available,” explains McComsey. “How does one reply to someone ‘who would prefer not to’ participate in society, This exhibition seeks to show the importance that artists have in these times by connecting their work to the same spirit of Bartleby’s repeated line of passive resistance. Participating Artists: Kristian Battell, Kirkland Bray, Mary Jean Canziani, Sandra Cavanagh, Nora Chavooshian, Gabriella D’Italia, Nicholas D’Ornellas, Jesse Egner, Pauline Galiana, Ann Giordano, Kendall Henderson, Marshall LaCount, Carolyn Lambert, M. P. Landis, Osy Milian, Deborah Pohl, Margaret Roleke, Regina Ruff, Sajal Sarker, Fabricio Suarez, Hui Tian, Abhishek Tuiwala, and Renelle White Buffalo. | 
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