Mana Contemporary opening Sunday, October 25th at 12 pm~ THree Works by Athena LaRocha, Jersey City.

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Opening Sunday, October 25th at 12PM Athena LaTocha's In the Wake of... Image Courtesy of the Artist and Mana Contemporary. Photography by Jason Mandella. Three Works by Athena LaTocha Athena LaTocha’s practice begins with sustained attention to place—to the narratives, materials, traces, and forces that accumulate within a landscape over time. Translating what is often intangible into physical form, her works forgo straightforward depiction and instead absorb and reflect something of their histories.  Working with ink, soils, demolition sediment, artist-made charcoal, paper, lead, and sound, LaTocha subjects her various mediums to processes of tension, contact, erasure, accumulation, and transformation. Her surfaces bear the marks of both place and body: evidence of what has been encountered, touched, displaced, or left behind. History becomes an immaterial material, layered and carried forward, and made perceptible through matter. Presented within the industrial architecture of Mana Contemporary’s Biergarten Gallery, these three works invite a physical encounter. Their monumental scale requires viewers to move across and around them, taking in their surfaces gradually and bodily. Yet despite this substantiality, a striking vulnerability remains. Paper, metal, pigment, and sound register the fragility of contact, reminding us that even seemingly solid things remain susceptible to pressure, change, and time. Presented by Mana Contemporary Biergarten Gallery Public Opening: Fall Open Studios October 25, 2026  12PM - 6PM On view through Spring 2027 All Images courtesy of the Artist and Mana Contemporary, Photography by Jason Mandella. Athena LaTocha's In the Wake of... (left) and Before the Sun Sets (center). Image Courtesy of the Artist and Mana Contemporary. Photography by Jason Mandella. Athena LaTocha's The Tainted and the Dead. Image Courtesy of the Artist and Mana Contemporary. Photography by Jason Mandella. Monira Foundation, an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit institution. Their mission is to expand the reach and quality of art available to the public through residencies, exhibitions, and public programs that address urgent and ongoing community needs, particularly as these needs evolve and change. DIRECTIONS TO MANA CONTEMPORARY: * Just a 10-minute walk from the Journal Square PATH Station * Limited Free Parking available on site * Shuttle buses are available from NYC.  Pick up from the Corner of Laight Street & St. John’s Lane at 12:00pm and 1:30pm.  The return to Corner of Laight Street & St. John’s Lane will leave Mana at 5:00pm and 6:30pm. JOIN OUR MANA ARTIST COMMUNITY

Join our Mana Artist Community! Housed inside unique, retrofitted spaces, Mana Contemporary offers private and semi-private studios for artists looking to experience the benefits of an artist community within an exceptional setting. Interested in learning more? Please fill out the form to get in touch or inquire about a studio. Artist: Xan Padron. Photo credit: Kristin J. DeAngelis LEARN MORE ABOUT A STUDIO AT MANA HERE Follow us on Instagram @manacontemporary Mana Contemporary Jersey City 888 Newark Ave Jersey City, NJ 07306 MANA CONTEMPORARY 888 Newark Ave Jersey City, NJ 07306 PARKING & DIRECTIONS Mana Contemporary is an easy ten-minute walk from the Journal Square PATH station. If you are driving, we have a free public parking lot located on our campus. Quick access from the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels, as well as the New Jersey Turnpike, makes it a convenient trip to visit Mana. Full directions can be found here. Please feel free to share as events are open to all.

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