One River Gallery in Englewood, NJ to Celebrate the Influence of Iconic Albums with “12 Inch”

One River Gallery in Englewood, northern New Jersey’s premier exhibit space for contemporary art, will present “12 Inch”, a multimedia show featuring works by 12 emerging contemporary and established artists that were influenced by iconic albums of the past 40 years.  Each work will present an interpretation of an album that the artists discovered in their youth.  “12 Inch” will open on November 8 and run through December 27.

“As music has transitioned from the physical to the digital realm over the last 20 years, the importance, mystery, and cultural impact of vinyl and CD albums has gotten lost,” says Matt Ross, founder of One River Gallery.  “Our ’12 Inch” exhibit will celebrate the majesty of physical albums by demonstrating the formidability and durability of the medium, which was a significant influence in the development of the participating artists.  We’ll also be presenting a soundtrack of the music that’s represented in the show, giving everyone a chance to wind back the clock, return to the glory days of the teen and college years, and rock out.”

Classic albums by such recording artists as Funkadelic, Steve Miller, Cream, Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Rolling Stones, and Frank Zappa will be represented in works by the following artists:

• Gina Beavers
• Brian Belott
• Melissa Brown
• Steve Gianakos
• Billy Grant
• Christian Marclay
• Gary Panter
• Erik Parker
• Annie Pearlman
• Javier Pinon
• Dario Robleto
• Keegan McHargue

“12 Inch” was curated by Chuck Webster, a 1996 graduate of American University (MFA in Painting).  Webster has had solo exhibitions at the Patrick De Brock Gallery (Knokke, Belgium), the Betty Cunningham Gallery (NYC), the Steven Zevitas Gallery (Boston), ACME Gallery (Los Angeles), ZieherSmith (New York), FRED (London), Galerie Jones (Cologne, Germany) and many more.  His works are part of the permanent collections at Beinecke Library (Yale University), the David Winton Bell Collection (Brown University), the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC), the Museum of Fine Arts (Houston), the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation (Los Angeles), and the Whitney Museum of American Art (NYC).

“Our world has gotten more mobile and lazy, moving music from LPs to CDs to clicks,” says Webster.  “Things are more instant, and music discovery doesn’t involve the exciting hunt or ceremony that it used to.  ’12 Inch’ will share the forgotten – or for younger music lovers, never experienced – joy of flipping through albums, carrying them home, unwrapping the plastic, and sliding out the record. We’ll also have favorites on hand for all to pull out and play.  It will be a joyous, transportative, and awesome journey.”

“12 Inch” will run from November 8 and run through December 27 at One River Gallery, 49 N.Dean Street in Englewood.  An opening event will take place on November 8 from 3 to 6pm, and will feature a live performance of classic rock anthems by the School of Rock Tenafly House Band.  For more information, contact the Gallery at (201) 266-5244 or visit OneRiverGallery.com.

About One River Gallery

One River Gallery is New Jersey’s premier contemporary art gallery.

The Gallery stages exhibitions from emerging artists who are prepared to participate on the New York art stage and mid-career artists who have already done so.

To facilitate our programming goals, we’ve partnered with leading galleries and curators in Manhattan and Brooklyn to help us create a new standard for presenting art one river west of New York City.