James Clar

Press Reset

A window installation located at 58 White Street, New York, NY.

September 16 - October 12, 2020

Jane Lombard Gallery is pleased to present, Press Reset, a new window installation located in the front window of their new space (58 White Street in Tribeca), open September 164 - October 12, 2020. New York City is a place of reinvention. It’s a city pulsing with life, and one that makes you work for its affection, both embracing and challenging its inhabitants simultaneously. This year, nearly two decades after 9/11 changed New York forever, the COVID-19 pandemic drastically upended life in the city. But through all the tragedy, New Yorkers came together in orchestral collectivity to help each other see it through to the new beginning. Press Reset is presented in honor of New York’s extraordinary perseverance and is part of the Tribeca Art Walk. 

Press Reset uses generative algorithms to visually simulate supernovas; powerful, energetic and luminous stellar explosions. These astronomical events mark the end of the life of a star, that in turn, scatters material through the galaxy, creating the potential for new solar systems, and in the case of our Earth, new life. Here the viewer travels through space while the software generates supernovas again and again, randomly spawning potential worlds and alternate realities.  

Lockdown shifted the ecosystems within the five boroughs, and now, the city stands on the brink of an exciting period of re-imagination. New Yorkers have a reputation for standing strong and united in riding the waves of change, whatever challenges they may bring. What a post-coronavirus future looks like, not just for New York City, but for the world, is uncertain, but it has been in many respects a supernova, and perhaps an opportunity to start anew.

James Clar’s work is an analysis and observation on the effects of media and technology on our perception of culture, nationality, and identity. His interest is in new technology and production processes, using them as a medium, while analyzing and critiquing their modifying effects on human behavior. He lives and works in New York, NY. Clar received his BA in film and 3D animation and his MA in Media Art, the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) from the Tisch School, New York University. His work has been exhibited at Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ; Pera Art Museum, Istanbul, Turkey; Can Framis Museum, Barcelona; Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea; Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FL; Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, UAE; MoMA PS1, New York, NY; Parasol unit, London, UK; The New Museum, New York, NY; Somerset House, London, UK; Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem and Shadai Gallery at Tokyo Polytechnic University, Tokyo, Japan. Clar has been an artist in residence at Eyebeam Atelier in New York, NY; Fabrica, Treviso, Italy, and the FedEx Institute of Technology/Lantana Projects, Memphis, TN.

About Jane Lombard Gallery
Jane Lombard Gallery, although (re)opened in 2015, has a rich 25 year history with an established reputation for bringing to the forefront artists who work within a global perspective/aesthetic relevant to the social and political climate of today. The gallery seeks to promote both emerging and mid career artists in a variety of media - painting, sculpture, installation and film - in the US, Europe and Asia, including new artists we have recently introduced to our program. Formerly Lombard Freid Projects, founded in 1995 in Soho, the gallery later moved to Chelsea, first to 26th Street and then to its current location on 19th Street in 2010.

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