MONUMENTAL: Imaginary Monuments
to New JerseyMarch 25th - April 23rd,
2006
Opening Reception: Saturday March
25th, 7pm - 10pm
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to New JerseyMarch 25th - April 23rd,
2006
Opening Reception: Saturday March
25th, 7pm - 10pm
Read the NY Times Article
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Beth Bentley, Jay Boucher, Pat
Brentano, Brendan Carroll, Michael
Dalcerro, Andrew Demirjian & Dahlia
Elsayed, John Desoto, Maggie Ens, Ed
Fausty, Monika Goetz, Robert
Kosinski, Curt Ikens, Jun’ichiro Ishida,
Lara V. Kattekola, Jayeon Kwon,
Wendy Lewis, Jeff Macaluso, Christina
Mancuso, Joe Heaps Nelson, Deirdre
O’Dea, Aline Oswald, Deborah Pohl,
Joan Webster Price, Debra Samitz,
Keungsuk K. Sexton, Shalom, Scott
Sjobakken, Nyugen Smith & Jason
Watson
Brentano, Brendan Carroll, Michael
Dalcerro, Andrew Demirjian & Dahlia
Elsayed, John Desoto, Maggie Ens, Ed
Fausty, Monika Goetz, Robert
Kosinski, Curt Ikens, Jun’ichiro Ishida,
Lara V. Kattekola, Jayeon Kwon,
Wendy Lewis, Jeff Macaluso, Christina
Mancuso, Joe Heaps Nelson, Deirdre
O’Dea, Aline Oswald, Deborah Pohl,
Joan Webster Price, Debra Samitz,
Keungsuk K. Sexton, Shalom, Scott
Sjobakken, Nyugen Smith & Jason
Watson
What does New Jersey mean to you? If
you were asked to create a monument
to New Jersey, what might it be? Jersey
City Museum and Victory Hall present
an open call for proposals for a new
exhibition. MONUMENTAL will be
exhibited at Victory Hall in April 2006.
This exhibition asks artists to propose
an imaginary monument to our state.
With an equally imaginary budget that
is limitless, artists are asked to
consider the creation of any kind of
public work of art that takes New
Jersey as its subject. All serious
proposals will be included in the
exhibition at Victory Hall. A selection
will also be exhibited at Jersey City
Museum.
you were asked to create a monument
to New Jersey, what might it be? Jersey
City Museum and Victory Hall present
an open call for proposals for a new
exhibition. MONUMENTAL will be
exhibited at Victory Hall in April 2006.
This exhibition asks artists to propose
an imaginary monument to our state.
With an equally imaginary budget that
is limitless, artists are asked to
consider the creation of any kind of
public work of art that takes New
Jersey as its subject. All serious
proposals will be included in the
exhibition at Victory Hall. A selection
will also be exhibited at Jersey City
Museum.
Chromium 6, Scott Sjobakken
A giant Hollywood-like sign on the
Jersey City waterfront
A giant Hollywood-like sign on the
Jersey City waterfront
From the artist's proposal:
"I propose a monument to the state of New Jersey in the form of a gigantic triumphal arch straddling
the six lanes of traffic emerging from the Holland Tunnel. The arch would span Jersey City's 14th
Street (westbound) between Grove and Erie Streets, just before 14th Street splits into onramps for
the New Jersey Turnpike and U.S. 1/9..."
"...New Jersey deserves a monument to its rockers just because the state rocks so hard. A
veritable Valhalla-on-Earth, the Garden State has produced rock luminaries Bon Jovi, Monster
Magnet, the Atomic Bitchwax, the Misfits, Adrenalin O.D., Skid Row, Bruce Springsteen and the E
Street Band, Ice-T, Patti Smith, Deborah Harry, the Smithereens, Paul Simon, Joe Walsh, Les Paul,
Black NASA, Lord Sterling, Core, the Want, Biz Markie, Queen Latifah, Jay and Silent Bob, Aaron
Burr, Thomas Edison, and G. Gordon Liddy. Not only have many of the greatest performers in the
history of Rock & Roll sprung from Jersey soil, the passion of Jersey fans is a genuine sociological
phenomenon which inspires even the most jaded touring professionals... The JERSEY ROCKS
Triumphal Arch is a monument to the rockers of Jersey, living and dead, past, present, and future."
"I propose a monument to the state of New Jersey in the form of a gigantic triumphal arch straddling
the six lanes of traffic emerging from the Holland Tunnel. The arch would span Jersey City's 14th
Street (westbound) between Grove and Erie Streets, just before 14th Street splits into onramps for
the New Jersey Turnpike and U.S. 1/9..."
"...New Jersey deserves a monument to its rockers just because the state rocks so hard. A
veritable Valhalla-on-Earth, the Garden State has produced rock luminaries Bon Jovi, Monster
Magnet, the Atomic Bitchwax, the Misfits, Adrenalin O.D., Skid Row, Bruce Springsteen and the E
Street Band, Ice-T, Patti Smith, Deborah Harry, the Smithereens, Paul Simon, Joe Walsh, Les Paul,
Black NASA, Lord Sterling, Core, the Want, Biz Markie, Queen Latifah, Jay and Silent Bob, Aaron
Burr, Thomas Edison, and G. Gordon Liddy. Not only have many of the greatest performers in the
history of Rock & Roll sprung from Jersey soil, the passion of Jersey fans is a genuine sociological
phenomenon which inspires even the most jaded touring professionals... The JERSEY ROCKS
Triumphal Arch is a monument to the rockers of Jersey, living and dead, past, present, and future."
The Jersey Rocks
Triumphal Arch, Joe
Heaps Nelson
Triumphal Arch, Joe
Heaps Nelson
From the artist's proposal:
"...It's time to cut the hypocrisy. Instead of futilely attempting to repress our instincts, perhaps we must face our
manifest destiny.
Instead of setting ourselves up for failure, by sabotaging our natural talents, maybe we New Jerseyans need to
finally take ownership of our political heritage, and actually celebrate that which we do so well! No longer any
need to be coy about our corruption-to the contrary, let us be proud!
If Wisconsin preens by claiming herself "America's Dairyland," surely then we could have billboards at every
entry into our state borders, proclaiming "WELCOME TO NEW JERSEY-AMERICA'S 'PAY-TO-PLAY' LAND!"
"...It's time to cut the hypocrisy. Instead of futilely attempting to repress our instincts, perhaps we must face our
manifest destiny.
Instead of setting ourselves up for failure, by sabotaging our natural talents, maybe we New Jerseyans need to
finally take ownership of our political heritage, and actually celebrate that which we do so well! No longer any
need to be coy about our corruption-to the contrary, let us be proud!
If Wisconsin preens by claiming herself "America's Dairyland," surely then we could have billboards at every
entry into our state borders, proclaiming "WELCOME TO NEW JERSEY-AMERICA'S 'PAY-TO-PLAY' LAND!"
"Pay-to-Playland", Keungsuk K. Sexton
From the artist's proposal:
"The proposed monument is a fountain to be built in Church Square Park, Hoboken, NJ..."
"'...Personal cleanliness has become a cultural norm for Americans, necessary for social acceptance,
symbolic of good character, and essential for the protection of public health from infectious diseases' -
Marilyn Thornton Williams. Residents and visitors would be encouraged to promote public health by
using this fountain for bathing or just "cooling off" in an informal and convivial atmosphere."
The fountain is to be carved from pink granite sections and will stand 18' high and 20' in diameter. The
figures atop the column are Liberty and Prosperity from the New Jersey state seal.
"The proposed monument is a fountain to be built in Church Square Park, Hoboken, NJ..."
"'...Personal cleanliness has become a cultural norm for Americans, necessary for social acceptance,
symbolic of good character, and essential for the protection of public health from infectious diseases' -
Marilyn Thornton Williams. Residents and visitors would be encouraged to promote public health by
using this fountain for bathing or just "cooling off" in an informal and convivial atmosphere."
The fountain is to be carved from pink granite sections and will stand 18' high and 20' in diameter. The
figures atop the column are Liberty and Prosperity from the New Jersey state seal.
Tower of Jersey, Jason D. Watson
Jersey City Under Glass,
Jun’ichiro Ishida
Jun’ichiro Ishida
The Garden State, R. Kosinski
Turnpike Approach, Jay Boucher
Jeff Macaluso