nj arts maven: State of the Arts Feature: Maureen Chatfield at the Morris Museum

Maureen Chatfield: Journey and Destination

Last chance! Closing on Sunday, September 29, 2024

This exhibition was recently featured in a NJ State of the Arts episode. Watch the episode featuring Maureen Chatfield, now streaming, and view the art in person at the Morris Museum during the final days of the show.

This exhibition features the work of New Jersey artist Maureen Chatfield, whose large-scale paintings present reflections on Chatfield’s travel experiences throughout her life, juxtaposed with abstract paintings inspired by specific destinations.

Newly Opened! New Sculpture/New Jersey

Through February 2, 2025

Continuing its commitment to celebrating artists from across the Garden State, the Morris Museum will presents a fresh look at contemporary sculpture. New Sculpture/New Jersey exhibits the work of eleven sculptors working in a wide range of materials; malleable aluminum, cold-worked glass, and industrial robotics join the more traditional media of ceramics, forged iron, and steel. Showcasing just over 40 works together with short video interviews with the artists, the exhibition will connects visitors with the purpose, context, and meaning driving their work and motivating their choices.

Last Chance! Closing Soon

In Focus

Samantha Modder

On view through September 29, 2024

In her recent work Wearer of All Socks, artist Samantha Modder creates space – embracing both real and imagined worlds – in which reside larger-than-life Black, female characters.

Mystery Clocks and Magic Automata

from the Collection of Richard Garriott

On view through September 22, 2024

An astonishing display of five mid-nineteenth century “Mystery Clocks,” or Pendule Mystérieuse, were manufactured in Paris by magician and watchmaker Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin (1805–1871) and first debuted at the 1839 Exhibition of French Industry.

This exhibition is made possible by leadership support from Will and Mary Leland.

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Image credits (from top to bottom): Video still courtesy NJ State of the Arts, New Sculpture/New Jersey illustration by Jean Minthe. Samantha Modder, Wearer of All Socks, 2024 (detail), Original work 2022, Digitally manipulated ballpoint pen print on adhesive paper, 125 x 120 inches, On loan from the collection of Samantha Modder, Image used with permission; Dug North, Machini the Marvel, 2005. Automaton. On loan from the collection of Richard Garriott.