TEMPEST GALLERY @ ONE EYED STUDIOS:
Upcoming Exhibition
Jacob Olmedo | THE SOFTNESS OF MOONLIGHT | THE STRENGTH OF THE SUN
Tempest Gallery at One Eyed Studios is pleased to present THE SOFTNESS OF MOONLIGHT | THE STRENGTH OF THE SUN, work by Jacob Olmedo on view from November 14 through December 7, 2024. This exhibition is a journey entangled in following a pulse entangled in emotionally tense depictions of humanness.
THE SOFTNESS OF MOONLIGHT | THE STRENGTH OF THE SUN
Work by Jacob Olmedo
November 14th- December 7th
Opening Reception: November 14th, 6-9pm
TEMPEST Gallery @ ONE EYED STUDIOS,
1639 Centre St,
Studio 179,
Ridgewood, Queens, 11385.
Enter via Weirfield St
347 668 8411
Regular gallery hours are Wednesday-Saturday, 1-6pm. TEMPEST is open to scheduled visits outside of regular hours, please direct message us on instagram @tempest.gallery
“The love of the beauty of the world … involves … the love of all the truly precious things that bad fortune can destroy. The truly precious things are those forming ladders reaching toward the beauty of the world, openings onto it.” -Simone Weil in Waiting for God, as quoted in Elaine Scarry’s On Beauty: And Being Just.
Jacob Olmedo follows a pulse entangled in beads, string and stones to unearth emotionally tense depictions of humanness. Beauty is ferociously pursued through laborious textile making practices and allowed to soak in the soul of its maker. The fragile human body glitters and drapes across a gaping wound. Locks of the artist’s dark brown hair curl and cling to a metal fence, still flowing in the wind, despite their severance from the head that grew them. A backdrop of rubble and rebar cannot dim beauty, softness only underscores life.
ABOUT JACOB
Jacob Olmedo (born Sheboygan, WI) is a visual artist based in Brooklyn, NY, whose practice is a journey engaged in following a pulse entangled in emotionally tense depictions of humanness.
ABOUT TEMPEST GALLERY
At TEMPEST, we want to talk about art in a maelstrom. We invite artists to be unafraid to broach difficult conversations and address colonial structures of violence through their practice in textiles, sculpture and installation. Our main desire is that each monthly show present layered themes where multiple cultural references intersect and tussle.
Launched in 2024, Tempest Gallery is located at Rockella Space’s One Eyed Studios in Ridgewood, Queens. Through our programming and events, we aim to create community and a space for gathering, presenting work and building relationships.
Please visit us at 1642 Weirfield Street, Ridgewood Queens, NY, during our regular gallery hours Wednesday-Saturday, 1-6pm.
We are open to scheduled visits outside of regular hours, please direct message us on instagram