Rupert Ravens

"We know not through our intellect but through our experience."
-- Maurice Merleau-Ponty Phenomenology of Perception

"...a creative feeling of transporting the person into a new reality. It pushes the person to higher levels of performance, and leads to previously undreamed-of states of consciousness."
-- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

In quest for Next Art, Flow Follow Flow orchestrates a move beyond the bankrupt age of conceptual replication into a state of designed phenomenology. The delectation of radiant and responsive elements is served up as a tangy marinade, releasing us from a starvation diet of post war contemporary.

In the soaring expanse of cathedral-vaulted space, with a Csikszentmihalyi’s "self-absorbed, contemplative awareness," viewers interact with voluminous, sensory/auditory concoctions.

These psychological and rhythmic corporeal works embody an immersive Zen or Aha moment - known to artists, musicians and athletes alike as being ‘in the Zone.’

With laser-focus concentration, in-Flow emotions and senses are not just channeled, but heightened. In sustained momentum, Flow spawns a feeling of capricious accord, even rapture.

AK Airways
Anne Ferrer
April Hava Shenkman
Christopher Hart Chambers
David Ostro
DS LEE
Elio Franceschelli
Eunjung Kim
Eve Ingalls

Fred Gutzeit
Gae Savannah
Glenn Richardson
Henry G. Sanchez
Jared Whitham
Joshua Knoblick
Julie Bahn
Kate Dodd
Kate Raudenbush

Kathleen Vance
Linda Pollack
Mark Esper
Meijia Wang
Michael Walsh
Richard Wislocky
Rosa Valado
Theresa Himmer
Yoko Ono

Press Release [PDF 215KB]

Dan Bischoff - "The Nexxt big thing: Paterson gallery weaves the fabric of an eclectic community"
The Star Ledger, Art + Escapes, Front Page - Section Four, Sunday July 7

Rupert Ravens
Laura Kelly, Assistant to Mr. Ravens

Exhibition Production
Glassia Lu, Coordinator
Lhong Li, Technical Assistant
Shuai Chen, Technical Assistant
Kassiem Preston, Assistant

Gallery Production Assistants
Jasmine Peña
Nicole Escobedo
Megan Bowersox
Stephanie Gonzales

Integrity House
Jason D.
Allan C.
Namcheh I.

Facilities
Kevin Malia, Coordinator

Photography
Meg Bowersox