Arthur Bruso

As we enter this winter season and move toward a new year, we share these works with a sense of gratitude for time spent in looking, for moments of contemplation, and for the sustaining gestures of grace that carry light through darker days. May there be room, in the midst of all that asks for our attention, to notice what is modestly offered, and to offer ourselves in return. Each of us has their light to shine.

To be remembered, one must first be seen.

Welcome to Curious Matter: A Legacy of Art & Inquiry, an exhibition celebrating the transformative vision and enduring contributions of Raymond E. Mingst and Arthur Bruso. Founders of the contemporary art gallery and project space Curious Matter in downtown Jersey City, these two artist-curators have shaped nearly two decades of rigorous, thought-provoking programming at the intersection of visual art, literature, and community.

ARTHUR BRUSO has captured, in the photographs of Penumbra, that particular moment when we enter a dark room and strain to see. The images are almost completely black.

Now in its fifteenth winter, the Curious Matter holiday installation has offered not only a celebration of our communal desire to bring ligh

Each box construction in this collection is a small universe of its own. The materials employed are humble and often overlooked