(FRENCHTOWN, NJ) -- ArtYard presents Invisible, an exhibition featuring the work of twelve artists whose practices examine omitted histories, imperceptible forces, and unspoken narratives which render that which is apparent, misleading, or incomplete. In illuminating invisible forms of labor, unspoken emotional states, and unnoticed effects of human presence, the exhibition examines what the author Svetlana Alexievich calls “the missing history — the invisible imprint of our stay on Earth and in time.” Invisible will be on view at ArtYard from January 16 to April 10. 

ArtYard will host an opening reception for Invisible on Saturday, January 15, 2022 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. Refreshments will be served, and attendees must wear masks and provide identification and proof of vaccination. RSVP required.

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Willie Cole’s “Beauties” are portraits of five beloved women from Cole’s personal history cast as weathered ironing boards whose shapes evoke iconic maps of slave-ship holds. Cole’s work mines the meanings of quotidian domestic tools such as irons and hoses in sculpture and prints that reference African iconography and masks. His work has been acquired and exhibited by MoMA, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, National Gallery of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and numerous others. Another work of Cole’s, a chandelier constructed of water bottles, hangs over ArtYard’s theater and is part of ArtYard’s permanent collection.