La Salle University Art Museum Presents Jeff: Coffins and Cages
La Salle University Art Museum is pleased to present the exhibition Jeff: Coffins and Cages, September 19–
December 6, 2013. Opening reception, September 18, 2013, 5-7 p.m. Artist’s talk, December 6, 2013, 1-2 p.m.
in Olney Hall, room 100.
The exhibition, Jeff: Coffins and Cages, demonstrates the artist’s ongoing interest in themes of confinement
and mortality over the past three decades. Utilizing the compositional devices of architectural cages within
cages, and designs for the artist’s own coffin, the artist works through variations on the two motifs. This
exhibition includes work from the early 1980s to the present in a range of media including pencil and ink,
charcoal and pastel, mixed media and oil on paper, colored etchings, and a cast bronze sculpture.
www.jeffart.com
"Glass Coffin to be Shattered When in Place" 1981-91, plexiglass. 77" x 32" x 16-1/4"
"Coffin with Sealed Seven Containing Secret's for Eternal Bliss" 1986, mix media inside painted & lacquered wood, 37"x16"x7-1/2"; (Coll: Peter Stern)
"Coffin for Changing Direction" 1984-91, pine, plywood, 16-1/2" x 37-1/2" x 15-1/2"
"Coffin with Bars to Prevent Escape" 1981-4, steel, locks, 77" x 32" x 16-1/2"
"Artist's Coffin with Extra One Tied Underneath to Contain Art Critic" 1981-3, top: mahogany, bottom: pine, nylon strap, 82"x34"x32"
Coffin Installation, Alternative Museum, NYC, "Ashes to Ashes: Visions of Death" 1983
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