CLASS NOTES

Jay Zeiger A'65 and Geraldine Fiskus A'65

Jay Zeiger A'65 and Geraldine Fiskus A'65 are two of the artists featured in Off Center: New Mexico Art, 1970-2000, an exhibition at The New Mexico Museum of Art. Off Center is a survey of the last three decades of the twentieth century, a pivotal time in which numerous artists relocated to New Mexico, drawn by its distinctive climate and landscape, its rich diversity of cultures, and its strong reputation as a center for the visual arts.

On display from June 8, 2024 to May 4, 2025. Click here for details.

Eugene Jang ChE'05

Eugene J. Candy, owned by Cooper Union alum Eugene Jang ChE'05, is featured at #2 on The Infatuation's list of the Best Candy Stores in NYC. The Halloween-themed candy shop in Bushwick known for its inventive homemade confections has become a sweet favorite among New Yorkers.

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Shigeru Ban AR'84

Shigeru Ban AR'84 will have a career retrospective monograph published by Taschen later this fall, "Shigeru Ban. Complete Works 1985-Today".

Ahead of the publication, New York Magazine published an excerpt from the book, breaking down some of Ban's structures using paper tubes.

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Jack Whitten A'64

Jack Whitten A'64 will receive his first comprehensive career retrospective at MoMA in 2025.

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) will present the first comprehensive Jack Whitten retrospective. The exhibition, titled “Jack Whitten: The Messenger,” will run from March 23 to August 2, 2025, and span the late American artist’s nearly six-decade career. Organized by Michelle Kuo, MoMA chief curator at large, along with curatorial assistant Helena Klevorn, the retrospective will feature over 175 works. Whitten passed away in 2018 at the age of 78.

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