SOPAC welcomes art of Joe Waks to gallery

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Performing Arts Center’s Herb and Milly Iris Gallery will host a new exhibit from New Jersey artist Joe Waks, featuring mixed-media paintings showing imagery from a bygone era that sends the mind spinning into thought-provoking commentary about today’s world.

Waks’ “Kwalite Paintings” show, on display March 5 through April 27, contains 17 artistic renderings of juxtaposed images that become social commentary. There will be an opening reception on Thursday, March 8, from 6 to 9 p.m. Waks describes himself as a painter/bon vivant/provocateur who creates works that titillate, inspire and/or annoy both serfs and royalty alike, and his wit and irreverence shine through in his paintings.