East Window is pleased to present Disposable, a solo exhibition of new sculpture and installation by Jasmine McGlade.

Drawing on McGlade’s two-decade career as a filmmaker, Disposable is a satirical, immersive installation presented within a bathroom gallery. McGlade embraces the unconventional setting as an extension of the work itself, using the space to reflect on the less visible realities of working in the film industry. The installation brings together handmade sculpture, assemblage, and site-specific elements incorporating personal artifacts from McGlade’s filmmaking career. These materials speak to endurance, rejection, and the resilience required to sustain a creative practice as a woman in Hollywood, within an industry where artists and their contributions can be easily overlooked, dismissed, or diminished. At the center of Disposable is an examination of disposability: of art, of artists, and of the ideas that determine what is allowed to be made, funded, credited, and seen. McGlade considers who gets recognized, whose work goes unseen, and what it takes to keep going when an artist is dismissed or devalued. Behind every success in cinema are years of failure, rejection, and work that may never be seen. Disposable looks at that part of the process and the determination it takes to keep making and believing in the work. Disposable marries McGlade’s visual art and film practices, using storytelling through installation and sculpture. The work is deliberately vulnerable, presented in a vulnerable space, and reflects on the precariousness of making art and putting it into the world. The title points to the disposability of the artist and the perceived death of art in cinema, while also holding onto the dreams behind the hard work and persistence required to work in art and film. Timed to coincide with the inaugural year of the Sundance Film Festival in Boulder, Disposable places McGlade’s work in direct dialogue with the film industry and its shifting cultural landscape.


Jasmine McGlade is a filmmaker and visual artist whose creative practice is grounded in narrative film, sculpture, and painting. She holds a degree in Visual and Environmental Studies (Art and Film) from Harvard University. Her work has shown internationally in solo and group exhibitions, is held in public collections, and has been featured in publications including The New York Times, Film Comment, and Artforum. She has received fellowships and served as an invited speaker, guest lecturer, and juror, with recent engagements including Oxford University and Cookie Factory. Recent publications of her artwork include The Harvard Advocate and the Vassar Review. Recent exhibitions and special presentations have taken place at LACMA (co-curated by Jeffrey Deitch), Slip House, Francis Gallery, Bel Ami, the Biennial of the Americas, Coos Art Museum, Garrett Museum of Art, Red Brick Center for the Arts, and Emmanuel Gallery, among others. As a filmmaker, Jasmine executive produced Academy Award®-winning film La La Land, and played a key role in developing and producing Damien Chazelle's Oscar®-winning film Whiplash. McGlade and Chazelle collaborated creatively for ten years on various projects, including co-written screenplays. At just twenty years old, McGlade produced award-winning jazz musical Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench, named one of the year's best films by The New York Times. Jasmine's passion for music led her to direct music videos for Atlantic Records, Dualtone, and Yep Roc Records, including recent videos for Grammy-nominated artist Gregory Alan Isakov, Max, Nolan Taylor, Jobi Riccio, Heavy Diamond Ring, and The Bones of J.R. Jones. As a writer-director, McGlade has worked with companies such as Netflix, Amazon MGM, LeBron James' SpringHill, Casey Affleck's Sea Change Media, Nicholas Hoult's Dead Duck Films, Naomi Osaka's Hana Kuma, and SB Projects. Jasmine's feature directorial debut was an award-winning independent film called Maria My Love, which she wrote, directed, and produced, starring Independent Spirit Award nominee Judy Marte, and Golden Globe winner and Oscar® nominee Karen Black. The film premiered to critical acclaim at the Tribeca Film Festival and was distributed the following year.

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