MONTCLAIR, NJ.- The Fall 2011 season at the Montclair Art Museum marks the launch of New Directions, a series of solo exhibitions of contemporary artists inaugurated by MAM’s new curator of contemporary art, Alexandra Schwartz. The first in this series presents the work of media artist and 2011 Guggenheim Fellow Marina Zurkow. Titled Marina Zurkow: Friends, Enemies, and Others, it runs through January 8. The exhibition presents the world premiere of Zurkow’s “Friends and Enemies,” and includes five digital animation videos, two of which are being screened on the Museum’s grounds, and 16 works on paper. Zurkow makes psychological narratives about humans and their relationship to animals, plants, and the weather. These take the form of multichannel videos, customized multi-screen computer pieces, animated cartoons, interactive mobile works, and pop objects. The first portion of the exhibition