Jared French
dal 14/9/2010 al 26/10/2010
Segnalato da
14/9/2010
Jared French
Maurizio Nobile Gallery, Paris
An exhibition devoted to Jared French (1905-1988), representing the 'Magic Realism' movement. The exhibition entitled 'Jared French by Jared French' chronicles his life as an artist from his early days in the 1930s to the end of the 1960s. His drawings with their precise lines are like open windows on an exacerbated sensitivity.
Italian gallery owner Maurizio Nobile is taking up residence on the Parisian right bank at 45
Paul Cadmus, by
Jared French
rue de Penthièvre with an inaugural exhibition devoted to
Jared French (1905-1988). Born in the United States, this
artist representing the “Magic Realism” movement had
adopted Rome as his city of choice. He left behind more
than 600 works—paintings, drawings, sculptures,
photographs, engravings, etc. These intimate works reveal
with great delicacy the attention Jared French paid to the
human being, which he made the central focus of his work.
The exhibition entitled "Jared French by Jared French" chronicles his life
as an artist from his early days in the 1930s to the end of the 1960s. His
drawings with their precise lines are like open windows on an exacerbated
sensitivity. Maurizio Nobile will also be showing black-and-white
photographs, made for the most part during the period when the artist
belonged to the PAJAMA trio consisting of his wife Margaret Hoening and
PAJAMA trio, photograph
his friend and former lover Paul Cadmus.
In the 1940s, Jared French
started to produce more symbolic works and learned to paint with the
tempera technique, using egg or casein, which became his favorite
technique. French's works are imbued with fascinating mystery. Inspired by
those close to him, the figures that inhabit his works display imperturbable
serenity and appear to be passed down from ancient Greek statuary and
the great masters of 15th century Italian painting, such as Piero della
Francesca and Andrea Mantegna.
Maurizio Nobile acquired this substantial collection from the Italian heirs of Jared
French. The collection, which will be the subject of a publication with Editions
Allemandi, is of indispensable value when it comes to understanding the artist's
figurative poetry. Maurizio Nobile will be unveiling a portion of it to
punctuate his arrival on the Paris scene.
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Opening day: Wednesday 15 September
Maurizio Nobile Gallery
45 rue de Penthievre, Paris
Hours: Tue-Sta 11-19
free admission