ART
Jack Pierson |
Written 30 January |
Wednesday 14 July, 10:00Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, 75003 [map]Jack Pierson
Certain words aren't good when you describe an artwork - like 'sentimental', 'romantic', 'poetic' and 'pretty'. But those are my favourite qualities of anything." - Jack Pierson
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac presents a selection of recent works by American artist
Jack Pierson. Pierson's practice embodies an array of media spanning from wall-drawings, word-pieces, installations, drawings, paintings and photographs.
For this exhibition, he has chosen to show a series of nine ink drawings of Roman Emperor, Hadrian's lover, the young and beautiful Antinous, after whom Hadrian named the Egyptian city of Antinopolis and had several statues made of his effigy. Pierson has also completed two word-pieces. In conjunction with these works, he has worked on a series of large-format drawings on rough canvas, in which
Pola Negri, the femme fatale of 1920s and 30s silent movies, is the protagonist. Pierson is interested in the personae of the actress for whom the barrier between the public realm and the private sphere was practically inexistent.
Jack Pierson was born in 1960 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. While studying at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston, he became associated with a group of artists who would become known as the Boston School, of which
Nan Goldin was also a central figure. Today Jack Pierson lives and works in both New York City and Southern California.
| What: | Jack Pierson |
| When: | Wednesday 14 July, 10:00 |
| Where: | Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, 7 Rue Debelleyme 75003 [map] |
| Transport: | Filles Du Calvaire |
| Cost: | 0EUR |
| Phone: | 01 42 72 99 00 |
| Email: | galerie@ropac.net |
| Web: | www.ropac.net |
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