An
art exhibition by Harry Pye and Jasper Joffe about the mystery of great
art
Matisse
at Christmas
December
8 to 21
PV Thursday 6th December
Chateau Joffe
Shoreditch
London
"I'm
for truth no matter who tells it." - Malcolm X
“To
miraculously hold together contradictions and incompatibility is a good
definition of art.”
Frank Auerbach
Harry
Pye and Jasper Joffe
are both artists/curators who have been friends for more than ten years.
Together they’ve worked on such projects as The Free Art Fair, The Rebel
magazine, and 100 Mothers. Ekow Eshun visited Joffe et Pye’s show last year and
on BBC Radio 4 's Saturday Review said of their work: "Intense feelings about
love, loneliness and fear, anxiety, desire, hope and ambition all come into play
in these paintings. Very powerful I thought. What could have been fey, arch or
game playing was actually very warm."
Matisse
at Christmas
is no joke, although some of the work in it might make you
smile.
Matisse
at Christmas
is not just a transcription project but then again - Jasper and Harry feel
they've learned a lot by making work for this show.
The
show includes art made by Jasper and Harry that was earnestly inspired by the
great Henri Matisse. They have tried to make work with the same freshness,
beauty, and skill as Matisse but they have added their own signatures and
trademarks.
Can
you just make more work of an artist you like?
Does
anyone know what they’re looking at?
Do
you believe in Matisse at Christmas?
Matisse
at Christmas
December
8 to 21 (PV Thursday 6 December)
Chateau
Joffe
Shoreditch
London
7C
Plough Yard London EC2A 3LP
Tube:
Liverpool Street
T:
079571 36066
open
Friday to Sunday 12 to 4pm and by appointment
