Jasper et Harry ont le
plaisir de vous inviter au vernissage de Matisse à Noël
Au Château Joffe,
Shoreditch
Unit 3, 7C Plough Yard EC2A
Jeudi 6 Décembre de 18h
– 21h
L’exposition se
poursuit jusqu’au 21 Décembre
RSVP
jasperjoffe@hotmail.com
Monsieur
Harry: When Henri
painted ‘La Danse’ he simply said his
intention was to use the greenest greens and bluest blues. If you look at my
painting Me and My Dad at Christmas
it's obvious I've allowed myself to be influenced by Henri. My feeling is: If
you're going to steal off someone - steal from the best. Artists make the
paintings they want to see themselves. The fact we're exhibiting in Jasper's
living room makes things more intimate. We're saying: welcome to our world.
We're giving you our personal take on Matisse. We're showing you how we see him
and what we love about his work. Buddy Holly tried to be Bo Diddley. Paul
McCartney tried to be Buddy Holly. The world loves lovers. Ultimately Jasper
and I are just fans trying to be like our heroes. By attempting to do a show of
Matisse paintings we're aiming high. This show is our Christmas gift to
you!"
Monsieur
Jasper: “Matisse at Christmas has a nice ring to it, if I
say so myself. I really prefer Matisse to Christmas, there's more there, and
underlyingly I think Matisse created his genius paintings with incredible skill
and hard work, and with an element of belief. Harry and I work together a lot,
because he's easy to work with and has talents I don't have, the whole is
hopefully greater than the parts. It seems breathtakingly simple and audacious
just to paint more paintings by a good artist. It makes sense to me. At the
moment I feel like part of the day I am living in Matisse World. I wonder what
Henri would have to say about us treading on his grave. I hope we (more so me)
get to the point where I am painting paintings that people prefer, or at least
don't scorn, compared to the master. Happy Matissemas!”
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| The Life Drawing Class by Harry Pye and Gordon Beswick |
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| The Master by Jasper Joffe |
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| Armchairs by Jasper Joffe |
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| Matisse eats dinner |
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| Me and My Dad at Christmas by Harry Pye |
