From listadmin@worldwidereview.com Mon Jul 23 13:00:16 2007 From: listadmin@worldwidereview.com (rudi hotmail) Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:00:16 +0100 Subject: [wwreview]The Final Week of Buck Naked Painting by Jasper Joffe and what people said about it Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001C_01C7CD29.6AB0BFB0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear Mam or Man, It's the final week of Jasper's show at Sartorial Contemporary Art which = is open this week from Tuesday to Saturday from 1.30pm to 6.30pm for = your final chance to see Buck Naked paintings for the first time, or to = take a second look. (go to www.sartorialart.com for details) What other people said:=20 John Paul Pryor, Dazed Digital=20 "Jasper Joffe is one of those artists whose personality is as large as = the faux-na=EFve, often psychotic and regularly grotesque scenes he = swiftly commits to canvas. His latest collection of work 'Buck Naked = Paintings' currently showing at The Sartorial Gallery are an incredible = collection that are at once both disturbed and uncomfortably amusing, = something akin to a middle class suburban swingers party on brown acid. Jasper disseminates modern life into it's lowest common denominators and = sex, death, shit and stupid smiles tend to abound in his figurative = work; almost like he is intent on exhibiting an insouciant = predisposition for taking the piss out of Lucien Freud. There is no pretentiously crafted existential dilemma to be found here, = these figures are simply ugly in their desperate search for masturbatory = kicks, a generation at the fucked up, mindless, orgiastic end of a = moronic rollercoaster ride, worshipping the dollar and attending the = flesh markets; apocalyptic, hideous and, above all else...hollow. Rather = like those capitalistic bohemian bourgeoisie who believe it's a cleverly = knowing aside to create a skull studded with diamonds while half the = planet starves." -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- Jessica Lack, Guardian Guide "It would be easy to mistake Jasper Joffe's charm for egomania. The = painter and novelist with a poker habit has a way of describing his = pictures in bombastic terms. Yet, like all good card sharks, Royal = College graduate Joffe is precociously talented. He once locked himself = in the Chisenhale Gallery and painted 24 pictures in 24 hours, but his = new exhibition, Buck Naked, is all about the body, and Joffe somehow = makes a ragged collection of figures with saggy skin and warty faces = performing a series of brutal penetrations undeniably compelling. = Scratched into the bodies are slogans, profanities, unwanted advice and = gruesome tattoos that seem to tear the very skin off the figures, = revealing Joffe's disdain for racial stereotypes." -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- email sponsored by www.worldwidereview.com the home of art reviews ------=_NextPart_000_001C_01C7CD29.6AB0BFB0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Dear Mam or Man,
 
It's the final week of = Jasper's show=20 at Sartorial Contemporary Art which is open this week from Tuesday = to=20 Saturday from 1.30pm to 6.30pm for = your final=20 chance to see Buck Naked paintings for the first time, or to take a = second=20 look.  (go to www.sartorialart.com=20 for details)
 
What other people said:
 
John Paul Pryor, Dazed = Digital=20

"Jasper Joffe is one of those artists whose personality is as large = as the=20 faux-na=EFve, often psychotic and regularly grotesque scenes he swiftly = commits to=20 canvas.  His latest collection of work 'Buck Naked Paintings' = currently=20 showing at The Sartorial Gallery are an incredible collection that are = at once=20 both disturbed and uncomfortably amusing, something akin to a middle = class=20 suburban swingers party on brown acid.

Jasper disseminates modern life into it's lowest common denominators = and sex,=20 death, shit and stupid smiles tend to abound in his figurative work; = almost like=20 he is intent on exhibiting an insouciant predisposition for taking the = piss out=20 of Lucien Freud.

There is no pretentiously crafted existential dilemma to be found = here, these=20 figures are simply ugly in their desperate search for masturbatory = kicks, a=20 generation at the fucked up, mindless, orgiastic end of a moronic = rollercoaster=20 ride, worshipping the dollar and attending the flesh markets; = apocalyptic,=20 hideous and, above all else...hollow. Rather like those capitalistic = bohemian=20 bourgeoisie who believe it's a cleverly knowing aside to create a skull = studded=20 with diamonds while half the planet starves."

Jessica Lack, Guardian=20 Guide

"It would be easy to mistake Jasper Joffe's charm for egomania. The = painter=20 and novelist with a poker habit has a way of describing his pictures in=20 bombastic terms. Yet, like all good card sharks, Royal College graduate = Joffe is=20 precociously talented. He once locked himself in the Chisenhale Gallery = and=20 painted 24 pictures in 24 hours, but his new exhibition, Buck Naked, is = all=20 about the body, and Joffe somehow makes a ragged collection of figures = with=20 saggy skin and warty faces performing a series of brutal penetrations = undeniably=20 compelling. Scratched into the bodies are slogans, profanities, unwanted = advice=20 and gruesome tattoos that seem to tear the very skin off the figures, = revealing=20 Joffe's disdain for racial stereotypes."

 email sponsored by = www.worldwidereview.com = the home of=20 art reviews

 
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