From listadmin@worldwidereview.com Thu Nov 1 12:51:22 2012 From: listadmin@worldwidereview.com (Jasper Joffe) Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 11:51:22 +0000 Subject: Matisse at Christmas, an art exhibition by Jasper Joffe and Harry Pye opening December 6th Message-ID: --_31364de5-7c52-4bfb-8f48-746f46448f13_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable press release Matisse at Christmas=20 An=20 art exhibition by Harry Pye and Jasper Joffe about the mystery of great=20 art Matisse=20 at Christmas December=20 8 to 21 PV Thursday 6th December Chateau Joffe=20 Shoreditch=20 London "I'm=20 for truth no matter who tells it." - Malcolm X =93To=20 miraculously hold together contradictions and incompatibility is a good=20 definition of art.=94 Frank Auerbach Harry=20 Pye and Jasper Joffe=20 are both artists/curators who have been friends for more than ten years.=20 Together they=92ve worked on such projects as The Free Art Fair=2C The Rebe= l=20 magazine=2C and 100 Mothers. Ekow Eshun visited Joffe et Pye=92s show last = year and=20 on BBC Radio 4 's Saturday Review said of their work: "Intense feelings abo= ut=20 love=2C loneliness and fear=2C anxiety=2C desire=2C hope and ambition all c= ome into play=20 in these paintings. Very powerful I thought. What could have been fey=2C ar= ch or=20 game playing was actually very warm." =20 Matisse=20 at Christmas=20 is no joke=2C although some of the work in it might make you=20 smile. Matisse=20 at Christmas=20 is not just a transcription project but then again - Jasper and Harry feel= =20 they've learned a lot by making work for this show. The=20 show includes art made by Jasper and Harry that was earnestly inspired by t= he=20 great Henri Matisse. They have tried to make work with the same freshness= =2C=20 beauty=2C and skill as Matisse but they have added their own signatures and= =20 trademarks. Can=20 you just make more work of an artist you like? Does=20 anyone know what they=92re looking at? Do=20 you believe in Matisse at Christmas? Matisse=20 at Christmas December=20 8 to 21 (PV Thursday 6 December) Chateau=20 Joffe=20 Shoreditch=20 London 7C=20 Plough Yard London EC2A 3LP Tube:=20 Liverpool Street T:=20 079571 36066 open=20 Friday to Sunday 12 to 4pm and by appointment harrypye.com www.jasperjoffe.com www.jasperandharry.blogspot.co.uk =20 = --_31364de5-7c52-4bfb-8f48-746f46448f13_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

press release

Matisse at Christmas=


An=20 art exhibition by Harry Pye and Jasper Joffe about the mystery of great=20 art

Matisse=20 at Christmas
December=20 8 to 21
PV Thursday 6th December
Chateau Joffe
Shoredi= tch=20 London

"I'm=20 for truth no matter who tells it." - Malcolm X
=93To=20 miraculously hold together contradictions and incompatibility is a good=20 definition of art.=94
Frank Auerbach

Harry=20 Pye and Jasper Joffe=20 are both artists/curators who have been friends for more than ten years.=20 Together they=92ve worked on such projects as The Free Art Fair=2C The Rebe= l=20 magazine=2C and 100 Mothers. Ekow Eshun visited Joffe et Pye=92s show last = year and=20 on BBC Radio 4 's Saturday Review said of their work: "Intense feelings abo= ut=20 love=2C loneliness and fear=2C anxiety=2C desire=2C hope and ambition all c= ome into play=20 in these paintings. Very powerful I thought. What could have been fey=2C ar= ch or=20 game playing was actually very warm."



<= V:f eqn=3D"sum 0 0 @1"><= V:f eqn=3D"prod @6 1 2"><= /V:f>Matisse=20 at Christmas=20 is no joke=2C although some of the work in it might make you=20 smile.

Matisse=20 at Christmas=20 is not just a transcription project but then again - Jasper and Harry feel= =20 they've learned a lot by making work for this show.
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The=20 show includes art made by Jasper and Harry that was earnestly inspired by t= he=20 great Henri Matisse. They have tried to make work with the same freshness= =2C=20 beauty=2C and skill as Matisse but they have added their own signatures and= =20 trademarks.

Can=20 you just make more work of an artist you like?
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Does=20 anyone know what they=92re looking at?

Do=20 you believe in Matisse at Christmas?




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Matisse=20 at Christmas

December=20 8 to 21 (PV Thursday 6 December)

Chateau=20 Joffe

Shoreditch=20 London

7C=20 Plough Yard London EC2A 3LP

Tube:=20 Liverpool Street

T:=20 079571 36066

open=20 Friday to Sunday 12 to 4pm and by appointment



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= --_31364de5-7c52-4bfb-8f48-746f46448f13_-- From listadmin@worldwidereview.com Thu Nov 15 11:05:46 2012 From: listadmin@worldwidereview.com (JASPER JOFFE) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 11:05:46 +0000 Subject: =?utf-8?Q?_Jasper_et_Harry_ont_le_plaisir_?= =?utf-8?Q?de_vous_inviter_au_vernissage_de?= =?utf-8?Q?_Matisse_=C3=A0_No=C3=ABl?= Message-ID: ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01CDC321.29DCDD90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =20 Jasper et Harry ont le plaisir de vous inviter au vernissage de Matisse = =C3=A0 No=C3=ABl Au Ch=C3=A2teau Joffe, Shoreditch Jeudi 6 D=C3=A9cembre de 18h =E2=80=93 21h L=E2=80=99exposition se poursuit jusqu=E2=80=99au 21 D=C3=A9cembre RSVP jasperjoffe@hotmail.com =20 Monsieur Harry: When Henri painted =E2=80=98La Danse=E2=80=99 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: =E2=80=9CMatisse 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!=E2=80=9D = http://jasperandharry.blogspot.co.uk/ =20 =20 = =20 The Life Drawing Class by Harry Pye and Gordon Beswick =20 = =20 The Master by Jasper Joffe =20 =20 =20 = =20 Armchairs by Jasper Joffe =EF=BB=BF = =20 Me and My Dad at Christmas by Harry Pye =20 =09 =09 =EF=BB=BF =09 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01CDC321.29DCDD90 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

 

Jasper et Harry ont le plaisir de vous = inviter au vernissage de Matisse =C3=A0 = No=C3=ABl

Au Ch=C3=A2teau Joffe, = Shoreditch

Jeudi 6 D=C3=A9cembre de 18h =E2=80=93 = 21h

L=E2=80=99exposition se poursuit = jusqu=E2=80=99au 21 D=C3=A9cembre

RSVP jasperjoffe@hotmail.com<= /o:p>

 

Monsieur=C2=A0 Harry: When Henri painted =E2=80=98La=C2=A0 = Danse=E2=80=99 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: =E2=80=9CMatisse 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!=E2=80=9D

http://jasperandharry.blogspot.co.uk/

 

 

The Life Drawing Class by Harry Pye and = Gordon Beswick

 

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The Master by Jasper = Joffe

 

 

 

Armchairs by Jasper = Joffe


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