Jasper Joffe, Greatest Hits at Hillsboro Fine Art Dublin opens
October 4th
Jasper Joffe
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Jasper Joffe
Greatest Hits
paintings 1996-2012
October=20
4 to November 3 2012
Hillsboro Fine Art
49 Parnell Square West=2C
Dublin 1=2C Ireland.
http://www.hillsborofineart.com
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if you cant see any images click here http://jasperjoffe.com/greatest_hits.=
htm Liner Notes
1: Jasper Surfing=20
2006
An existential picture from student days. The egotism of the=20
subject has blanked out the landscape.
2: Modern Painting=20
2010
Made for "Jasper & Harry's Tate Modern"=2C which was me and=20
Harry Pye's version of the Tate in a drycleaner. Not sure which modern arti=
st=20
this is=2C sort of a few of them.
3: Frantz Fanon=20
2008
I half read FF's book "black skins=2C white masks" when I was a=20
teenager. This is based on awoman I saw near my studio in Dalston.
4: Himmler=20
2011
I painted a picture of Himmler which Charles Saatchi bought from=20
my "Beauty Show" in 2008. Weirdly Nazis are my best sellers.
5: Adolf Hitler=20
2012
I have been painting Nazis since I was an undergraduate. Always=20
was completely gobsmacked by the Holocaust=2C and on and off have returned =
to what=20
these guys were thinking=2C how it happened. It still freaks me out. This i=
mage is=20
taken from a piece of colour footage I found on youtube. Hitler is lying do=
wn=2C=20
thinking about stuff=2C not shouting or saluting as we usually see=20
him.
6: Julia with Jof 2011
People often mispronounce my=20
name=2C it's meant to rhyme with coffee. Here is Julia Roberts with my adap=
ted=20
signature Jof.
7: Liv with Ruff=20
2011
Was looking at some Rembrandts in the National Gallery. The=20
ruffs are like neck braces. These actresses are beautiful and flawed and em=
otive=20
and stuck being looked at.
8: Nicole with Long=20
Ruff 2011
Nicole Kidman with an elongated neck and diagonal=20
composition which is apparent in many of this series. Diagonals give energy=
to=20
paintings.
9: Scarlett with Cross=20
2011
The surfaces beauty is transgressed by the mark of the cross.=20
There are these black silhouettes representing the crying viewer weeping at=
the=20
Hollywood film (me).
10: Dog 2000
I was living in Rome on a=20
scholarship and I painted this for a show called "Painting at Zero Gravity"=
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which had a massive painting on the ceiling. The gallery thought people wou=
ld=20
like some small paintings of dogs as well.
11: 2 Hearts=20
2009
Breaking up painting.
12: JJ for Jack Vettriano=20
2008
For a show on good/bad taste. I made Jack Vettriano's original a=20
lot more guttural. His paintings are obviously trying to be sexy=2C so thou=
ght I'd=20
take it a bit further.
13: Amateur 2008
I did this for an=20
ill-advised show called "Does the Royal Family like Pornography"=2C which d=
espite=20
the shock-horror title was more a discussion of the ubiquity of pornography=
=2C and=20
a questioning of whether it is hate filled misogyny or sexy fun.
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more info on the show at http://www.hillsborofineart.com
more info on the artist at http://www.jasperjoffe.com=20
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ublin 1=2C Ireland.<br></font><font style=3D"margin: 0px=3B padding: 0px=3B=
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</font></p><p align=3D"center"><font style=3D"font-size: 77%=3B text-decora=
tion: underline=3B" face=3D"Tahoma"><font size=3D"3">if you cant see any im=
ages click here </font><a href=3D"http://jasperjoffe.com/greatest_hits.htm"=
><font size=3D"3">http://jasperjoffe.com/greatest_hits.htm</font></a></font=
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><font style=3D"font-size: 77%=3B text-decoration: underline=3B" size=3D"2"=
face=3D"Tahoma">Liner Notes</font></p>
<p align=3D"left"><font style=3D"font-size: 77%=3B" face=3D"Tahoma"><font s=
ize=3D"2"><b>1: Jasper Surfing=20
2006</b><br><br>An existential picture from student days. The egotism of th=
e=20
subject has blanked out the landscape.</font></font></p>
<p align=3D"left"><font style=3D"font-size: 77%=3B" face=3D"Tahoma"><font s=
ize=3D"2"><b>2: Modern Painting=20
2010</b><br><br>Made for "Jasper &=3B Harry's Tate Modern"=2C which was =
me and=20
Harry Pye's version of the Tate in a drycleaner. Not sure which modern arti=
st=20
this is=2C sort of a few of them.</font></font></p>
<p align=3D"left"><font style=3D"font-size: 77%=3B" face=3D"Tahoma"><font s=
ize=3D"2"><b>3: Frantz Fanon=20
2008</b><br><br>I half read FF's book "black skins=2C white masks" when I w=
as a=20
teenager. This is based on awoman I saw near my studio in Dalston.</font></=
font></p>
<p align=3D"left"><font style=3D"font-size: 77%=3B" face=3D"Tahoma"><font s=
ize=3D"2"><b>4: Himmler=20
2011</b><br><br>I painted a picture of Himmler which Charles Saatchi bought=
from=20
my "Beauty Show" in 2008. Weirdly Nazis are my best sellers.</font></font><=
/p>
<p align=3D"left"><font style=3D"font-size: 77%=3B" face=3D"Tahoma"><font s=
ize=3D"2"><b>5: Adolf Hitler=20
2012</b><br><br>I have been painting Nazis since I was an undergraduate. Al=
ways=20
was completely gobsmacked by the Holocaust=2C and on and off have returned =
to what=20
these guys were thinking=2C how it happened. It still freaks me out. This i=
mage is=20
taken from a piece of colour footage I found on youtube. Hitler is lying do=
wn=2C=20
thinking about stuff=2C not shouting or saluting as we usually see=20
him.<br></font><b><br><font size=3D"2">6: Julia with Jof 2011</font></b><br=
><br><font size=3D"2">People often mispronounce my=20
name=2C it's meant to rhyme with coffee. Here is Julia Roberts with my adap=
ted=20
signature Jof.</font></font></p>
<p align=3D"left"><font style=3D"font-size: 77%=3B" face=3D"Tahoma"><font s=
ize=3D"2"><b>7: Liv with Ruff=20
2011</b><br><br>Was looking at some Rembrandts in the National Gallery. The=
=20
ruffs are like neck braces. These actresses are beautiful and flawed and em=
otive=20
and stuck being looked at.</font></font></p>
<p align=3D"left"><font style=3D"font-size: 77%=3B" face=3D"Tahoma"><font s=
ize=3D"2"><b>8: Nicole with Long=20
Ruff 2011</b><br><br>Nicole Kidman with an elongated neck and diagonal=20
composition which is apparent in many of this series. Diagonals give energy=
to=20
paintings.</font></font></p>
<p align=3D"left"><font style=3D"font-size: 77%=3B" face=3D"Tahoma"><font s=
ize=3D"2"><b>9: Scarlett with Cross=20
2011</b><br><br>The surfaces beauty is transgressed by the mark of the cros=
s.=20
There are these black silhouettes representing the crying viewer weeping at=
the=20
Hollywood film (me).<br><br><b>10: Dog 2000</b><br><br>I was living in Rome=
on a=20
scholarship and I painted this for a show called "Painting at Zero Gravity"=
=20
which had a massive painting on the ceiling. The gallery thought people wou=
ld=20
like some small paintings of dogs as well.</font></font></p>
<p align=3D"left"><font style=3D"font-size: 77%=3B" face=3D"Tahoma"><font s=
ize=3D"2"><b>11: 2 Hearts=20
2009</b><br><br>Breaking up painting.<br><br><b>12: JJ for Jack Vettriano=20
2008</b><br><br>For a show on good/bad taste. I made Jack Vettriano's origi=
nal a=20
lot more guttural. His paintings are obviously trying to be sexy=2C so thou=
ght I'd=20
take it a bit further.<br><br><b>13: Amateur 2008</b><br><br>I did this for=
an=20
ill-advised show called "Does the Royal Family like Pornography"=2C which d=
espite=20
the shock-horror title was more a discussion of the ubiquity of pornography=
=2C and=20
a questioning of whether it is hate filled misogyny or sexy fun.<br> </font=
></font></p>
<p align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Tahoma">more info on the show at </font><fo=
nt style=3D"margin: 0px=3B padding: 0px=3B" face=3D"Tahoma"><a style=3D"mar=
gin: 0px=3B padding: 0px=3B text-decoration: none=3B" href=3D"http://www.hi=
llsborofineart.com/">http://www.hillsborofineart.com</a></font><font face=
=3D"Tahoma"><br></font><font face=3D"Tahoma">more info on the artist at <a =
href=3D"http://www.jasperjoffe.com/">http://www.jasperjoffe.com</a>=20
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