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Jeff RobbJuno II, 20222022
2022
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If in the Threshold series the figures seem to be ascending, in the Juno series the opposite seems to be the case. There is a sense of falling, but no sense of the fallen. As in Threshold, the Juno figures are athletes, embodiments of energy. Robb describes them in images full of heroic diagonals, bold sweeping lines, and cascades of drapery. The action is gymnastic, unimpeded, almost violent, and yet the figures still seem calm, relaxed and in control. Every extension of limb or flourish of drapery is balanced by a counter movement, giving each pose an underlying sense of nobility. The images satiate our desire both for liberation and freedom, and for order and harmony.
Maybe this paradox is down to the three-dimensional nature of lenticular photograph –walking around the picture animates the figure, freeing it, yet no matter how hard we look, no matter what angle we take, the figure remains at rest elevated in the air at the centre of an exquisitely balanced composition. And while we are immersed in the three dimensions, Robb also asks us to contemplate the fourth dimension, time. How will these movements unfold? Try as we might, we can’t quite believe they will ever fall, or end up on the ground we inhabit. We believe in these figures, in their higher powers, in their dance that appears before us like frozen music.
As the title of the series suggests, the figures are clearly possessed with divine, not mortal, energy. Perhaps then, we know the end of their story. They move under the safeguard of Juno, the Roman goddess who championed women and protected the state, until they are ready to be taken out of their dance and raised to their seats in heaven. In this sense, Juno, like Threshold, is about the ascension of the human soul, about what it is to feel like a god.
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- Creation Year:2022
- Dimensions:Height: 19.69 in (50 cm)Width: 19.69 in (50 cm)
- More Editions & Sizes:75x75 cm, Edition of 15 + 2 APPrice: $9,336100x100 cm, Edition of 9 + 2 APPrice: $13,949120x120 cm, Edition of 6 + 2 APPrice: $18,672
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- Gallery Location:VALLAURIS, FR
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1814211446902
Jeff Robb
Jeff Robb was born in 1965 in Derbyshire. He is a British artist, who graduated with distinction from the Royal College of Art in 1992 with a master’s degree in fine art holography. Shortly after graduating, he was invited to submit a landscape work into the Victoria and Albert Museum’s permanent collection, the first-ever hologram artwork to be accessioned by the museum. Since then, Robb has continually experimented with three-dimensional imaging and his work now features in museums and private collections around the world.
Robb is currently best known for his lenticular photographic work focusing on the female nude and abstract forms in space, which he makes in series. The artist has recently begun to produce bronze sculptures working with the female nude, using cutting-edge modeling technology combined with historic casting techniques. This radical development is typical of Robb’s open experimental approach in making art, using any combination of tools and technology available to him.
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