Sculpted and Lacquered Armchair by Jacques Jarrige

About the Item

Two pairs of sculpted armchairs by Jacques Jarrige with his signature play on positive and negative space, finished in high quality hand lacquer. Price is per armchair, 4 are available. Jacques Jarrige (b. 1962) is an artist who lives and works in Paris, France. His work is inspired by the art of Vlaminck, Derain, Segonzac, Rodin that were in his childhood home, and later the discovery of Henry Moore, Alexander Calder, the furniture design of George Nakashima, Alexandre Noll, and others. Jarrige rejects a purely decorative approach and instead engages in ongoing experiments with humble, raw materials and forms. His vigorous pieces of furniture reflect the impulsivity of drawings in space, while his wood, aluminum, and brass sculptures reach new monumentality while retaining their distinctive vital purpose. He studied architecture at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts before abandoning formal education to make functional sculpted design objects. In 1991, Jarrige was invited to join Frederic de Luca’s influential Parisian avant-garde gallery En Attendant les Barbares, where his sculptural furniture and design objects attracted a devoted following in Europe. Since 2010 he has been represented by Valerie Goodman Gallery in New York, where he has had four solo exhibitions along with other shows at the Queens Museum curated by Vida Sabbaghi, The Museum of Art and Design (MAD) for his jewelry, COPE NYC in Brooklyn and Taiwan, Rockland Center for the Arts Sculpture Park (RoCA) and the Rockefeller State Park preserve in Westchester. His work is included in important international private collections.

Creator:

Jacques Jarrige (Artist)

Dimensions:

Height: 22.5 in (57.15 cm)Width: 23 in (58.42 cm)Depth: 20 in (50.8 cm)Seat Height: 18 in (45.72 cm)

Materials and Techniques:

Lacquer,Reclaimed Wood,Hand-Carved

Place of Origin:

France

Period:

2010-

Date of Manufacture:

2015