Photo: Masaki Hori
NOW REPRESENTING JJ MANFORD
Harper’s is pleased to announce the co-representation of Brooklyn-based artist JJ Manford with Derek Eller Gallery, New York. Concurrent with Felix Art Fair, Harper's will present Our House, Manford's second solo exhibition with the gallery, opening at Harper’s Los Angeles this Friday, February 18, 6–8pm.
In his work, Manford collapses codifiers of taste within cultivated interiors to consider the effects of the expanding accessibility of image distribution, tourism, and the global exchange of goods on contemporary life. These imagined spaces, rendered on linen and burlap, undergo a layered application of Flashe, oil stick, and oil pastel to create a chromatically charged, highly textural surface. At once enchanting and alienating—Manford's domestic scenes are conspicuously unoccupied by humans—the paintings beckon the viewer as if to promise more beyond the welcome mat.
JJ Manford, Interior with Sonic and JJ Manford Rug, 2021, oil stick, oil pastel, and Flashe on linen, 72 x 60 inches
JJ Manford (b. 1983, Boston, MA) received a BFA from Cornell University in 2006, a post-Baccalaureate certificate from School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2009, and an MFA from Hunter College in 2013. Most recently, his work has been featured in solo presentations at Harper’s, East Hampton (2021); Derek Eller Gallery, New York (2021 and 2019); and John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY (2016 and 2012). A catalog, Greenport Magic, accompanied an exhibition of the same title at Arts + Leisure Gallery, New York, in 2017. Manford has participated in group exhibitions at Harper’s, Los Angeles (2021); The Pit, Palm Springs (2021); 1969 Gallery, New York (2020); Alexander Berggruen, New York (2020); and Freight + Volume, New York (2018 and 2015), among other venues. Reviews of his work have appeared in numerous publications including New Yorker, Artnet News, and White Hot Magazine. Manford currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY where he is a co-founder of the artist collective Underdonk.
JJ Manford: View from Gowanus, Harper's, East Hampton (2021)
JJ Manford: View from Gowanus, Harper's, East Hampton (2021)
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