James HD Brown

Born in Los Angeles in 1951, deceased in 2020 in Mexico.

2007: first encounter with James Brown through this work presented at the Bordas gallery in Venice: “Internal order monotype I”. It is at this period that our interest for this artist came to be and it didn’t lessen, more likely it became stronger with time.

Galerie PJ is pleased to present “Brown on brown”, an exhibition that showcases a selection of works on paper, dating between 1989 and 2001. There are watercolros, monotypes, lithographies as well as stencils, collages and multiples interventions.

Within common space, canvas-like cards present their surfacing and their deepness, they surround themselves of blue, black, brown or white shapes – sometimes accompanied of recognisable characters that come from sacred native american ground.

Then, beyond other formats, we seek another vision of his work, thus unveiling his “entomological memories”, florishing colors that take you to his most beautiful confrontation: “Happy Prince / Monotype Georges”.

Allow yourself to be transported by emotion, so that you can disappear and reappear.

The Fifteen Indians are here to remind you of it.

Come the shapes of hortensias (Hortensia shape), leading you to constellations through a same grey line (Line grey shape).

Shows

  • 2021 « Brown on brown », Galerie PJ, Metz, France 
  • 2020 « Covillective », Galerie PJ, Metz, France 
  • 2019 « Collages, monotypes et estampes (1986-1992) » , Galerie Lelong & Co., Paris , France
  • 2018 « Life and Work in Mexico », Musée de USC Fisher – Université Southern California, Los Angeles, États-Unis
  • 2017 « Oval », Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France
  • 2016 « El cuarto rosa », Galerie Hilario Galguera, Mexico, Mexique
  • 2013 « My Other House », Museo Diego Rivera-Anahuacalli, Mexico, Mexique
  • 2011 « Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing », Musée de la ville de New York, New York, États-Unis
  • 2011 « Papiers » 1985 – 1990, Galerie Lelong, Paris, France
  • 2010 Château Lynch-Bages, Pauillac, France
  • 2008 Galerie Lelong, Paris, France
  • 2006 « Work on Paper, 1981-2005 », Fisher Landau Center For Art, New York, États-Unis
  • 2003 « Peintures récentes », Galerie Alice Pauli, Lausanne, Suisse
  • 2003 Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Malaga , Espagne
  • 2002 « Impressions 1986-2002 », Centre de la Gravure et de l’Image imprimée, La Louvière, Belgique
  • 2002 « Or et Plomb », Couvent des Cordeliers, Paris, France
  • 2001 « Dela na papirju 1981 – 1998 », Lamut’s Art Salon – Galerie Božidar Jakac, Kostanjevica na Krki, Slovénie
  • 2000 « Works on Paper 1981-1998 », Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Allemagne
  • 1999 « Œuvres sur papier, 1981-1998 », Musée d’art moderne de Céret, Céret, France
  • 1999 Galerie Lelong, Paris, France
  • 1998 Galerie Serge Sorokko, San Francisco, États-Unis
  • 1995 Carré St Vincent, Orléans, France
  • 1991 « Peintures, monotypes », Galerie Alice Pauli, Lausanne, Suisse
  • 1990 Galerie Lelong, Paris, France
  • 1985 Institut d’art contemporain Londres (ICA), Londres, Royaume-Uni
  • 1984 «Investigations 6: James Brown. Paintings»,  ICA – Institut d’art contemporain – Université  Pennsylvania, Philadelphie, États-Unis