Manford’s meticulous oil pastel strokes form dynamic, prismatic interiors rich in texture and color
This is the first publication dedicated to the work of Brooklyn–based painter JJ Manford (born 1983), who curates imagined domestic spaces filled with an array of historical artworks, objects, textiles, furniture and animals. Simultaneously painterly and cinematic, his recent works highlight the coexistence of our manufactured and natural world. In an interview with Maake magazine, Manford describes his “optical mixture” as an echo of the “Impressionist and Pointillist method[s] of capturing the evasive quality of light in painting.” He creates most of his paintings on burlap, a technique inspired by Seurat’s brushwork on linen. The rough burlap imbues the surface with texture, while the distribution of paint amid the “peaks” and “valleys” creates dimension. With Seurat’s vibrant palette, Cezanne’s geometrical composition and his own fantastical imagination, Manford creates interiors that teem with energy and life.
JJ Manford, "Sunrise at Stahl House, LA" (2023).
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Thursday, December 5, from 6–8 PM, please join us to celebrate the opening of our December pop-up with Brooklyn home goods store of great intelligence and beauty, The Primary Essentials! Wednesday, December 4–Tuesday, December 31, TPE will present a curated selection of more than 50 titles, with a focus on the study. Accompanying items will include stationery, one of a kind vintage items for the desk, reading lights and other products. On Sunday, December 8, from 4–6 PM, painter JJ Manford will sign his new monograph from Derek Eller / Harper’s. (More information here.) And throughout the month, customers can receive complimentary book plates and in-person calligraphy for extra special holiday gifting. continue to blog
“Texas Desert Interior with Noguchi Lantern” (2023) is from JJ Manford’s eponymous new (and first) monograph—a featured title at our December pop-up at dapper Brooklyn home emporium The Primary Essentials. Essayist Gilles Heno-Coe notes the way that Manford’s enigmatic interior tableaux “vibrate with animate intensity despite the characteristic absence of life, save for an occasional potted plant or loafing tabby cat.” The work inhabits a liminal space, “somewhere between invention and appropriation, painting and drawing, experimentation and design, inside and outside. … These are not paintings about life, per se, but they demonstrate that longing of wanting to give life to something. But that has long been the domain of artists—to bring inanimate matter to life. Manford succeeds in that regard, if only to remind us that sometimes even the most banal parts of life can still be both wonderful and strange.” Please join us for a book signing with Manford Sunday afternoon! continue to blog
FORMAT: Hbk, 9 x 11.25 in. / 96 pgs / 73 color. LIST PRICE: U.S. $40.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $58 GBP £35.00 ISBN: 9780977900299 PUBLISHER: Derek Eller Gallery/Harper's AVAILABLE: 3/5/2024 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Active AVAILABILITY: In stock TERRITORY: WORLD
Published by Derek Eller Gallery/Harper's. Foreword by Gilles Heno-Coe.
Manford’s meticulous oil pastel strokes form dynamic, prismatic interiors rich in texture and color
This is the first publication dedicated to the work of Brooklyn–based painter JJ Manford (born 1983), who curates imagined domestic spaces filled with an array of historical artworks, objects, textiles, furniture and animals. Simultaneously painterly and cinematic, his recent works highlight the coexistence of our manufactured and natural world. In an interview with Maake magazine, Manford describes his “optical mixture” as an echo of the “Impressionist and Pointillist method[s] of capturing the evasive quality of light in painting.” He creates most of his paintings on burlap, a technique inspired by Seurat’s brushwork on linen. The rough burlap imbues the surface with texture, while the distribution of paint amid the “peaks” and “valleys” creates dimension. With Seurat’s vibrant palette, Cezanne’s geometrical composition and his own fantastical imagination, Manford creates interiors that teem with energy and life.
