Jack Pierson
Jack Pierson uses photography, drawing and sculpture to explore the complex emotional narratives surrounding historic and contemporary icons and iconography, and often creates work that can be read as a melancholic hymn to the subject of art and creation, fame, immortality and the passage of time. Delving into his own subconscious, the ideas and references explored in his work are deeply personal and spring from the artist’s inner intellectual and emotional world. Yet Pierson succeeds in transforming these private impulses into works of art that are, on the one hand, rooted in time and yet, on the other hand, seem to transcend it. His word sculptures are constructed from found objects – mismatched letters salvaged from junkyards, old movie marquees, roadside diners, Las Vegas casinos, and other abandoned enterprises. The letters are either arranged in abstract groupings, or combined to create individual words or phrases, and evoke a multiplicity of meanings. Pierson’s photographs and drawings also share a similar sense of specificity and plurality. The beauty of his work lies in its openness – each viewer brings his own interpretation to the work, one that is generated by their own memories and desire. His work is regularly commissioned for magazines and he has undertaken photography projects for several luxury fashion houses. Pierson’s photography can also be seen in a number of acclaimed books, including Desire/Despair, a survey published by Rizzoli of work made by Pierson between 1985 and 2005.
Recent solo exhibitions include the CAC - Centro de Arte Contemporaneo de Malaga, Spain (2009), the Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami (2002) and the Centre d’Art Santa Monica, Barcelona (2007). A retrospective exhibition of his work was held at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, in 2008.
Jack Pierson was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1960. He lives and works in New York and Southern California.
Symbolism, 2012
Wood, metal and plastic
49,5 × 238,8 × 8,9 cm, 19 1/2 × 94 × 3 1/2 inches
private collection
Last century, 2012
Plastic, metal and wood
154,3 × 231,8 × 15,4 cm, 60 3/4 × 91 1/4 × 6 1/8 inches
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Souvenirs, 2012
Metal, wood and plastic
71,1 × 353,1 × 13 cm, 28 × 139 × 5 1/8 inches
private collection
A door from Falcon Lair, 2012
Wood, hardware and velvet upholstery
202,9 × 76,2 cm, 79 7/8 × 30 inches
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Automatic drawing #14, 2012
Graphite on paper mounted on linen
35,9 × 27,9 cm, 14 1/8 × 11 inches
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Automatic drawing #15, 2012
Graphite on paper mounted on linen
35,9 × 27,9 cm, 14 1/8 × 11 inches
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Ankh, 2012
Concrete, sea shells and sandstone
275,5 × 125 × 30 cm, 108 1/2 × 49 1/4 × 11 3/4 inches
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Untitled (Picasso), 2012
Collage on canvas
221 × 109,2 cm, 87 × 43 inches
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Velasquez B/W close up (edition of 3), 2012
Pigment print
247 × 166,4 cm, 97 1/4 × 65 1/2 inches
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Tommy B/W Fruits (edition of 3), 2012
Pigment print
200 × 156 cm, 78 3/4 × 61 3/8 inches
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Valentino mounted on Jadaan B/W Broken Blossoms (edition of 3), 2012
Pigment print
152 × 99 cm, 59 7/8 × 39 inches
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Automatic drawing #1, 2011
Graphite on paper mounted on linen
35,9 × 27,9 cm, 14 1/8 × 11 inches
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Automatic drawing #2, 2011
Graphite on paper mounted on linen
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Automatic drawing #3, 2011
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Automatic drawing #4, 2011
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Automatic drawing #5, 2011
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Automatic drawing #6, 2011
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Automatic drawing #7, 2011
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Automatic drawing #8, 2011
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Automatic drawing #9, 2011
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Automatic drawing #10, 2011
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Automatic drawing #11, 2011
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Automatic drawing #12, 2011
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Automatic drawing #13, 2011
Graphite on paper mounted on linen
35,9 × 27,9 cm, 14 1/8 × 11 inches
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The Veil (edition of 3 + 1 AP), 2010
Folded pigment print
144,8 × 108 cm, 57 × 42 1/2 inches
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Beyond the pale (edition of 3 + 1 AP), 2010
Folded pigment print
210,82 × 157,48 cm, 83 × 62 inches
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Fame, 2010
Metal, paint, vintage light bulbs
123,8 × 226 × 123,8 cm, 48 3/4 × 89 × 48 3/4 inches
private collection
Nazimova, 2010
Wood, metal and plastic
61 × 228,6 × 7 cm, 24 × 90 × 2 3/4 inches
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Desperate ?, 2009
Metal, plastic and wood
47 × 288,3 × 14 cm, 18 1/2 × 113 1/2 × 5 1/2 inches
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Incantation, 2009
Wood and paint
142,2 × 116,8 × 3,5 cm, 56 × 46 × 1 3/8 inches
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154,3 × 231,8 × 15,4 cm, 60 3/4 × 91 1/4 × 6 1/8 inches
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Wood, hardware and velvet upholstery
202,9 × 76,2 cm, 79 7/8 × 30 inches
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35,9 × 27,9 cm, 14 1/8 × 11 inches
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275,5 × 125 × 30 cm, 108 1/2 × 49 1/4 × 11 3/4 inches
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221 × 109,2 cm, 87 × 43 inches
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Pigment print
247 × 166,4 cm, 97 1/4 × 65 1/2 inches
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200 × 156 cm, 78 3/4 × 61 3/8 inches
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Pigment print
152 × 99 cm, 59 7/8 × 39 inches
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35,9 × 27,9 cm, 14 1/8 × 11 inches
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35,9 × 27,9 cm, 14 1/8 × 11 inches
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Folded pigment print
144,8 × 108 cm, 57 × 42 1/2 inches
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Folded pigment print
210,82 × 157,48 cm, 83 × 62 inches
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Wood, metal and plastic
61 × 228,6 × 7 cm, 24 × 90 × 2 3/4 inches
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Metal, plastic and wood
47 × 288,3 × 14 cm, 18 1/2 × 113 1/2 × 5 1/2 inches
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Wood and paint
142,2 × 116,8 × 3,5 cm, 56 × 46 × 1 3/8 inches
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Exhibitions
2012
Jack Pierson
Jesus and Nazimova
2011
David Altmejd, Marcel Broodthaers, Andrew Dadson, Latifa Echakhch, Michel François, Nikolas Gambaroff, Vincent Geyskens, Jacob Kassay, Elad Lassry, Robert Mapplethorpe, Ron Nagle, David Noonan, Jack Pierson, Ryan Sullivan, Lesley Vance & Ned Vena
Everything You Can Imagine Is Real…
2008
Jack Pierson
Catalogues
Jack Pierson
includes a text by Elisabeth Lebovici
published by Xavier Hufkens, Brussels - 2012
ISBN 978-94-91245-04-6
Jack Pierson
essay by Enrique Juncosa
published by Xavier Hufkens, Brussels - 2008
ISBN 978-9-081291-23-1