Jerry Jeanmard

The Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery presents a new selection of works by Louisiana-born artist Jerry Jeanmard. On view at Billy Reid, West Village, this presentation forms part of the gallery’s ongoing collaboration with the award-winning American designer.

 

Drawing on his former career as an illustrator, Jeanmard works intuitively with his collection of found papers, allowing figures to emerge organically through a playful process of layering and juxtaposition. His approach recalls the early experiments with collage by Cubist artists such as Picasso and Braque, who incorporated fragments of everyday materials into their compositions, challenging traditional notions of representation and pictorial space. Similarly, Jeanmard explores the relationship between abstraction and figuration, assembling disparate elements into unexpected yet harmonious compositions. Through this intuitive process, familiar forms take on new identities.