Jordan Derrien

Bushels of Goodness and Warmth

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  • 💙 V.O Curations
  • đŸ–€ Jordan Derrien
  • 💛 Theo Christelis

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installation view, Bushels of Goodness and Warmth at V.O Curations, London.
installation view, Bushels of Goodness and Warmth at V.O Curations, London.
installation view, Bushels of Goodness and Warmth at V.O Curations, London.
installation view, Bushels of Goodness and Warmth at V.O Curations, London.
installation view, Bushels of Goodness and Warmth at V.O Curations, London.
installation view, Bushels of Goodness and Warmth at V.O Curations, London.
installation view, Bushels of Goodness and Warmth at V.O Curations, London.
installation view, Bushels of Goodness and Warmth at V.O Curations, London.
installation view, Bushels of Goodness and Warmth at V.O Curations, London.
installation view, Bushels of Goodness and Warmth at V.O Curations, London.
installation view, Bushels of Goodness and Warmth at V.O Curations, London.
installation view, Bushels of Goodness and Warmth at V.O Curations, London.
installation view, Bushels of Goodness and Warmth at V.O Curations, London.
installation view, Bushels of Goodness and Warmth at V.O Curations, London.
Jordan Derrien, The neck is bent diagonally, 2022, wood, steel handles, oil based paint, 119x168cm
Jordan Derrien, The neck is bent diagonally, 2022, wood, steel handles, oil based paint, 119x168cm
Jordan Derrien, A scaly zone comes next, 2022, oil on canvas, 30,5x82cm
Jordan Derrien, A scaly zone comes next, 2022, oil on canvas, 30,5x82cm
Jordan Derrien, On the log bridge that crosses the stream at the bottom edge of this patch, 2022, oil on canvas, 30,5×82cm
Jordan Derrien, On the log bridge that crosses the stream at the bottom edge of this patch, 2022, oil on canvas, 30,5×82cm
Jordan Derrien, It’s not worth bothering about, 2022, oil on canvas, 30,5x82cm
Jordan Derrien, It’s not worth bothering about, 2022, oil on canvas, 30,5x82cm
Jordan Derrien, The table is set for three, 2022, oil on canvas, 30,5x82cm
Jordan Derrien, The table is set for three, 2022, oil on canvas, 30,5x82cm
Jordan Derrien, It’s all in the mind, things like that, 2022, oil on canvas, 30,5x82cm
Jordan Derrien, It’s all in the mind, things like that, 2022, oil on canvas, 30,5x82cm
Jordan Derrien, The apertures of the balustrade were too narrow, 2022, oil on canvas, 30,5x82cm
Jordan Derrien, The apertures of the balustrade were too narrow, 2022, oil on canvas, 30,5x82cm
Jordan Derrien, The western side of the veranda, 2022, oil on canvas, 30,5x82cm
Jordan Derrien, The western side of the veranda, 2022, oil on canvas, 30,5x82cm
Jordan Derrien, Acrobatic behind the wheel..., 2022, oil on canvas, 30,5x82cm
Jordan Derrien, Acrobatic behind the wheel..., 2022, oil on canvas, 30,5x82cm
Jordan Derrien, ‘Six! My goodness’, 2022, cast aluminium, 31×40.5cm
Jordan Derrien, ‘Six! My goodness’, 2022, cast aluminium, 31×40.5cm
Jordan Derrien, The smallest of the three birds, 2022, wood, oil based paint, 119x168cm
Jordan Derrien, The smallest of the three birds, 2022, wood, oil based paint, 119x168cm
Jordan Derrien, They sip their drinks, 2022, cast aluminium, 20.5x25cm
Jordan Derrien, They sip their drinks, 2022, cast aluminium, 20.5x25cm
Jordan Derrien, Between the clods of spaded earth, 2022, cast aluminium, 23x32cm
Jordan Derrien, Between the clods of spaded earth, 2022, cast aluminium, 23x32cm
Bushels of Goodness and Warmth Jordan Derrien’s starting point for the exhibition was the 1957 novel La Jalousie (Jealousy) by French writer and filmmaker Alain Robbe-Grillet. The narrator, who never reveals himself, observes the interactions of his wife – only referred to as A
 – and their neighbour Franck, suspecting a love affair between them. Throughout the novel, the narrator continuously replays his observations and suspicions, to the point that it becomes impossible to distinguish between his reality and fantasy. A jalousie is also a type of window which protects the interior of a house from being seen or peeked into from the outside, at the same time maximising natural ventilation due to its slatted louvres. Combining the visual language of these architectural elements as well as ready-mades, furniture and paintings, the works in the exhibition explore the act of looking, viewing, reflecting and imagining. Derrien mirrors the principles of Nouveau Roman, a French literary movement, which went against the conventions of a traditional novel, offering instead a narrator’s obsessive review of observed details and events. Through the variety of mediums and techniques, densely or thinly applied paint and aluminium castings, the artist obstructs, reveals and frames views by focusing on a form of a window. Jordan Derrien (b. 1994, Caen, FR) lives and works in London. Within his practice, he develops a permeable and reversible relationship between the interior and the exterior, the similar and the identical, the public and the private. His work invests a form of domesticity and redefines our relationship to the liminal. Recent exhibitions include Galerie Anne Barrault, Paris (2022), FRAC Normandie Caen (2021), Palais des Beaux-arts, Paris (2021), Haus Wien, Vienna (2021), ArtLacuna, London (2021), W, Pantin (2021), LAXART, Los Angeles (2019), Media Naranja, Marseille (2018), Swimming Pool, Sofia (2018).

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