1^st 《North American International Festival of Arts 》& 2021 UGSIFF《Save the Planet》

Online Public Welfare Art Exhibition

首屆《北美國際藝術節》暨 2021環球小金人《守護地球》線上公益藝術大展

【Well-known Artist-France】Pierre JACOB

Pierre JACOB

Born in Paris on July 25, 1955, French nationality.

Training and career in the architectural professions.

Studies in Decorative Arts schools in Paris, then career in Interior Architecture in the planning and decoration office of a major Parisian luxury hotel group. From 1988: entry into the Engineering office of Aéroports de Paris, headed by architect Paul ANDREU. Participation in the major achievements of the development of Roissy-CDG airport until 2015. At the same time, from 1999, the start of a personal painter's work. This activity becomes stronger under the impetus of meetings of artists in the painting workshops of the City of Paris.

Painter, designer and plastic artist.

Through subjects, having multiple influences, what drives me is an endless search for a universe of free expression in which spatiality dominates. However, it is the surrealists that I refer most often. The subjects that I particularly like often come from a figuration, being in reality only a pretext for an interior exploration, and often result from sketches and collages. I give myself no limit of inspiration: ancient art, modern and contemporary art, poetry as much as the vulgar, music as much as noise, imagination as much as everyday life ...

Numerous group and individual exhibitions in France and 3 group exhibitions in China.

« POP PORTRAIT GALLERY »

The project is a serie of artworks that are talking about influence of pop cultures on fine arts. At the beginning the artworks are digital collages images mixing eclectical sources: illustration, comics, tatoo, street art, advertising, … In a second time the images become works hand painted on canvas with acrylic painting.

4 portraits from the serie are proposed here for the exhibition:

WARHOL

PICASSO

KLASEN

SAGET

WARHOL POP PORTRAIT

Description :

Acrylic painting on canvas, on stretcher

Dimensions: 100 × 100cm × 3cm

Unique work, hand-signed by the artist

Fantastic comic book characters sit in front of a big screen, which they watch. A satirical image of WARHOL is projected onto the screen. A wide open mouth, insects and doodles flutter all around without disturbing the calm of the warriors. In the middle of the scene: a well-known character wonders what he's doing there; he embodies the banality so dear to Andy WARHOL.

References used for this table: The ghost of WARHOL: after Ron ENGLISH. Warriors: after Whilce PORTACIO. Homer SIMPSON; DISNEY Productions. Doodles: after COBA DESIGN.

PICASSO POP PORTRAIT

Description :

Acrylic painting on canvas, on stretcher

Dimensions : 100 × 100cm × 3cm

Unique work, hand-signed by the artist

The face to face between a minotaur in lino engraving, and a woman with soft cubist hues. The backdrop of comic books accentuates the brutality of the character. In the background, the face of the minotaur is revealed in a broken mirror.

References used for this table: The minotaur; according to Dean JOHNSON. Women; after a painting by Pablo PICASSO, surrealist period. BD Amazon; according to Alfonso AZPIRI. Medallion; from a photo of the Master.

KLASEN POP PORTRAIT

Description :

Acrylic painting on canvas, on stretcher

Dimensions: 100 × 100cm × 3cm

Unique work, hand-signed by the artist

Reference to the world of the factory dear to Peter KLASEN. In a transposition of the ultimate danger: annihilation and terror. A touch of cold eroticism is opposed to images of military nuclear sites and unequivocal signals.

References used for this table: Radiography; after Irving ST GARP. Manga; DAY DREAM / Manga WEEKLY n ° 47, 1988. Images of US military sites; according to Jeff BROUWS.

SAGET POP PORTRAIT

Description :

Acrylic painting on canvas, on stretcher

Dimensions: 100 × 100cm × 3cm

Unique work, hand-signed by the artist

A public bench floats on a chalk carpet, with the only decoration: floor markings and arches that evoke metro tunnels. In this void, an ancient statue contemplates stars and moths.

References used for this painting: Public bench & carpet, after Jordane SAGET. Reclining antique statue, after Fiorenzo NICCOLI. Red imps, after Saul CHERNIK.

PARIS, 2021 08 23