Installation : Big Beautiful Color. 2009

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For his exhibition Big Beautiful Color, Jacques will construct an interactive large-scale teepee of cast-off slatboard set atop a colorful platform and against a backdrop of multi-hued streamers. Visitors to the exhibition will be invited to enter the teepee where atmospheric psych jams, recorded by his housemate Blake Anthony Ray Miller, will filter from tape deck to a vintage Alamo amplifier. Within these walls, there is a smooth transition between the bustle of the downtown streets and a more transcendent space where one can leave their cares behind and enter a world of inspired meditation.

In addition to the installation, fourteen new paintings and sculptures will fill the gallery space. Imagery includes prismatic symbols of nature, metaphysical acculturation, and a celebration of the spiritual universe that connects all of us – from our local collectives to a global community.

At the opening, there will be a peaceful protest enacted by distributing picket signs, hand printed locally by Keeganmeegan Press, each carrying slogans mixing Jacques' own artistic and political ideals.

-Leslie Miller, Fontanelle Gallery. Portland, Oregon.



Exterior installation view. Salvaged and reclaimed wood Teepee and Dutch Hex sign sculture.


Teepee Extorior and Dutch Hex Sculpture detail.

Teepee interior detail. including artist personal items.

Teepee interior view looking up at "blast" painting on canvas.

Main Exhibiton wall and floor installation.

Screen printed protest signs, distributed at opening reception for "peaceful protest"
Blake Anthony Ray Miller, playing "Music for a Teepee" Live at opening reception.

Photos - Fontanelle Gallery and Timothy Murray.




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