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JJ Manford — Interior with Tiger Bunny & Geometric Pillow
JJ Manford

Interior with Tiger Bunny & Geometric Pillow

2022

Interior with Tiger Bunny and Geometric Pillow presents a charged domestic scene rendered in JJ Manford's characteristically bold, unmediated hand. Working in oil stick, oil pastel, and Flashe on burlap over canvas, Manford exploits the rough, absorbent texture of the burlap support to give his marks an urgent physicality, as if the imagery has been pressed and coaxed into being rather than simply applied. The large scale of the work, nearly six feet in each direction, draws the viewer into an intimate space where a stuffed animal and a patterned pillow become protagonists of genuine psychological weight. Color is wielded with confident economy, and the flattened, almost diagrammatic treatment of form recalls folk tradition and naive painting while remaining firmly grounded in a sophisticated contemporary sensibility. Manford's practice centers on the objects and environments that accumulate meaning through daily proximity, transforming the overlooked furnishings of ordinary life into vessels of feeling and memory. The tiger bunny and geometric pillow of the title are not incidental props but carefully chosen emblems, carrying the residue of comfort, childhood, and the particular tenderness humans invest in soft things. The resulting image occupies a productive tension between the casual and the monumental, between lightness of subject and seriousness of execution. Acquired directly from Derek Eller Gallery, the work arrives signed by the artist and represents a strong example from a period in which Manford's reputation has grown considerably among collectors drawn to emotionally direct, materially inventive painting.

Medium
Oil stick, oil pastel, Flashe on burlap over canvas
Overall
Signed
Yes
Location
Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY

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JJ Manford, Interior with Tiger Bunny & Geometric Pillow, 2022

Interior with Tiger Bunny and Geometric Pillow presents a charged domestic scene rendered in JJ Manford's characteristically bold, unmediated hand. Working in oil stick, oil pastel, and Flashe on burlap over canvas, Manford exploits the rough, absorbent texture of the burlap support to give his marks an urgent physicality, as if the imagery has been pressed and coaxed into being rather than simply applied. The large scale of the work, nearly six feet in each direction, draws the viewer into an intimate space where a stuffed animal and a patterned pillow become protagonists of genuine psychological weight. Color is wielded with confident economy, and the flattened, almost diagrammatic treatment of form recalls folk tradition and naive painting while remaining firmly grounded in a sophisticated contemporary sensibility. Manford's practice centers on the objects and environments that accumulate meaning through daily proximity, transforming the overlooked furnishings of ordinary life into vessels of feeling and memory. The tiger bunny and geometric pillow of the title are not incidental props but carefully chosen emblems, carrying the residue of comfort, childhood, and the particular tenderness humans invest in soft things. The resulting image occupies a productive tension between the casual and the monumental, between lightness of subject and seriousness of execution. Acquired directly from Derek Eller Gallery, the work arrives signed by the artist and represents a strong example from a period in which Manford's reputation has grown considerably among collectors drawn to emotionally direct, materially inventive painting.

Medium
Oil stick, oil pastel, Flashe on burlap over canvas
Dimensions
overall: 182.9 x 152.4 cm
Year
2022
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY

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