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Jack Pierson — The Crippled Beggar Knew a Priceless Secret
Jack Pierson

The Crippled Beggar Knew a Priceless Secret

Assembled from a poetic accumulation of weathered and discarded materials—metal, plastic, and wood letters alongside glass, wax, glazed ceramic, artificial flowers, postcards, and incense sticks—this work reflects Pierson's signature embrace of the melancholic and the transient. The title, evoking a kind of street-worn mysticism, finds its visual counterpart in the layered texture of found objects that carry their own histories of use and abandonment. Together, the elements conjure a fragile narrative suspended between revelation and decay.

Medium
found metal, plastic and wood letters, glass, wax, wood, glazed ceramic, artificial flowers, paint, postcards, string, shell, incense sticks

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Contemporary Art and Design Evening Sale

March 3, 2015

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Jack Pierson, The Crippled Beggar Knew a Priceless Secret

Assembled from a poetic accumulation of weathered and discarded materials—metal, plastic, and wood letters alongside glass, wax, glazed ceramic, artificial flowers, postcards, and incense sticks—this work reflects Pierson's signature embrace of the melancholic and the transient. The title, evoking a kind of street-worn mysticism, finds its visual counterpart in the layered texture of found objects that carry their own histories of use and abandonment. Together, the elements conjure a fragile narrative suspended between revelation and decay.

Medium
found metal, plastic and wood letters, glass, wax, wood, glazed ceramic, artificial flowers, paint, postcards, string, shell, incense sticks
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Assemblage, Male Artist, Nostalgic Mood, Americana, Mixed Media, Nostalgic Aesthetic, Found Object Art, Contemporary Artist, American Artist, Wanderlust Aesthetic, Late 20th Century, Eclectic Mood, Text-Based Art, Eclectic Aesthetic

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