« Life is what happens to you when you’re busy making other plans »
Aesthetics of contingency #2
Group show with :
Stephen Antonakos, Mel Bochner, Julien Bismuth, Fabiola Burgos Labra, John Cage, Marcel Duchamp, Céleste Gatier, Mark Geffriaud, Sadakishi Hartmann, David Horvitz, Eva Jospin, Tony Jouanneau, Toshikatsu Kiushi, Alison Knowles, Silvia Kolbowski, Godelieve Keulen, Geraldine Longueville, Louise Lawler, J.N. Mellor Club, Mai Miura, Shuji Nakagawa, Pauline Oliveros, Kyuji Onari, Michael Parsons, Nam June Paik, Hiroshi Ueda, Nina Safainia, So Andrew Saito, Yann Serandour, Mieko Shiomi, Mathieu Steinberg, Yohko Toda, William Anastasi, Katincka Bock, Irene Kopelman, Isa Melsheimer, Christoph Weber, Franz Erhard Walther.
Curated by Sébastien Pluot
Galerie Jocelyn Wolff 16 mars - 15 mai 2025
JN_VK-001
Serie of fictional tools in japanese leather “Shironameshi“ and ”Kurozan".
VILLA KUJOYAMA
Karine Arabian and Franck Blais were laureates at Villa Kujoyama in Kyoto for four months, from September to December 2023. Their research residency at the Villa focused on two essential aspects of their work: by immersing themselves in the heart of Kansai, the ancestral cradle of leatherworking in Japan, they were able to study leather finishing techniques and research forgotten know-how. How to show what cannot be seen but can be felt: emotion and sensitivity. The duo also studied the rules and rituals of monstration through the Tokonoma, that enclave in private space dedicated to the exhibition of nature, preciousness, and the meeting of poetry and the spiritual—notions that resonated with their approach to the object.
CARTIER
JN.MELLOR CLUB have worked with Cartier’s teams on created the Temple windows decors for CARTIER – Paris 13 rue de la Paix, New-York 5th avenue, London New Bond street and Tokyo Azabudai Hill.
JN_LL-02
An ornamental tapestry of delicate, iconoclastic richness composed of leather, various laces, trimmings and crocheted cords.
JN_FB-001
A totemic device composed of waste materials covered in precious leathers, an allegory of archaeological fragments, relics or elements of (re)-construction.
JN_JFD-001/2/3/4/5/6
A set of 6 structures in which JN.Mellor Club sees as small architectures, jewelry sculptures.
JN_JT-001
A true statement piece as a device somewhere between a divinatory game with organic forms and archaeological fragments.
JN_SP-01/02
This pair of bronze medals celebrates a sensual pagan baptism. A return to our origins, a reflection on the intimate as a mirror of the sensitive.
