July 25th 2022

JILL SILVERMAN VAN COENEGRACHTS, FOUNDER JSVCprojects

May 30th 2022

UNAPOLOGETIC CONTENT.

May 23rd 2022

BEHIND THE SCENES:
ESTHER SHALEV-GERZ,
KING & KING
A new sculpture
Installed in the United States

May 16th 2022

BEHIND THE SCENES:
SAVE THE DATE
BAD+
July 6-10 2022
HANGAR 14

May 9th 2022

BEHIND THE SCENES:
LINDA KARSHAN
Backstage filming ‘Two Feet Walking’
By Ishmael Annobil, Filmmaker
In response to the architecture of Murray Edwards College
Cambridge University
8th April 2022

May 2nd 2022

A WALK IN MY LIBRARY:
HELMUT FEDERLE

April 25th 2022

BEHIND THE SCENES:
BENEDICTE DELAY WITH JASON BUTLER
‘ONE ON ONE’
Exhibition at ArtHouse Jersey
14 April – 2 May 2022

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April 11th 2022

NATURE NOTES:
HELLO TO SPRING, PARIS

April 4th 2022

BEHIND THE SCENES:
A WALKED DRAWING, ‘TWO FEET WALKING’,
By Linda Karshan
In collaboration with Filmmaker, Ishmael Annobil
In response to the architecture of Murray Edwards College,
University of Cambridge

March 28th 2022

BEHIND THE SCENES:
ISHMAEL ANNOBIL, 'INSOMNIA'
Coming soon at L'Interstice, Arles
Opening on April 15, 2022

March 21st 2022

BEHIND THE SCENES:
JASON BUTLER, ‘ONE ON ONE’
Launch new ArtHouse exhibition space
Jersey, England

March 14th 2022

BEHIND THE SCENES:
ART & LANGUAGE, "THESE SCENES", 2016
Acquired by Centre Pompidou

March 7th 2022

BEHIND THE SCENES:
ESTHER SHALEV-GERZ
Bauhaus-Museum,
Weimar, Germany

February 21st 2022

BEHIND THE SCENES:
LOSING DAN GRAHAM
1942-2022

February 14th 2022

BEHIND THE SCENES:
THE DEVELOPMENT OF BAD+
BORDEAUX + ART + DESIGN
New dates: July 6-10 2022, at HANGAR 14

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February 7th 2022

BEHIND THE SCENES:
2000 THANK YOU NOTES
7 February 2022

January 31st 2022

BEHIND THE SCENES:
NEW SPACE FOR JSVCPROJECTS

January 24th 2022

BEHIND THE SCENES:
ROBERT STONE
Debut with Haines Gallery at FOG Design + Art 2022
San Francisco, CA

January 17th 2022

BEHIND THE SCENES:
MISCHA KUBALL
nolde / kritik / documenta
A project by documenta archiv, Draiflessen Collection and Mischa Kuball
NEW DATE: FALL 2022

January 10th 2022

UNAPOLOGETIC CONTENT.

January 3rd 2022

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2022!
WARM WISHES AND NEW ADVENTURES

December 13th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
MINYADES
An exhibition of paintings by Richard Höglund
The Bonnier Gallery, Miami
December 2021
A Catalogue Essay

December 6th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
MISCHA KUBALL
ReferenzRäume
Museum Morsbroich
5 December – 24 April 2022

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November 29th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
ABOUT THE TREES
Thanksgiving 2021

November 25th 2021

UNAPOLOGETIC CONTENT.

November 15th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
THE WORLD MAP
Thanks to Mr Hide

November 8th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
KOEN VANMECHELEN LABIOMISTA, GENK (BELGIUM)
The book launch and debate
“NOT TO BE MISTAKEN”, November, 4th

October 25th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
OCTOBER 2021
"Linda Karshan: The Covid-19 Conversation"
Still in the limelight

October 18th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
IDE TO POLAND
POSTSCRIPT PARIS

October 11th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
IDE TO POLAND III
Out of the oven
Warsaw Sept 28-Oct 3

October 5th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
HELMUT FEDERLE
NOVARTIS Campus – Forum 3, Basel
DIENER & DIENER - WIEDERIN
2005

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October 2nd 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
BETWEEN LISTENING AND TELLING
Esther Shalev Gerz
Nuit Blanche Paris,
Tonight

September 27th 2021

UNAPOLOGETIC CONTENT.

September 20th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
ART BASEL HALL 2.0C1
René Schmitt and ART & LANGUAGE
THESE SCENES, 2016

September 6th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
MISCHA KUBALL
Wolfsburg and Utopias

September 2nd 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
IDE TO POLAND
A new expedition on the CERAMIC & FOOD ROUTE

August 30th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
IDE TO POLAND
A new expedition on the CERAMIC & FOOD ROUTE
Bright blue and white ceramics fill the dining room with warmth and visual appeal

August 23rd 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
IDE TO POLAND
A new expedition on the CERAMIC & FOOD ROUTE
Starts today in Warsaw through 3 October

August 2nd 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
ESTHER SHALEV-GERZ
SUMMER IN PARIS

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July 30th 2021

UNAPOLOGETIC CONTENT.

July 26th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
ARCO MADRID,
1st Art Fair in 2 years

July 23rd 2021

UNAPOLOGETIC CONTENT.

July 19th 2021

UNAPOLOGETIC CONTENT.

July 16th 2021

UNAPOLOGETIC CONTENT.

July 12th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
IN THE ARTIST'S STUDIO
JASON BUTLER "THE COLLAGES"
Pop-Up Exhibition, Jersey

July 5th 2021

STILL BEHIND THE SCENES:
NINA NOWAK'S EXHIBITION
Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen

June 28th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
PER KIRKEBY UNREALISED BRICK PROJECTS
Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen

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June 21st 2021

NEW ARRIVALS:
MISCHA KUBALL

June 18th 2021

A WALK IN MY LIBRARY:
HELMUT FEDERLE NIETZSCHE-HAUS SILS-MARIA
Schwabe AG Basel, 2004 Peter André Bloch & Jan Thorn-Prikker
on the occasion of Helmut Federle's "Edelweiss im Nietzsche-Haus, Sils-Maria" exhibition in Nietzsche's Haus, Sept 2004 to July 2005

June 14th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
L'INTERSTICE ARLES OPENING
JOSETTE SAYERS AND GUILLAUME ZUILI'S PHOTOGRAPHS
Brave and fearless

June 11th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
CONGRATULATIONS ISHMAEL ANNOBIL
DIRECTOR for "LINDA KARSHAN: COVID-19 CONVERSATION"​
WINNER BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY AT MYKONOS INTL FILM FES

June 4th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
THE LAUNCH OF REAL TIME AND THE 3BS

May 31st 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
FLOWERS OF PERHAPS
LIOR GAL
ENGELS PLEIN, LEUVEN BELGIUM

May 24th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
MATHILDE BRETILLOT DESIGNS NEW MUSEUM FOR LA MANUFACTURE DE GIEN

May 17th 2021

THIS TIME TWO YEARS AGO:
DRAW ART FAIR, LONDON, 2019, DESIGNER MATHILDE BRETILLOT AND ARCHITECT MISKA MILLER-LOVEGROVE

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May 10th 2021

NEW ARRIVALS:
WETTERLING, STOCKHOLM

April 25th 2021

A WALK IN MY LIBRARY:
HELMUT FEDERLE
ABSTRACT PAINTING OF AMERICA AND EUROPE
Ritter Verlag, Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, 1988

April 11th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
LUKAS HOFFMANN, CNAP ACQUISITION AND TWO EXHIBITIONS

April 9th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
ESTHER SHALEV-GERZ, WEFRAC 2021

April 2nd 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
"LINDA KARSHAN: COVID-19 CONVERSATION"
selected by Nawada and Hollywood Boulevard Festivals

March 29th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
ESTHER SHALEV-GERZ
CNAP ACQUISITION,
"Describing Labor", 2012

March 26th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
A STUDIO VISIT WITH DEANNA PETHERBRIDGE

March 22nd 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
JSVCPROJECTS & INTERNATIONAL DESIGN EXPEDITIONS

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March 2nd 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
HELMUT FEDERLE IN NEW YORK

February 22nd 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
RICHARD MILAZZO OBSZINE #3
The Sadness of Bad Thinking

February 15th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
RICHARD MILAZZO OBSZINE #3, ART, POETRY, AND THE PATHOS OF COMMUNICATION,
The Art of Impeachment

February 1st 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
WITH POET/CURATOR RICHARD MILAZZO
REVISITING OBSZINE #3

January 12th 2021

A WALK IN MY LIBRARY:
POETRY IN SEDITIOUS TIMES

January 5th 2021

HAPPY NEW YEAR AND SOUVENIRS FROM 2020!

December 31st 2020

A WALK IN MY LIBRARY:
DECEMBER 31, 2020
JASON BUTLER'S EXHIBITION
Meyer Schapiro, “Theory and Philosophy of Art: Style, Artist and Society

December 18th 2020

BEHIND THE SCENES:
LIOR GALL, BRUSSELS, 2020

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December 11th 2020

HIGHLIGHT:
LOVE LETTERS
A new participative project by artist Koen Vanmechelen

December 4th 2020

BEHIND THE SCENES:
LINDA KARSHAN AND THE BROOKLYN RAIL

November 27th 2020

BEHIND THE SCENES:
NOVEMBER 2020, LINDA KARSHAN
The Covid Conversation, A New Film

November 6th 2020

A WALK IN MY LIBRARY:
PARIS, NOV. 6, 2020
ABËTËI by Ishmael Fiifi Annobil

October 20th 2020

BEHIND THE SCENES:
MATHILDE BRETILLOT
Designs new offices for Parfums de Marly, Paris

October 12th 2020

BEHIND THE SCENES:
BERLIN STUDIO VISIT - LUKAS HOFFMANN

October 7th 2020

BEHIND THE SCENES:
BERLIN

September 24th 2020

BEHIND THE SCENES:
GALERIE NÄCHST ST. STEPHAN ROSEMARIE SCHWARZWÄLDER, VIENNA
Friederike Mayröcker, Curator Hans Ulrich Obrist - until 10 Oct
Schutzgeister/Guardian Spirits

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September 9th 2020

BEHIND THE SCENES:
JSVCPROJECTS AND KOEN VANMECHELEN
The Battery Channel Podcast

September 1st 2020

BEHIND THE SCENES:
ARTISTS IN THE STUDIO, JERSEY

August 25th 2020

BEHIND THE SCENES:
MANIFEST OF THE TRUE

August 18th 2020

A WALK IN MY LIBRARY:
3 LOVE POEMS IN THE SUMMER

August 11th 2020

BEHIND THE SCENES:
SUMMER NEWS

August 4th 2020

BEHIND THE SCENES:
ROD MENGHAM,
Awarded the Cholmondeley Award for Poets

July 28th 2020

BEHIND THE SCENES:
JILL SILVERMAN VAN COENEGRACHTS RECOMMENDS

July 21st 2020

BEHIND THE SCENES:
LINDA KARSHAN
Studio visit

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July 14th 2020

BEHIND THE SCENES:
STEFANO CIGADA,
"Frammenti" at the Museo di Roma in Trastevere

January 2nd 2020

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2020!

September 9th 2019

BEHIND THE SCENES:
PER KIRKEBY,
"Brick Sculptures"

September 2nd 2019

BEHIND THE SCENES:
IDE TO PUGLIA
"Ceramic & Food Route",
Recent Summer 2019 Highlights

August 26th 2019

JSVC HIGHLIGHTS:
ART & LANGUAGE, LONDON

June 17th 2019

BEHIND THE SCENES:
DRAW ART FAIR LONDON

April 22nd 2019

BEHIND THE SCENES:
ART & LANGUAGE, EXHIBITION AT GALERIE MICHAEL JANSSEN, Berlin

March 4th 2019

BEHIND THE SCENES:
DR. SUSANNE A. KUDIELKA,
Private art collecting is a passion

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July 25th 2018

BEHIND THE SCENES:
KOEN VANMECHELEN
“It’s About Time”

July 4th 2018

BEHIND THE SCENES:
DAYDREAMING WITH STANLEY KUBRICK,
Exhibition at Somerset House, London

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Esther Shalev-Gerz, “Inverted Shadow”, 2018, Exhibition view, « La cité sous le ciel – 93 artistes”, curated by the CNEAI = at the Cité internationale universitaire de Paris

BEHIND THE SCENES:
ESTHER SHALEV-GERZ
SUMMER IN PARIS

August 2nd 2021

PART I

I have been working with ESG since starting JSVCprojects in 2013. Was grateful to be introduced to the artist and the work by then Sprengel Museum Director Ulrich Krempel with whom she had worked for many years on projects. He insited I come to the opening of her important retrospective at the Jeu de Paume in 2011. Being very blinkered at that time by the role and responsibilities I had for the artists of Ropac Gallery where I was then a partner, I probably said in a cavaliere way to him, you must be kidding, I don’t have time to come to an opening of an artist I don’t know and don’t represent. Which made him more adamant.

Esther Shalev-Gerz, “Earth One”, 2021, video, 00″29

It was a funny evening. I was in the process of divorcing and had moved for this reason from the small loft I had on rue Amelot for several years, to a small place near Place des Vosges. Was in such a tizzy that night for many reasons not worth this space now, that going out the door I left the key inside. A Freudian therapist would have a field day with this, but it meant I was late for the opening and in a highly emotional adrenaline state when I did get to meet the artist finally. Elegantly I was included in the dinner.

Esther Shalev-Gerz, “Earth Two”, 2021, video, 1”05

Hopefully some among you have also had the pleasure of seeing that exhibition made with the wonderful director, Marta Gili, or the one ESG made in the Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts in Lausanne with curator Nicole Schweizer, two years later. I reference these large-scale events here because it is essential to have a sense of the vastness of this artist’s work in these last three decades. Many will remember the piece she mounted in 2005 at the Hôtel de Ville of Paris, “Between Listening and Telling: Last Whitnesses, Auschwitz 1945-2005”, with large screens hanging in the central room showing silent interviews with Holocaust survivors. Serpentine tables with computer screens allowed visitors to sit for hours and listen to the transcripts.

PART II

Esther Shalev-Gerz, “AUCIEL, 8”, 2021, Paris

The subject of memory, collective histories, times in between, absence and presence, good and evil, history and its missing pieces, nature and its specific cycles and functions – these are the subjects that infiltrate the art making processes of ESG. Photography in its role as an art, a document, a witness. Video as a way of capturing the quiet moments that escape all of us each and every day. A glance across the crowded Gare de Lyon, for example this morning at all the plywood cladding and scaffolding made me think of the photographs taken for the Crown Letter of “AUCIEL” for example. ESG was noticing a homeless person who has constructed a make shift home incorporating a bench and a small slice of sidewalk.  His encampment was not far from her studio, and she watched the way he changed his camp over the first weeks of the pandemic in late spring 2020.

Talking over dinner this week, I asked about the photos that were going to be up around Paris and especially this seeming enclosed building over a basin with the flowering chestnut trees just off to the right. Signage akimbo, we don’t really know what this is, but this indeterminate temporariness attracts her eye. The places that are built that we walk by without giving them a second glance, along our streets, in our neighbourhoods, parks and highway on ramps. This is an eye for the uncanny and the lost. The places if you were a child and your parents saw you gazing too intensely, they would take you by the hand and say to ski-daddle.

Esther Shalev-Gerz, “En construction”, 2021, Paris

Like all the other unusual, off slightly, pieces of our universe that hold meaning if we only stop and look. But we can’t.  There isn’t time, we are so busy with our phones and our schedules. This is an artist who grabs me, her work is insistent and grabs us back even briefly. Hang on a minute, it says. If you let all of this pass you by what are you left with. What will your life be; thin stone soup my friends. Pause and let your eyes settle on a corner you might walk past. Listen to the voice of someone aged and mussed up incase there is something for you in the silences between their comments.

PART III

Among the important projects of was a permanent work for the campus of the University of British Colombia in Vancouver, a large plaza is now home to a 300 meters in situ sculpture of the shadow of a first growth tree imaginary as one imagines constructed by pavers in the plaza. At the opening the Native Canadian tribal leader made a speech and gave a chant explaining the significance of these first trees and the way his grandfather had taken him into the forest to introduce him to trees as a child. As if they were human beings…

Esther Shalev-Gerz, “THE SHADOW”, 2018, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada,
Permanent installation 24000 three-shade concrete pavers, 100 x 25 m

So there have been numerous works in the ESG oeuvre concerning the subject of trees, the life of forests and trees, in Paris this summer you will see this cropped tree trunk with a wrapped image of this Vancouver project like an armband but here it is hugging the bark at eye level offering a kind of genealogical map of its history from long ago, as if somehow all the trees covering the surface of the globe are family, as we humans are. One family. It is a very unusual kind of jewelry or ornament or signage. Made me think of the famous piece from 1967 of Bruce Nauman “Henry Moore Bound to Fail”. Something about a feeling of putting the tree trunk into a restraint of a kind. We don’t know if this is bondage or wrapping or a kind of message about its connection to a sister tree long ago standing tall in the Pacific Northwest of Canada.

I will let you discover the work “After One Year”, photo and text in the photos included.

“Once a year the white domestic paint that will gradually vanish outdoors, was to be refreshed, a layer of this vulnerable surface would accumulate the traces of passage by future visitors.”

It is somehow the red line in the many works of ESG. Things vanish. Somehow traces are left if we only know where and how to look for them.

Esther Shalev-Gerz, “After One Year”, 2021

More info:

Esther Shalev-Gerz

The Crown Letter

News:

“La cité sous le ciel”, CNEAI=, Esther Shalev-Gerz’s work “Inverted Shadow” is part of the exhibition “La cité sous le ciel – 93 artistes”, curated by the CNEAI = at the Cité internationale universitaire de Paris.

PHOTO DAYS, The Crown Letter will shown in the middle of Paris on 50 panels on the fence of Square de la Tour Saint-Jacques, 39 rue de Rivoli, 75004 Paris, from 1-22 August 2021 & on the fence of Jardin Villemin, 14 rue des Récollets 75010 Paris, from 1-31 August 2021.