Jad Fair - paper-cuttings

Hiromart Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of Spooky, an exhibition of paper-cuttings by Jad Fair who is an artist and musician, the best known as a co-founder of the legendary alternative rock band Half Japanese.

The exhibition features new works with a monster theme – all made for this exhibition Spooky, Jad Fair’s 4th solo-show with Hiromart Gallery following the much loved solo-shows held in 2011, 2013 and 2015.

Spooky

October 6 – November 12, 2017

Artist:                             Jad Fair

Hours:                            1 to 7 pm, Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays (and by appointment)

                                      Also OPEN on November 3, Culture Day

Artist Statement on Spooky:

I first started making paper-cutting thirty years ago. I was traveling a lot and wanted an art medium that would be easy to pack in my suitcase. For the first ten years all of my cutting were done using scissors. I now use scissors and cutting blades.

For this exhibition at Hiromart I will be doing cuttings with a monster theme. As a young boy my favorite movies were monster movies. I‘m still fascinated by the strength, and power monsters possess.

I am very grateful and happy to have another exhibition in Tokyo at Hiromart Gallery.

In 1974, with his brother David, Jad Fair co-founded the lo-fi alternative rock group Half Japanese. Over the ensuing three decades, Half Japanese released nearly 30 records, and in the process, attracted a solid base of fans passionate about the band’s pure, unbridled enthusiasm for rock and roll.

Jad also performs and records as a solo artist, and occasionally collaborates with such musicians as Danielson, Daniel Johnston, Teenage Fanclub, Moe Tucker (of Velvet Underground), Yo La Tengo, Steve Shelly and Thurston Moore (of Sonic Youth), John Zorn, Kramer, and more.

Jad’s talent for album cover design (he designed many of Half Japanese’s and all of his own solo album covers) led Jad to a second career as visual artist.

His simple, joyous drawings and intricate complex paper cuttings are shown in galleries around the world.

Books of his artwork have been published in the U.S., UK, Germany, France, The Netherlands, Portugal and Japan.

Image on TOP:

GRRRR

Below:

Skelton Band

Robot Man, paper-cutting, 2017

Please contact us for information and availability on the artworks: info(at)hiromartgallery.com

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