JESTURE by Jadé Fadojutimi

A collection of works by British artist Jadé Fadojutimi. This was published in conjunction with his second solo exhibition held at Pippy Houldsworth Gallery in the fall of 2020. This book title:JestureThe word " is filled with a subtle absurdity. This feeling is also related to the disruption in daily rhythms due to forced self-isolation under COVID-19 lockdown. Through art, the author repeatedly questions identity and its fluid nature, expressing how important an understanding of the concepts of pleasure, desire and choice is to self-consciousness. Listening to soundtracks for movies, anime and games brings back intense memories and brings you back to the moment you first experience them. In response to this, the author develops vibrant colors on the canvas. These various influences that have helped the author understand himself are integrated into large action paintings that seem to be explosive with energy and emotions. The author calls the complex composition thus created the "environment." It's not completely abstract or symbolic. Over the layers of overlapping oil paintings, the author draws lines in oil pastels, which he has recently started using. By incorporating new art supplies, the color scheme, composition and depth can be controlled more flexibly, allowing the improvisation of drawings to be utilized on the canvas. The essay included in this book isFrom Life - Thoughts on the paintings of Jadé Fadojutimi"The contemporary art magazine "FriezeJennifer Higgy, writer/editor in Chief of "Jennifer Higgie) is described as follows:

「In this painting there is an indication of a chaotic and magnificent world. It's not an explanation of "What is art," but rather a word that was released in the hope that someone would continue. Like humans, drawing pictures can be completely changed in a short time to blink」

This work is based in London.A Practice for Everyday LifeThis is the author's first collection of works, designed by the author and published in the form of a joint publication by "Pippy Houldsworth Gallery" and "Anomie Publishing."

Jadé Fadojutimi: JEsture is a publication produced by Pippy Wouldsworth Gallery to participate the second solo exhibition at the gallery of new paintings by London-based artist Jadé Fadojutimi, presented in autumn 2020. The word ‘Jesture’ in the title of the exhibition and publication evokes a sense of the absurd, responding to the disruption of daily rhythms arising from forced isolation during lockdown. Central to Fadojutimi’s practice is a repeated questioning of identity, its fluid nature and how the understanding of notes of pleasure, desire and choice are integral to a sense of self. Powerful memories, experienced whilst listening to film, animation and video game soundtracks, transport Fadojutimi to the first time she encountered them, eliciting a response that is experienced through intense colour. The synthesis of these various influences, through which Fadojutimi understands her sense of self, is transformed into large-scale gestural Paintings charged with energy and emotions. Described by Fadojutimi as ‘environments’, these complex compositions, neither wholly abstract nor figuration, are built up with layers of oil paint, interrupted by the more linear mark-making made possible by her recent adoption of oil pastels. The introduction of new materials into her painting has enabled Fadojutimi to think more broadly about palette, composition and depth, while translating the sponsoreity of her drawing on to the canvas.

In her essay for the publication, ‘From Life – Thoughts on the paintings of Jadé Fadojutimi’, writer and editorat- large of Frieze magazine Jennifer Higgie writes:

‘In these paintings, the world, in all of its chaotic glory, exists as an intimation. Art is not an explanation: it’s a shot of energy, a flash of colour; a shimmer, a reaction, a line thrown out to see who might pick it up. Pictures are made by people and, like people, their tone can switch direction in the blink of an eye.’

This, the artist’s first published book, designed by A Practice for Everyday Life, has been co-published by Pippy Houldsworth Gallery and Anomie Publishing.