Franck André Jamme / Toadhouse: text works11 – 27 December 2008   < 2008 page
franck andré jamme and toadhouse both use simple disorganizing
devicesto enliven the perception and meaning of their words and the
letters that compose them. each construct texts that delight reason to
ponder and examine.

toadhouse is formally more humorous and inspired with his arranging of
the letters and words. his material is graphite on gessoed canvas or paper glistening with the rich dense depth of that raw material complete with
smudges and erasures indicative of the action and urgency of the public
service announcement scribed by the artist's hand.

frank andré jamme composes his words within a form found on small gold
leaves tucked into the closed hands or mouths of some of those found in
ancient roman graves. runons of a sort, disfiguring and reconfiguring
meaning in their continuity. while the antecedent was a strict form forming
lines of only equal numbers of letters, jamme takes the liberty to let the
letters of the final word end wherethey do, and amongst the aplomb of
these stragglers lies the weight and levity of how ancient and now, as well
as east and west mingle. the texts are etched onto small framed mirrors, deflecting the reflecting viewer for its content.

franck andré jamme will read from his newly published book of these
tablets at 4 pm, saturday december 13, 2008 at feature.space
  JAMME: New Exercises: TOIMAGINE, 2008 faj0848   TOADHOUSE: Life Is a Trip – Take it, 2006 thf0605   JAMME: New Exercises: TOWONDER, 2008 faj0857 JAMME: New Exercises: TOADVANCE, 2008 faj0847 TOADHOUSE: Daso Edon, 2006 thf0624 JAMME: New Exercises: TOBE, 2008  faj0820 JAMME: New Exercises: TORECKON, 2008 faj0840   TOADHOUSE: Life is a foregone conclusion, 2006 thf0630   JAMME: New Exercises: TOAPPROACH, 2008 faj0810  
JAMME: New Exercises: TOIMAGINE, 2008 etching on mirror, framed in wood;
7.25 x 5.25"
TOADHOUSE: P, 2008; oil paint and graphite on canvas; 24 x 30" JAMME: New Exercises: TOWONDER, 2008 etching on mirror, framed in wood;
7.25 x 5.25 "
JAMME: New Exercises: TOADVANCE, 2008; etching on mirror, framed in wood; 7.25 x 5.25 " TOADHOUSE: Daso Edon, 2006; oil & graphite on canvas; 38 x 56" JAMME: New Exercises: TOBE, 2008 etching on mirror, framed in wood;
7.25 x 5.25 "
JAMME: New Exercises: TORECKON, 2008 etching on mirror, framed in wood;
7.25 x 5.25 "
space TOADHOUSE: Life is a foregone conclusion, 2006; graphite on paper; 30 x 44" space JAMME: New Exercises: TOAPPROACH, 2008; etching on mirror, framed in wood; 7.25 x 5.25 " space
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