Here, we ask an artist about the essential details behind a recent work.
Bio: Jerome Lagarrigue, 50, Brooklyn.
Title of work: Shellfish Picker
Where to see it: “Shoreline,” Fridman Gallery, New York.
Three words to describe this work: Misty, moody, blue.
What was on your mind at the time: It’s a feeling of open space. Painting is very meditative for me. The process of creating these paintings is a sense of liberation from everything. It’s just me at my studio often inspired by the movement of waves along the Red Hook shoreline.
An interesting feature that’s not immediately noticeable: This is a woman on the beach in St Lucia collecting shells. You can’t see the shells in the image. I left it up to the viewers to imagine the storyline.
How the work reflects your practice as a whole: I gave myself a couple of rules of practice. One, to reveal enough information about a figure and the space that they exist. The other is to leave certain things open to interpretation, evoking curiosity.
One song that captures the work’s essence: I’m into free flowing, nostalgic, groovy and up beat vibes. So probably “New Person Same Old Mistakes” by Tame Impala
