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JJJJound ‘Correspondence’ video
Video with Justin R. Saunders (JJJJound) discussing his ‘Correspondence ‘ exhibition at HVW8 Gallery
JJJJound is a wordless blog by Justin R. Saunders. Originally a mood board shared with friends, it has since become a global mainstay and daily web visit for designers, tastemakers and fans alike.
One of those friends is Claudio Marzano, whose creative partnership with Saunders dates back to 1993; twenty years over which their obsessive consumption of visual culture has shifted from print to screen, in step with the rise of the Internet.
Countless emails containing nothing more than images taken from the world wide web were sent between them over that period.
CORRESPONDENCE is an exhibition of recent emails, reproduced as 4′ x 6′ oil paintings, by commercial artists offering “competitive labor costs” from the Wushipu Oil Painting Village in Xiamen, China.
Justin R. Saunders grew up in Lahr, Germany, before moving back to Montreal in time for some high school shenanigans. Enjoying the finer things in life, a fervid aesthete, Saunders created the JJJJound photo blog in 2006.
Read more on Complex.com
JJJJound ‘Correspondence’ Installation photos
Installation photos from JJJJound ‘Correspondence’ , currently on display.
Recent exhibition articles on San Francisco Art’s Quarterly and Opening Ceremony.
JJJJound – Opening Ceremony
From Opening Ceremony New News –
JJJJound at HVW8 Art + Design Gallery
by ALEX BLATT
Since JJJJOUND (the site of random images centered against a white background) was founded in 2006, it has become a necessary browser bookmark for the visually-minded. Beyond the imagery, there isn’t much to the page, except for a lone e-mail link and the quote “It’s a who’s who, what’s what type of livin’.” This, however, is where the site’s beauty lies: founder Justin R. Saunders lets the pictures speak for themselves but he also weaves a story, like a great DJ would mix a vast array of musical styles into a cohesive whole. Whether the images are related to fashion, fine art, pop culture, or Internet memes, they all somehow fit together on JJJJound.Having begun as a series of e-mailed images between Saunders and his longtime friend and creative partner, Claudio Marzano, the site is now the subject of CORRESPONDENCE, an exhibit currently showing at the HVW8 Art + Design Gallery in Los Angeles. For the show, Saunders has taken a batch of the original e-mails and asked commercial artists from the Wushipu oil painting village of Xiamen, China, to reproduce them––headers, tabs, and all––as 4′ x 6′ oil paintings.
One e-mail painting features an image of an outdated desktop computer in between a vintage leather couch and a waxed rain jacket, while another features a beautiful lakeside landscape just above a picture of a boy in a crowd getting hit in the face with a baseball. None of the pictures seem to relate to one another, yet they still come together to produce a unique, mood board-like effect. In a world where the media with which we discover content are always changing, Justin shows how ideas can be shared and trends can be set without the need for large budgets or, in his case, words.
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JJJJound ‘Correspondence’ opening night photos
Thanks to everyone that attended the opening of JJJJound ‘Correspondence’ at HVW8 Gallery.
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Exhibition continues until July 7th, email info@hvw8.com for inquiries.
“JJJJound Correspondence” feature on SFAQ
Installation view. Courtesy of HVW8 Art + Design Gallery
Installation view. Courtesy of HVW8 Art + Design Gallery
JJJJound, the scarcely worded, image based blog founded by Justin R. Saunders in 2006, is an internet treasure trove of the hip, off kilter and forgotten about. Unconventional beauties of all existences are juxtaposed in a clean digital format. This presentation of imagery is one that is informative while maintaining elegance and desirability. Presently, JJJJound has risen from the countless ranks, to be one of the answers to mindless online tedium for the inspiration seeking.
Installation view. Courtesy of HVW8 Art + Design Gallery
Installation view. Courtesy of HVW8 Art + Design Gallery
“JJJJound Correspondence”, showing through July 7 at HVW8 Art & Design Gallery is Saunders digital mood board aesthetic, reassessed for the gallery arena. What began as a series of emails with long time creative collaborator Claudio Marzano, evolved into commissioned works from junior commercial artists based in the Wushipu Oil Painting Village in Xiamen China. Entering HVW8, an enlarged email from Saunders to the proper parties in China inquires into the painting manufacturers capabilities, urgency of prompt delivery and acceptance of junior artisans as an economic impact to ultimate cost. The subsequent works measure in at 4’x6’, each a variation of design, complimentary sartorial options and the weird from the World Wide Web. What seems to be screen grabs from JJJJound posts is in fact the image collection via “correspondence” (if you will) between Marzano and Saunders. Framing the top half of each piece is an unmistakable email grid (with verbatim addresses and dates) that hovers over the pool of opaque white canvas. Below this grid, is the imagery shared between these two parties, placed harmoniously within the frame.
JJJJoud. Courtesy of HVW8 Art + Design Gallery
The transparency of vision and process is what makes “JJJJound Correspondence” so interesting. Scrolling through a blog or an email the aesthetically perfected balance of lines and typography is taken for granted. Rapid fire, relentless scrolling with few pauses for observation, the eye simply registers and continues on. The humanity visible within the oil paint replicas by a (competitive waged) skilled worker, forces the viewer to slow down and observe. Even these specialists well versed in the Old Masters’ dramatic technique, perform a shaky deed duplicating the perfected manifestation of technology. The concurrent (and slightly paradoxical) existence of each canvas and its digital inspiration is equally as fascinating. “JJJJound Correspondence,” address ways in which observation is conducted- how do you register familiar information when presented in differing ways? Ultimately, Mr. Saunders succeeds in an intelligent presentation that would be fundamentally impossible without the basis of its existence: the Internet.
For full article in SFAQ International Arts and Culture visit here.
-Contributed by Bianca Guillen
JJJJound – Correspondence Opens this Friday
JJJJound
Correspondence
Opening Friday June 7th, 7 – 10pm.
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Exhibition runs June 7th – July 7th.
Supported by adidas originals
PRESS RELEASE :
JJJJound is a wordless blog by Justin R. Saunders. Originally a mood board shared with friends, it has since become a global mainstay and daily web visit for designers, tastemakers and fans alike.
One of those friends is Claudio Marzano, whose creative partnership with Saunders dates back to 1993; twenty years over which their obsessive consumption of visual culture has shifted from print to screen, in step with the rise of the Internet.
Countless emails containing nothing more than images taken from the world wide web were sent between them over that period.
CORRESPONDENCE is an exhibition of recent emails, reproduced as 4′ x 6′ oil paintings, by commercial artists offering “competitive labor costs” from the Wushipu Oil Painting Village in Xiamen, China.
Justin R. Saunders grew up in Lahr, Germany, before moving back to Montreal in time for some high school shenanigans. Enjoying the finer things in life, a fervid aesthete, Saunders created the JJJJound photo blog in 2006.
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