ERNST YOHJI JAEGER

Intentionally non-historic, creating a subtle balance between abstraction and figuration, Ernst Yohji Jaeger’s painting aims at freeing itself from the borders of identity, of time and social constructs. His sources are as varied as the plurality of images that make up our modern visual universe: films, mangas, video games, classic paintings, memes... He takes a particular interest in the processes of circulation, appropriation and pollinisation of pictorial representations as, for example, how the work of Marie Laurencin (who has a museum in Japan containing over 600 pieces) has greatly influenced the Shojo manga genre (manga with a female orientation). Which, in turn, has been a major influence on many contemporary painters. Having grown up with the Internet, Ernst Yohji Jaeger has forged his own history of art, which means being able to grant value to previously ignored postures, while abolishing any aesthetic hierarchal dogma.

His recent solo exhibitions include Crèvecœur, Paris (FR), 15Orient, New York (US), Croy Nielsen, Vienna (AT). Selected group exhibitions include Shibunkaku, Kyoto (JP), Braunsfelder, Cologne (DE), Le Consortium Dijon (FR), Kunsthaus Glarus (CH), Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen (DK). His works feature in public collections such as Lafayette Anticipations - Foundation Galeries Lafayette (FR), Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris (FR).

Courtesy Crèvecoeur