{"title":"James Brown","description":"\u003cp\u003eWorks associated with James Brown — American artist working between New York, Paris, and Mexico, known for paintings combining gestural abstraction with archaic symbolism, masks, and totemic forms. Exhibition ephemera, printed matter, and documents referencing or issued in connection with Brown's practice.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"james-brown-salt-galerie-lelong-paris-1990","title":"James Brown — Salt, Peintures récentes — Galerie Lelong, Paris, 1990","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal exhibition invitation booklet \/ folded announcement\u003cbr\u003eOffset print on coated paper stock\u003cbr\u003eGalerie Lelong, 13 \u0026amp; 14 rue de Téhéran, Paris 8e\u003cbr\u003eExhibition dates: 31 May – 23 June 1990; vernissage 31 May 1990, 18:00\u003cbr\u003eCondition: very good; light handling wear, minor age toning and soft surface marks consistent with period paper ephemera\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginal period invitation issued for James Brown’s \u003cem\u003eSalt – Peintures récentes\u003c\/em\u003e at Galerie Lelong, Paris. The folded booklet includes a reproduced painting to the cover and interior exhibition details. The interior also notes that the accompanying publication \u003cem\u003eRepères no. 67\u003c\/em\u003e contained a preface by Jean Frémon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy 1990, James Brown had established an international position, moving between New York, Paris, and later Mexico while developing a language that sat between abstraction, figuration, and archaic symbolism. His paintings often combined gestural marks with bodily fragments, masks, signs, and totemic forms that appeared both ancient and contemporary. The ultramarine blue figure reproduced on the cover is characteristic of this period: an unstable form somewhere between silhouette, icon, and sign.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe reverse of the booklet also functions as a document of the Paris gallery network in 1990, listing concurrent exhibitions at Galerie Pierre Birtschansky, Galerie Louis Carré \u0026amp; Cie, Galerie Mathias Fels, Galerie Éric Galfard, Galerie Fanny Guillon-Laffaille, Galerie Lahumière, and Galerie Lelong — with artists including François Dufrêne, André Lanskoy, Tal-Coat, and Alan Reynolds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginal period item. Shipping and handling included in listed price.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The New Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53571562307922,"sku":"BROWN-LELONG-INV-1990","price":75.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Brown_James._Show_invite_Salt_._1990_front.jpg?v=1779776092"}],"url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/collections\/james-brown.oembed","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}