Jean Pierre Muller

City Sirens

2011-11-07 | Up and Coming Events

Seduced by the city, Jean Pierre Muller offers us a vision of urban life as a myriad of colour and a multitude of characters, interweaved with the lines of the cityscape. His infatuation is not to do with architecture, more “the intense congregation of human beings and their vibrancy: the one million novels that could be written; the one euro coin that has passed through a million pairs of hands”.

Clearly a lover of narrative, his show comprises, for the first time ever, an introspective look into the story of his own practice. Preparatory drawings have been uncovered, sketchbooks of newspaper clippings opened, and unseen works exposed. Along with the works and styles we know him so well for – silk-screen cities on paper, metal silhouette portraits, printed palisades – Jean Pierre will also present his latest body of work, Ulysses and the Sirens, based upon the story of Homer’s poem The Odyssey.

This show is a prelude to an upcoming solo exhibition in the UK. Furthermore, following on from his collaboration with artist Sean O’Hagan on the project Musical Paintings, Jean Pierre has worked with seven of the world’s most renowned musicians to develop his combined interests in music and painting through a series of interactive sound sculptures titled 7×7 to be launched in the UK in the summer of 2012.

Zedes Art Gallery

Rue Paul Lauters, 36
1050 Brussels
+32 2 646 00 04

Exhibition:

November 25^th – December 24^th 2011
January 4^th – 14^th 2012
Wednesday to Saturday: 12 – 6 pm

Private View: Thursday November 24^th at 7 pm

THE 7×7 PAVILION

2011-10-07 | 7x7

How to create a real dialogue between the artworks and the audience? How can we ask the viewer to experience the work on several levels?

This exchange of experience will have a chance to evolve in the 7×7 Pavilion.

The central circle will hold an installation comprised of objects, drawings and items belonging to each of the contributing artists, giving visitors to 7×7 the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the themes and narrative of the project.

From there, seven hallways will lead to seven rooms which hold each of the sound sculptures – each a secluded space so that the viewer can have an intimate relationship with the work.

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Nile Rodgers goes Indigo

2011-06-23 | 7x7 • F :: NILE RODGERS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGKBqJCg6Ho

E = KASSIN = Blue = Friday = Venus = Visuddha (Ether)

2011-06-17 | 7x7 • E :: KASSIN

E is KASSIN
in Rio de Janeiro

rhapsody in blue

friday the 13th

venus in furs

navy

blue squadra

azzurra

the blues

krishna

blue mitchell

viagra

freya

blue velvet

friday on my mind

kind of blue

le lotus bleu

his girl friday

azzurro

one touch of venus

kind of blue

Nile Rodgers writes about 7×7 Indigo

2011-06-13 | 7x7 • F :: NILE RODGERS

Just yesterday, at the studio Nile and Jean Pierre were finalizing the letter F together in preparation for the CHIC concert to be held tonight at the Ancienne Belgique; it will be preceded by the presentation of the sound sculpture to the public. About this moving moment Nile has published , a nice text on his blog, Walking on Planet C : “… We Posed in Front Of The sculpture today. It was amazing to see and hear it completed.

B images

2011-06-10 | B :: ARCHIE SHEPP

D – first sketch

2011-06-09 | 7x7 • D :: MULATU ASTATKE

FREAK OUT !

2011-06-08 | 7x7 • F :: NILE RODGERS

Nile Rodgers, Mr Hit Machine, plays live with CHIC on Monday June 13th at 8PM.

But that’s not all! Nile and Jean Pierre Muller have created together a fantastic artwork that you will discover in sneak preview that same evening: an interactive sound sculpture, combining Jean Pierre’s art with an amazing exclusive music by Nile…

We won’t say more, except that this artwork is part of a larger project called 7×7, in which Jean Pierre Muller has worked with 7 of the world’s greatest music geniuses. Besides Nile, there is Archie Shepp, Robert Wyatt, Sean O’Hagan, Terry Riley, Mulatu and Kassin.

As a prelude to the concert, you are invited from 6.30pm for a reception at the AB Club where the work will be unveiled. Nile and Jean Pierre will be present.

AB: 110 boulevard Anspach, 1000 Bruxelles

Tickets for the concert (access for AB Club is free between 6 and 7pm):

http://www.abconcerts.be/en/concerts/p/detail/chic-feat-nile-rodgers-13-06-2011

Facebook: 7×7-interactive sound sculptures

Nile Rodgers? ‘Le Freak’, of course! But Chic is sooooo many more immortal disco hits: ‘Good Times’, ‘I Want Your Love’, ‘My Forbidden Lover’, ‘Dance Dance Dance’… Add to that the hits of Sister Sledge: ‘We Are Family’, ‘Lost In Music’, ‘The Greatest Dancer’… Diana Ross’ ‘Coming Out’, ‘Upside Down’ and Sheila’s ‘Spacer’: it’s CHIC too….
Many have called Nile the world’s most successful producer of the XXth Century: ‘Let’s Dance’ by David Bowie, ‘Like A Virgin’ by Madonna, ‘The Reflex’ by Duran Duran or ‘Original Sin’ by INXS. It’s impossible to name everyone here, but the list of his productions include hits for the B-52′s, Mick Jagger, Rod Stewart, Eric Clapton, Grace Jones, Eric Clapton, Cheb Mami….

C images

2011-06-03 | C :: SEAN O'HAGAN

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An evening with Archie Shepp

2011-06-01 | 7x7 • B :: ARCHIE SHEPP

Meeting the great Archie Shepp, last month at Jean-Pierre’s studio in Brussels, was one of those rare moments when you know that magic is a part of our lives. The world “privilege” was particularly appropriate.

Thanks to all of you to have shared those vibrations, thank you to the fabulous Johnny Hoste who, at more than 80-year of age, has played the piano for Archie with amazing ease and talent.

Here are two extracts of Archie’s concert (merci à Annick):

Here is the photo album of the evening (merci à Frédérique, Katia et Paolo):

http://www.flickr.com/photos/63347398@N06/show/

The G story 3

2011-06-01 | 7x7 • G :: TERRY RILEY

The G story 2

2011-05-31 | 7x7 • G :: TERRY RILEY

Dear Terry,

So here they are, the first pictures of our G-Sahasrara. This was really a labour of love, and I guess you can feel it even though pictures never do justice to painting. But the details can already give you a hint of the textures and vibrations. We are talking of a silk-screen-print on MDF compressed wood painted violet, in an edition of seven + two artists’ proofs (one for you, one for me), with about 14 layers of colour (done in three parts, the work being larger than silk-screen frames, so it’s 42 frames. Each frame is washed after printing – with some variations on paper – and is used for a new colour. This means the work can never be reproduced).

Jean Pierre

Dear Jean Pierre

Thank you for this series of mails with the wonderful photos of the work in progress…it is amazing to see the work taking place on it and I come to appreciate what a monumental task it is to make each of these unique masterpieces. Thanks for sharing that…

Terry

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The G Story 1

2011-05-30 | 7x7 • G :: TERRY RILEY

Dear Jean Pierre

I have begun some work on your project in a special non western tuning. How important to you is the actual G placement in terms of A 40-444 standard? I think my G in the non western tuning is closer to a western F# but that is where this music I am working on sounds best. When i tried to transpose it there was a loss in character. My G in this tuning is derived from a 5/4 relationship to B which is the actual fundamental tone of the system I am using. I am using a very unusual scale I designed which I call “the dream” tuning which does not use all 12 notes but in some cases there are two different versions of some of the tones. Anyway since my work will represent the realm of the 7th Chakra, this tuning best serves the mystery and non definitive nature of reality.

Terry