Jacques Jarrige
screens, and seating. Most recently, his adaptation of an open-weave motif in furniture can be seen in his new series of lighting, desks, and bookcases. As a child, Jarrige enjoyed drawing and has vivid memories of the paintings his father collected by French painters André Derain, Paul Vlaminck, and André Dunoyer de Segonzac. Their direct, sensuous response to color and landscape made a deep impression on Jarrige, providing him from his earliest years with “food for the eyes.”3 Initially planning for a career in architecture, the artist found a more satisfying path by making his mark far from the world of blueprints and scale drawings, in the direct fabrication of objects that sprung from his imagination. While the linear aspect of his work may owe a debt to his architectural training, from the start he employed a languid line that has more in common with the organic world than architecture. Early works in metal Beginning in the early 1980s, Jarrige focused on furniture fabricated with metal rods. Ranging from stools to chairs and sofas, this work demonstrates his sculptural thinking, even from the start, as he displayed a talent for