Known for his meticulous realism Gérôme

Known for his meticulous realism Gérôme

 

 
Known for his meticulous realism, Gérôme rendered these small characters…Sparse Brushstrokes Give Rise to Thick Impasto in Jose Lerma’s Minimal Portraits.

 

Known for his meticulous realism Gérôme

 

▏Meticulous Realism

When Jose Lerma encountered “Reception of the Grand Condé by Louis XIV” by Jean-Léon Gérôme at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, he found himself drawn to the figures tucked far behind the crowd. Known for his meticulous realism, Gérôme rendered these small characters with minimal brushstrokes, a decision that has influenced Lerma’s work for more than a decade.

Exaggerating the sparse quality of the figures, Lerma (previously) paints portraits in wide swaths of acrylic applied with brooms and industrial tools. The new works retain the contrasts of earlier pieces as well-defined strokes sweep across the burlap to form heavy, impasto ridges.

 

Known for his meticulous realism Gérôme

 

▏Painting both real subjects and manufactured

At Nino Mier Gallery in Brussels, Lerma’s new solo exhibition Bayamonesque presents the culmination of his current style. The title references his upbringing in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, and how we think about resemblance. Painting both real subjects and manufactured characters, the portraits reference those who might otherwise be relegated to the background, stripping down their likeness to only what’s necessary.

Vacillating between figurative and abstract, the compositions are what Lerma refers to as “the summary of a portrait… The abstract painter in me is, above all, drawn to certain people for specific features that can be broken down to their bare minimum as paintable elements: an expressive cowl, a striking nose, a distinctive shape of lips.”

Bayamonesque is on view from March 14 to April 17 in Brussels. Find more from Lerma.

 

Known for his meticulous realism Gérôme

 

Known for his meticulous realism Gérôme

 

Known for his meticulous realism Gérôme

 

 

 

 

Known for his meticulous realism Gérôme

 

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