One of the greatest things about a beautiful summer day in Paris is walking around and discovering the art galleries around, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré like Galerie 75 Faubourg. Where I discovered Brandon Deener’s “Resonance” an exhibition for Los Angles-based artists with his exhibition that is all about jazz and Afrofuturism. The paintings are acrylic and spray paint.
This highly anticipated exhibition showcases fifteen of Deener’s large-scale oil paintings. The talented artist eloquently highlights the harmony of combining distinct elements in music, painting, and interpersonal relationships. Opens with a stunning depiction of the ecstasy of jazz culture, as seen through the portraits of jazz legends Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and a vibrant crowd of Tennessee teenagers.
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Los Angeles-based artist Brandon Deener’s first solo exhibition in Paris, featuring 15 large-scale oil paintings. The title highlights the striking result of combining more than one element— within music, painting, and among people, with a particular emphasis on the splendour and pleasure of jazz, as seen in the focused expression of Miles Davis playing trumpet (Sketches of Miles [all works 2024]), the vibrant depiction of John Coltrane with two saxophones (Soprano and Tenor), and the tightly packed crowd of Tennessee teenagers blowing various brass instruments (The Aristocrat of Bands).
One of the largest canvases in the exhibition, Players of the Horn, gives homage to Jean-Michel. Basquiat’s Horn Players, 1983. Both paintings feature jazz legends Charlie Parker playing sax and Dizzy Gillespie playing trumpet. In Deener’s work, the musicians are loosely rendered wearing pastel suits, while the abstract background of dark washes conjures the more dreamlike, emotive world of music.
Brandon Deener’s “Resonance” at Galerie 75 Faubourg
For Deener, the oft-repeated motif of horn blowing in the exhibition represents a resonant wake-up call to social, political, and spiritual consciousness. Other artworks in the show relate more explicitly to the artist’s interest in Afrofuturism, including.
Ever since Brandon Deener, born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1982, burst into the art scene, his work has been featured in galleries including Simchowitz Gallery, LA; Jac Forbes Gallery, LA; A Hug from the Artworld, NY; and Gallery One, Fort Lauderdale. Notably, his art has been commended and featured in numerous publications, including The Guardian, Artlyst, Culture Is Free, Sugarcane, and Art of Choice. They now rest in museums, institutions, and private collections of celebrities and art patrons worldwide.
Complimenting the exhibition is an aesthetically designed fully illustrated 120-page monograph by Sebastien Moreu, serving as a lasting souvenir for the visitors. Join us in this celebration of Deener’s remarkable vision of the world, echoing the resonating sounds of jazz within the art realm, only at “Resonance.”
Statuesque. The Galerie is a great space to get lost and view art in the heart of Paris. Then go shopping at Hermés. Enjoy a summer in Pairs.
Brandon Deener
“Resonance”
28.06.2024 – 20.09.2024
75, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré
75008 Paris – France
Metro lines 1 and 9, Franklin D. Roosevelt
Metro lines 9 and 13, Miromesnil
We are open to the public Monday-Friday from 10 am to 7 pm.
