Nares attended the Chelsea Art School in London from 1972 to 1973. She later studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York from 1974 to 1976.
Paintingedit
Nares is best known as a contemporary art painter. Her method involves repeated strokes that eventually create a precise representation.
She is known for employing single but intricate gestural brush strokes in most of her works. Grace Glueck, New York Times art critic, described the effect of Nares's paintings as a combination of Japanese calligraphy and the 1960s cartoon works of Roy Lichtenstein.[3] Her work is exhibited in various museums in the United States: such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, NY, and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Some of her solo exhibitions include 1976: Films and Other Works at Paul Kasmin Gallery, in New York in 2012, and Mixed Use, Manhattan: Photography and Related Practices 1970s to the present in 2010 at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid, Spain.
Nares's other solo exhibitions include New Paintings in 2004 at the Hamiltons Gallery in London and the New Paintings and Chronophotographs exhibition in 2005 at the Goss Gallery in Dallas. Her works were also featured in the Painting and Sculpture exhibition at the Lehmann Maupin gallery in New York City in 2010.
Rizzoli published a monograph dedicated to Nares's works in 2013.
When speaking on her work, Nares once stated:
I try to embody the nature and combine the forms—it's like one and one making three—to expose a metaphor of some kind. It's searching for metaphors, for likeness, like a breeding ground. It seems to me, that's how a language develops. Everything breeds through metaphors.[4]
Filmedit
In the mid-1970s, Nares made a series of short sculptural-related minimal art films. In 1978, she released a no wave 82-minute color Super-8 film entitled Rome 78,[5] her only venture into feature-length, plot-driven film. The narrative is about the Roman emperor Caligula now set in a shabby 1978 downtown Manhattan apartment. As such, it proposes an analogy between ancient Rome and modern America as cultural empires.[6] Despite its large cast in period costumes, the work is never made out to be a serious undertaking, with actors who interject scenes with self-conscious laughter, and deliver seemingly improvised lines with over the top bravado. The work features No Wave Cinema regular Lydia Lunch of Teenage Jesus and the Jerks along with artist David McDermott of McDermott & McGough as Caligula, James Chance, John Lurie, Eric Mitchell as a Roman general, Judy Rifka, Jim Sutcliffe, Lance Loud, Mitch Corber, Patti Astor, Anya Phillips as the Queen of Sheba and Kristian Hoffman, among others.[7]
Videoedit
Nares' video "Street" (with a score composed by Thurston Moore), acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is the centerpiece for an exhibition she curated for the museum from their collection on the so-named theme.[8] This exhibition ran from 5 March until 27 May 2013.
Selected solo exhibitionsedit
2019: Nares: Moves, Baker/Rowland Gallires, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
2013: Street, Reinberger Galleries, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2013: Road Paint, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
2013: Street, Cinemarfa Film Festival, Marfa, TX
2013: Street, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
2012: New Media Series – James Nares: Street, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
2012: Street, The Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
2012: James Nares, 1976: Films and Other Works, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
2011: Cinemarfa Film festival, Marfa, TX
2011: The Films of James Nares, IFC Center, New York, NY
2010: New Paintings and a Film, Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010: James Nares at the Armory Show, Paintings and Video, The Armory Show, Paul Kasmin Gallery, Pier 94, New York, NY
2009: James Nares, New Paintings, New Video: Element Number One, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
2009: James Nares, Galleria Arnes Y Roepke, Madrid, ES
2008: Galerie Stefan Roepke, Cologne, DE
2008: Sebastian Guinness Gallery, Dublin, IE
2008: James Nares: Motion Pictures (film retrospective), Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
2007: Galerie Stefan Roepke, Cologne, DE
2007: Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005: New Paintings and Chronophotographs, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
2005: Goss Gallery, Dallas, TX
Filmographyedit
2011: Street (61 min, HD video)
2010: Thread (3.5 minutes, HD video)
2010: To Make A Prairie (12.5 mins, 16mm)
2009: Element Number One (30 mins, HD video)
2008: With God On Our Side (8 mins, HD video)
2007: Globe (43 min, HD video)
2007: Paper Factory (8 min, video)
2007: Drip (2 min, video)
2007: Drop (4 min, HD Video)
2007: Primary Function (2 min, HD video)
1998: Cloth (3 min, 16mm, silent)
1998: Punch (2 min, 16mm, silent)
1998: Giotto Circle #2 (3.5 min, Hi-8 video)
1991: Hammered (2 min, video)
1991: The Lighthouse (30 min, video)
1991: Weather Bed (3 min, video)
1991: Cornfield (8.5 min, video)
1991: Piano (8.5 min, video)
1990: Glove (1.5 min, Hi-8 video)
1990: Lens (2.5 min, Hi-8 video)
1987: Studio Tape (45 min, Hi-8 video)
1982: Waiting For The Wind (7.5 min, Super8)
1980: No Japs At My Funeral (60 min, video)
1978: Rome '78 (75 min, Super8-to-16mm.)
1977: TV Faces (6 min, Super8-to-16mm)
1977: Suicide? No, Murder (30 min, Super8-to-16mm)
1976: Game (3 min, video)
1976: Block (3 min, Super8-to-16mm, silent)
1976: Giotto Circle #1 (3 min, Super8-to-16mm, silent)
1976: Poles (2 min, video)
1976: Pendulum (17 min, Super8-to-16mm)
1976: Studio Pendulum (7 min, Super8-to-16mm)
1976: First Pendulum (5 min, Super8-to-16mm)
1976: Steel Rod (5 min, Super8-to-16mm, silent)
1976: Arm And Hammer (3.5 min, Super8-to-16mm, silent)
1976: Ramp (3 min, Super8-to-16mm)
1976: Twister (2 min, Super8-to-16mm, silent)
1975: Handnotes #2 (5 min, video, silent)
1975: Roof (12 min, 1/2" video)
Referencesedit
^"James Nares comes out as trans woman, in Philippe de Montebello Curates at Park Avenue Armory, and More". Art News. 16 July 2019.
^Hager, Steve (1986). Art After Midnight: The East Village Scene. St. Matins Press. p. 26.
Viveros-Fauné, Christian (27 March 2013). . The Village Voice. Archived from the original on 18 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
Camhi, Leslie (5 March 2013). . Vogue. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
Schwendener, Martha (10 August 2012). "A Galloping City Captured in Slow Motion". The New York Times.
Halter, Ed (13 May 2008). . The Village Voice. Archived from the original on 8 July 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
Further readingedit
Carlo McCormick (2006). The Downtown Book: The New York Art Scene, 1974–1984. Princeton University Press.
Alan W. Moore; Marc Miller, eds. (1985). ABC No Rio Dinero: The Story of a Lower East Side Art Gallery. New York: ABC No Rio with Collaborative Projects.
External linksedit
Official website
January 01, 1970
james, nares, artist, james, jamie, nares, born, 1953, london, england, british, transgender, woman, artist, living, working, york, city, since, 1974, nares, makes, paintings, films, most, notably, wave, film, rome, played, guitar, wave, groups, james, chance,. James Jamie Nares born 1953 in London England 1 is a British transgender woman artist living and working in New York City since 1974 Nares makes paintings and films most notably the no wave film Rome 78 played guitar in the no wave groups James Chance and the Contortions and the Del Byzanteens the latter also including Jim Jarmusch and was a founding member of Colab 2 Contents 1 Art education 2 Painting 3 Film 4 Video 5 Selected solo exhibitions 6 Filmography 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External linksArt education editNares attended the Chelsea Art School in London from 1972 to 1973 She later studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York from 1974 to 1976 Painting editNares is best known as a contemporary art painter Her method involves repeated strokes that eventually create a precise representation She is known for employing single but intricate gestural brush strokes in most of her works Grace Glueck New York Times art critic described the effect of Nares s paintings as a combination of Japanese calligraphy and the 1960s cartoon works of Roy Lichtenstein 3 Her work is exhibited in various museums in the United States such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York the Albright Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo NY and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York Some of her solo exhibitions include 1976 Films and Other Works at Paul Kasmin Gallery in New York in 2012 and Mixed Use Manhattan Photography and Related Practices 1970s to the present in 2010 at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid Spain Nares s other solo exhibitions include New Paintings in 2004 at the Hamiltons Gallery in London and the New Paintings and Chronophotographs exhibition in 2005 at the Goss Gallery in Dallas Her works were also featured in the Painting and Sculpture exhibition at the Lehmann Maupin gallery in New York City in 2010 Rizzoli published a monograph dedicated to Nares s works in 2013 When speaking on her work Nares once stated I try to embody the nature and combine the forms it s like one and one making three to expose a metaphor of some kind It s searching for metaphors for likeness like a breeding ground It seems to me that s how a language develops Everything breeds through metaphors 4 Film editIn the mid 1970s Nares made a series of short sculptural related minimal art films In 1978 she released a no wave 82 minute color Super 8 film entitled Rome 78 5 her only venture into feature length plot driven film The narrative is about the Roman emperor Caligula now set in a shabby 1978 downtown Manhattan apartment As such it proposes an analogy between ancient Rome and modern America as cultural empires 6 Despite its large cast in period costumes the work is never made out to be a serious undertaking with actors who interject scenes with self conscious laughter and deliver seemingly improvised lines with over the top bravado The work features No Wave Cinema regular Lydia Lunch of Teenage Jesus and the Jerks along with artist David McDermott of McDermott amp McGough as Caligula James Chance John Lurie Eric Mitchell as a Roman general Judy Rifka Jim Sutcliffe Lance Loud Mitch Corber Patti Astor Anya Phillips as the Queen of Sheba and Kristian Hoffman among others 7 Video editNares video Street with a score composed by Thurston Moore acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art is the centerpiece for an exhibition she curated for the museum from their collection on the so named theme 8 This exhibition ran from 5 March until 27 May 2013 Selected solo exhibitions edit2019 Nares Moves Baker Rowland Gallires Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee WI 2013 Street Reinberger Galleries Cleveland Institute of Art Cleveland OH 2013 Road Paint Paul Kasmin Gallery New York NY 2013 Street Cinemarfa Film Festival Marfa TX 2013 Street The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY 2012 New Media Series James Nares Street St Louis Art Museum St Louis MO 2012 Street The Wadsworth Atheneum Hartford CT 2012 James Nares 1976 Films and Other Works Paul Kasmin Gallery New York NY 2011 Cinemarfa Film festival Marfa TX 2011 The Films of James Nares IFC Center New York NY 2010 New Paintings and a Film Michael Kohn Gallery Los Angeles CA 2010 James Nares at the Armory Show Paintings and Video The Armory Show Paul Kasmin Gallery Pier 94 New York NY 2009 James Nares New Paintings New Video Element Number One Paul Kasmin Gallery New York NY 2009 James Nares Galleria Arnes Y Roepke Madrid ES 2008 Galerie Stefan Roepke Cologne DE 2008 Sebastian Guinness Gallery Dublin IE 2008 James Nares Motion Pictures film retrospective Anthology Film Archives New York NY 2007 Galerie Stefan Roepke Cologne DE 2007 Michael Kohn Gallery Los Angeles CA 2005 New Paintings and Chronophotographs Paul Kasmin Gallery New York NY 2005 Goss Gallery Dallas TXFilmography edit2011 Street 61 min HD video 2010 Thread 3 5 minutes HD video 2010 To Make A Prairie 12 5 mins 16mm 2009 Element Number One 30 mins HD video 2008 With God On Our Side 8 mins HD video 2007 Globe 43 min HD video 2007 Paper Factory 8 min video 2007 Drip 2 min video 2007 Drop 4 min HD Video 2007 Primary Function 2 min HD video 1998 Cloth 3 min 16mm silent 1998 Punch 2 min 16mm silent 1998 Giotto Circle 2 3 5 min Hi 8 video 1991 Hammered 2 min video 1991 The Lighthouse 30 min video 1991 Weather Bed 3 min video 1991 Cornfield 8 5 min video 1991 Piano 8 5 min video 1990 Glove 1 5 min Hi 8 video 1990 Lens 2 5 min Hi 8 video 1987 Studio Tape 45 min Hi 8 video 1982 Waiting For The Wind 7 5 min Super8 1980 No Japs At My Funeral 60 min video 1978 Rome 78 75 min Super8 to 16mm 1977 TV Faces 6 min Super8 to 16mm 1977 Suicide No Murder 30 min Super8 to 16mm 1976 Game 3 min video 1976 Block 3 min Super8 to 16mm silent 1976 Giotto Circle 1 3 min Super8 to 16mm silent 1976 Poles 2 min video 1976 Pendulum 17 min Super8 to 16mm 1976 Studio Pendulum 7 min Super8 to 16mm 1976 First Pendulum 5 min Super8 to 16mm 1976 Steel Rod 5 min Super8 to 16mm silent 1976 Arm And Hammer 3 5 min Super8 to 16mm silent 1976 Ramp 3 min Super8 to 16mm 1976 Twister 2 min Super8 to 16mm silent 1975 Handnotes 2 5 min video silent 1975 Roof 12 min 1 2 video References edit James Nares comes out as trans woman in Philippe de Montebello Curates at Park Avenue Armory and More Art News 16 July 2019 Hager Steve 1986 Art After Midnight The East Village Scene St Matins Press p 26 1 James Nares on Swissre Sussler Betsy Spring 1989 Interview with James Nares BOMB Magazine Archived from the original on 14 May 2013 Retrieved 15 May 2013 Boch Richard 2017 The Mudd Club Port Townsend WA Feral House p 81 ISBN 978 1 62731 051 2 OCLC 972429558 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint date and year link Masters Marc 2007 No Wave London Black Dog Publishing pp 148 149 Rebellion of the quiet Retrospective of James Nares No Wave s subtlest filmmaker Archived from the original on 1 September 2013 Retrieved 14 June 2013 Schwendener Martha 10 August 2012 In James Nares STREET Taming the Galloping City The New York Times James Nares Interview Magazine Interview Interviewed by Glenn O Brien 23 November 2008 Viveros Faune Christian 27 March 2013 Taking It Slow At the Met s Street The Village Voice Archived from the original on 18 October 2013 Retrieved 14 October 2013 Camhi Leslie 5 March 2013 Urban Legends James Nares Premieres Street at the Met Museum Vogue Archived from the original on 27 February 2014 Retrieved 14 October 2013 Schwendener Martha 10 August 2012 A Galloping City Captured in Slow Motion The New York Times Halter Ed 13 May 2008 James Nares s Downtown Empire Strikes Back The Village Voice Archived from the original on 8 July 2013 Retrieved 14 October 2013 Further reading editCarlo McCormick 2006 The Downtown Book The New York Art Scene 1974 1984 Princeton University Press Alan W Moore Marc Miller eds 1985 ABC No Rio Dinero The Story of a Lower East Side Art Gallery New York ABC No Rio with Collaborative Projects External links editOfficial website nbsp Retrieved 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