Incollect Magazine - Issue 6

20 www.incollect.com In 2022 Goodman published a book titled Jacques Jarrige about his work, process, and collaborations which remains the definitive study of his designs. It took two and a half years to produce, with essays by a very eclectic cast of authors including American curator and author Glenn Adamson, a patient from the psychiatric hospital where Jarrige has a studio and has run art classes for the past 30 years, prize-winning French author Maylis de Kerangal (who is also a friend and collector of Jarrige’s work) and a French priest. “We wanted the book to talk about creativity, collaborations, and art broadly,” Goodman says. When I spoke to Jarrige he was in his studio east of Paris, and had just finished a new body of work consisting of LED-lit wall sculptures for the Hamptons Fine Arts Fair in July, as well as hanging aluminum sculptures, both of which will adorn the booth along with his furniture. He is busier than ever, working on a group of 10 large site-specific sculptures for a solo show next February at the St. Gereon Basilica in Cologne. Jarrige has previously Jacques Jarrige, Adam and Eve, 2010. Gold plated bronze. Photo: Garret Linn Jacques Jarrige, Torquemada Console, 2016. Oak. Photo: Karin Kohlberg