Jess Cochrane: It Won’t Last Forever
12th September, 2024 – 28th September, 2024
Gillian Jason Gallery
19 Great Titchfield Street
London
W1W 8AZ
With a focus on capturing contemporary culture, Jess Cochrane investigates the shared human experience. Cochrane’s compositions weave together a story influenced by Impressionist gathering scenes. Just as Renoir or Cézanne represented everyday life in a time of rapid growth and industrialisation, so does Cochrane today, recreating the ‘mundane’ of the 21st Century. Such echoing of an Impressionistic past, paired with contemporary details – today’s clothing, smartphones, recent technology – reflects a cyclical perspective on the intersection of art and society.
oil on canvas
100 x 70 cm
Image courtesy of the artist and Gillian Jason Gallery
‘It Won’t Last Forever’ refers to our constant attempt to freeze ephemeral moments through social media and digital photography, hoping to relive memories indefinitely. The idea of the passage of time is also inferred by Cochrane’s recurrent nod to consumerist habits, suggesting the inevitable end of an instant, an action, a product – every work subtly features elements to be used for our personal indulgence: a bowl of tangerines, a coffee, a cigarette or candle.
Image courtesy of the artist and Gillian Jason Gallery
About Jess Cochrane
Jess Cochrane, an Australian artist based in London, creates figurative oil paintings that draw inspiration from the ordinary and familiar moments of daily life. Her work often taps into universally understood scenes, weaving themes of consumerism, pop culture, and fashion throughout her pieces. Cochrane’s paintings also reflect on shared memories and recent trends, particularly the resurgence of the early 2000s.
oil on canvas
120 x 150 cm
Image courtesy of the artist and Gillian Jason Gallery
Starting with photography as her creative foundation, Cochrane captures fleeting moments, giving her work a cinematic feel while preserving the small, often overlooked details of modern life. Fashion, frequently sourced from iconic references like Vogue, plays a crucial role in her exploration of pop culture’s influence on everyday experiences. Through this lens, she examines how these elements shape our collective understanding of contemporary life.
Jess Cochrane: It Won’t Last Forever opens on the 12th of September, 2024 until the 28th of September, 2024 at Gillian Jason Gallery
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