J.W. FOX
PAPERWORK (2021)
J.W. FOX
PAPERWORK 2021 PARIS
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CONTENTS
LETTER TO MARIA GISBORNE
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THE FORCE THAT THROUGH THE GREEN FUSE DRIVES THE FLOWER (FOR CARL STUENDEL)
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UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS PARADISE
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IMMACULATE CONCEPTION (FOR FRANCISCO DE ZURBARÁN)
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COPLAS DE MANRIQUE
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COPLAS DE MANRIQUE #2
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THINGS I'VE BEEN MEANING TO TELL MY HOUSEPLANTS
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DU COUP
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ELISA BASSI ET LE CEDRUS LIBANI DANS LE LABYRINTHE DU JARDIN DES PLANTES DE PARIS
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THE SEVEN SEAS AS THE PHYSICAL PRESENCE OF BODHICITTA
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LE VENT DANS LE MARRONNIER ROSE
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CHAMP DE BLÉ
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ELISA'S BIRTHDAY
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MY PRIVATE TASMANIA (FOR JAMES TATE)
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THE HIDDEN RAINBOW IN EVERY BREATH
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HOT FLASH AT BIG SUR
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NINA FROM PASADENA
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DES LINIEN DES LEBENS (TO HÖLDERLIN)
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RAIN
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Letter To Maria Gisborne 2021 watercolor, pencil on fabriano paper 190 x 140 cm
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The Force Than Through The Green Fuse Drives The Flower (for Carl Stuendel) 2021 watercolor, pencil on fabriano paper 190 x 140 cm
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Unfortunately, It Was Paradise 2021 watercolor, pencil on fabriano paper 190 x 140 cm
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Immaculate Conception (for Francisco de Zurburán) 2021 watercolor, pencil on fabriano paper 190 x 140 cm
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Coplas De Manrique 2021 watercolor, pencil on fabriano paper two parts, each 190 x 140 cm (pages 14 & 15)
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Coplas de Manrique #2 2021 watercolor , pencil on fabriano paper two parts, each 190 x 140 cm (pages 18 & 19)
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Things I've Been Meaning
To Tell My Houseplants 2021 watercolor, pencil on fabriano paper seven parts each 78 x 57 cm pages 21-27 20
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Du Coup 2021 watercolor, pencil on Arches paper five parts each 174 x 130 cm
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p. 29: "French Kisses" p. 30 "Willows" p. 31 "Birches" p. 32 "L'Allegria della Cinciarella" p. 33 "La Seine"
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Elisa Bassi et le Cedrus Libani dans le labyrinth du Jardin des Plantes de Paris 2021 watercolor, pencil on fabriano paper 200 x 150 cm
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The Seven Seas As the Physical Presence of Bodhicitta 2021 watercolor, pencil on fabriano paper 190 x 140 cm
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Le Vent dans le marronnier rose 2021 watercolor, pencil on fabriano paper 190 x 140 cm
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Champ de blé 2021 watercolor, pencil on fabriano paper 190 x 140 cm
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Elisa's Birthday 2021 watercolor, pencil on fabriano paper 190 x 140 cm
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My Private Tasmania (for James Tate) 2021 watercolor, pencil on fabriano paper four parts, each 190 x 140 cm (pages 46, 47, 48, 49)
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The Hidden Rainbow In Every Breath 2021 watercolor, pencil on fabriano paper three parts, each 190 x 140 cm (pages 51, 52, 53)
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Hot Flash At Big Sur 2021 watercolor, pencil on fabriano paper two parts each 190 x 140 cm (pages 56 & 57)
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Nina From Pasadena 2021 watercolor, pencil on fabriano paper 190 x 140 cm
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Das Linien Des Lebens (to Hölderlin) 2021 watercolor, pencil on fabriano paper 190 x 140 cm
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Rain 2021 watercolor, pencil on fabriano paper 190 x 140 cm
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JAMES WALTON FOX
Selected Exhibition History / Biograph 2015 "Nouvelles observations sur les abeilles" Varvara Bracho Projects, Honfleur, France 2015 "Only 2.5 HRS from GWB", Orphic Gallery, Roxbury, NY (currated by Pia Dehne) 2015 "summer show", Sixty-One Main Gallery, Andes, NY 2014 "Pont des amours", Varvara Bracho Projects, Honfleur, France 2013 "Sacred Vision, Separate Views: Contemporary Perspectives in Buddhist Art, Tibet House, NY 2012 "Gilded", Gold Gallery, Boston, MA 2012 "James Walton Fox : Recent Paintings and Works on Paper" 61 Main Gallery, Andes, NY 2011 “Primo Centro” Trentenale di Merigar, Arcidosso, Italy, (curated by Alessandra Bonomo) 2011 “How Soon Is Now ?” (w/Sonam Dolma Brauen), Tria Gallery, New York, NY 2011 “James Walton Fox”, Sixty-One Main Gallery, Andes, NY 2010 “The Radiance”, Poets House, Manhattan, NY (solo) 2010 "Changeless Nature", Martin-Mullin Gallery, State University of New York, Oneonta, NY 2010 "James Walton Fox", Sixty One Main Gallery, Andes, NY, 2009 "James Walton Fox", Sixty One Main Gallery, Andes, NY 2008 "Eros", Treadwell Museum of Fine Art, Treadwell, NY 2007 "Disasters of War", Treadwell Museum of Fine Art, Treadwell, NY
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Born: Summit, New Jersey, January 17, 1969 . BFA (poetry and painting) Hobart College, Geneva, NY, 1991, studies under painters Leon Golub, Nancy Spero, John Loftus; poets James Crenner, Andrew Harvey and historian Jo Anna Isaak. Naropa University 1999-2000 Studies calligraphy, iconography, philosophy, poetry, meditation, and Tibetan language under Dzogchen Ponlop, Sarah Harding, and Cynthia Moku at only accredited Buddhist university in US. 1991-1999 Lives and works in Brooklyn and Manhattan; joins Artburo collective, founded by Job Koelewijn and Christophe Draeger. After a visit to India in 1997 Develops interest in Vajrayana Buddhism; enrolls in MFA at Naropa University, Boulder, CO (a program aimed at the integration of meditation, drawing, painting, poetry and social engagement.) Studies under thanka painter Cynthia Moku and reincarnate calligraphy and meditation master Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche. Travels in India, Europe and South America. 2000-2009 Studio in Los Gatos, CA. joins Vajrayana Foundation and Dzogchen Community. Visits Venezuela, Italy, Netherlands, Spain. Lives and works in Barcelona 2004-5. First collection of poems “The Circular Zoo” published in NY. In 2006, Constructs studios in Trout Creek, NY. Exhibits in Treadwell, Andes, Oneonta, and Manhattan, NY. Publishes “Twenty-One Spells and One Dead Grouse”, a book of poems. 2010-2021 Studio in Bushwick, Brooklyn. First solo exhibition at Poets House, NY, 2010; finalist
for John Jay College of Criminal Justice commission selected by Jennifer McGregor (it was awarded to Alfredo Jaar). Exhibits at Tria Gallery, NY; selected for 2011 Trentenalle di Merigar (curated by Alessandra Bonomo); and “Sacred Vision” (2012-13) by Tibet House NYC. Studio in Paris from beginning of 2016. Travels extensively in Spain, Morocco, Italy, Greece, Switzerland, and Southwestern United States. Studios in Pantin, and Trout Creek, NY.
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JAMES WALTON FOX USA: STUDIO: 1766 BULLOCK HILL ROAD SIDNEY CENTER, NY 13839 +1 (699) 237-2747
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EMAIL: JAMESWALTONFOX@GMAIL.COM
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