mood IV
The fourth installment in our new series called, a mood, is with artist Jeremy Le Grand.
In a mood, invited artists share images, either of their own or from others that inspire them, on our blog and Instagram. A short piece of writing; a description of the mood board, a poem, or other writing may be included by the artist, as well as a music playlist or other aspects of ephemera related to the artist’s vision.
“A man sets himself the task of portraying the world. Over the years he fills a given surface with images of provinces and kingdoms, mountains, bays, shifts, islands, fish, rooms, instruments, heavenly bodies, horses, and people. Shortly before he dies he discovers that this patient labyrinth is a drawing of his own face.”
— Jorge Luis Borges, ‘Epilogue’, The Maker
Top left to bottom right: (1) Jorge Luis Borges with his cat Beppo, unknown photographer, date unknown; (2) Nick Van Woert, Garden of Forking Paths, 2013, steel, white bronze, copper, blackened white bronze (@thesupermarket); (3) Tulcan Cemetary and Topiary garden, Ecuador, unknown photographer; (4) Chris Bryant, Plug, 2018, acrylic, ink, resin (@chrisbryant.modular); (5) Janine (Cortez) Ker, ghost tiger hair, 2019 (@janine_ker_hair); (6) Flying Lemur, unknown photographer; (7) Vincent Pocsik, On The Meridian - Piece 1, 2019 (@vincentpocsik); (8) Blair Saxon Hill, Cover-up, 2020, collage, ink, (@blairsaxonhill); (9) Still from Adrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker, 1979.
Jeremy Le Grand is an artist and fabricator in Portland, OR. He is the co-founder of Civilian Artist Studios, an artist ran studio building in Portland's NE industrial district, and co-founder of Carnation Contemporary, an artist ran contemporary art gallery located in North Portland. A few of his current preoccupations are The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, Thundercat's latest album It Is What It Is, and whether he ever wants to work full time again.
To see Jeremy’s work please visit her website or follow her on Instagram @jeremythegrand.