March 29, 2025, Los Angeles. CURRENT HIP in L.A. BY JOANNA ROSENZWEIG. E.P.F. London.
This echt vernissage was the scene—art heads, film buffs, all orbiting Jim Jarmusch at James Fuentes Gallery, Los Angeles. “Some More Collages,” marked his first solo show in the city—and it buzzed.
The one-of-a-kind collages echoed the aura of Jarmusch’s films—gore chic. He removed heads from magazines and NY Times photos, likely with a surgeon’s, Bayonet-style microsurgical scalpel. Precision was a must for this unique artist-filmmaker, crafting abstract compositions.
His collages honor the popular movie era zombie heads by swapping in those of Basquiat, Picasso, and Dalí. Mr. Jarmusch signed his book “Some More Collages,” for his numerous fans as L.A. Art TV, a perfect match for the extraordinary, captured the scene. Its host engaged the art crowd with a provocative question: "If Jim Jarmusch cast me in “Only Lovers Left Alive,” Part Two, I must taste a blood popsicle—O negative. The actor part pay is $50,000. Would I do it? What’s your take?" James Fuentes Gallery 5015 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90038.