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Jeremy Jessel's work explores memory and our experience of it, its complexity, poetry, substance and contradictions. It has filled a decade and yielded a vibrant body of work. Bold and sophisticated in its use of colour, form and movement, the work is at times joyous and, at others, deliberately disconcerting.

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Characteristically unflinching in the interrogation of the nature of memory and its function in our lives, his work ranges from exploration of the deeply personal to the role of memory in the collective unconscious. Recurring themes of reconciliation, deceit, dissonance, bliss, relationships and identity flow throughout.

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Jessel deploys a constantly evolving visual syntax and morphology with which to describe memory. At times this language feels familiar, like one whispered by the unconscious, enabling the viewer to engage with the works both individually and in relation to one another. Perhaps enhanced by his mild synesthesia, he adeptly manages to marry the emotional and intellectual discussions of memory in each piece through the subtle and layered interplay of the organic and the geometric.

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The 40 Memories exhibition below serves as a short introduction to his body of work on memory. Set in chronological order, the forty collages have been chosen to chart the breadth, adventure and nuance contained within the project. A fuller exploration can be seen in MEMORY COLLECTION.

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Y. F. Haringey

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