Jesper Just
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'The Lonely Villa (2004)'
Executed in 2004. DVD and DVCAM pal. 5:30 min. Edition 9/10 +2AP.
Provenance
Christina Wilson Gallery, Copenhagen.
Exhibitions
Emma Museum, Espoo, 'Jesper Just: The Lonely Villa', 1 February - 28 May 2023, another example exhibited.
MAC/VAL, Paris, 'Jesper Just', 22 October 2011 - 5 February 2012, ett annat exemplar utställt.
Brooklyn Museum, New York, "Jesper Just: Romantic Delusions", 19 September 2008 - 4 January 2009, another example exhibited.
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, 'Intimacy', 7 October - 30 November 2008, another example exhibited.
Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, 'Jesper Just', 3 March - 6 May 2007, another example exhibited.
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 'Jesper Just - Something to love', 9 December 2006 - 20 January 2007, another example exhibited.
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 'Something to love', 1 January - 22 February 2006, another example exhibited.
Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York, 'Jesper Just', 3 November - 22 December 2004, another example exhibited.
More information
The Danish gallery Nicolai Wallner describes the film on their website:
'In “The Lonely Villa” we see several distinguished looking older men in dimly lit surroundings, each seated in silence at his own table waiting for the telephone before him to ring. Once the protagonist’s phone finally rings, the face of a young man at the other end appears, singing a love song in a soft, clear voice. The older man responds with a new song, and gradually his waiting companions all join in, like the chorus of a classic Greek play. The tenderness of the men contrasts with their appearance and the situation, initially giving the scene an absurd, comical aspect. In the end, however, its poignancy predominates: these men are not ashamed to show their feelings, even in public, even in the presence of other men.'