Angelenos flocked to meet the artist and filmmaker, who came to the West Coast for the opening of his solo exhibition “Some More Collages.”
Hundreds of film and art lovers convened at James Fuentes Gallery to celebrate the opening of “Some More Collages,” Jim Jarmusch’s first solo exhibition in Los Angeles.
It was Saturday night, and chatter bounced off the concrete floors of the gallery as visitors sipped wine and seltzer and tried to snap photos with Mr. Jarmusch, the New York filmmaker and indie luminary.
Twenty-eight of Mr. Jarmusch’s small, minimal newsprint collages hung on the walls, along with three larger lithograph edition prints. (Though he’s not picky about which papers he collages with, he often uses The New York Times.)
“I find Jim to be extremely original and innovative,” Scarlet Sobranie, 68, said as she explored the cavernous space. “He has a huge fan base here in Los Angeles.”
Mr. Jarmusch, 72, has made more than a dozen films, including “Down by Law” (1986) and “Coffee and Cigarettes” (2003) — often capturing strangers as they wander through one another’s orbits in different cities. He has also produced music, written poetry and created visual art, specifically hundreds of collages. In a room buzzing with devotees, he was a quietly commanding presence who naturally stuck out with a distinct crop of white hair.
He shared his small, surrealist collages with the public in 2021, when he held his first solo show at James Fuentes Gallery in New York.
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