I: Miniature Enamel Lacquer PaintingsThis is a small sample of the hundreds and hundreds of pieces Jerome painted. He worked with everything you would find in the purse of a drag queen (nail polish, glitter, make-up, and eye liner). His canvases included plastic tip trays, tin can lids, lockets, ornaments, Band-Aids, small scraps of paper, and candy wrappers. Most of these pieces fit in the palm of your hand. Jerome intended for them to be personal and intimate, not larger than life. He was often asked to paint larger, and in his typically rebellious way, he would work on an even smaller scale, painting the insides of discarded bottle caps and even on pistachio shells.
II: White-Out Flyer AnnouncementsThese torn paper flyers are from Jerome's shows (dates and times were written on the back). They are high-contrast xerox copies of paintings mixed with white-out and enamel. Jerome was highly selective about who he'd work with and where he'd exhibit his work. He was very shrewd when it came to understanding where he needed to be in order to further his career. Jerome never created his own artist’s resume, and he relied heavily on others to do the administrative tasks needed to promote his work.
III: Miniature Enamel Lacquer Paintings & Details
PLEASE NOTE: The artwork on this gallery page has been collected and excerpted from various sources. Some of the material is from Thomas Avena and Adam Klein's book Jerome: After the Pageant, and the rest of the images were taken from various web sites like Gallery Paule Anglim, Visuals AIDS, and San Francisco's Queer Cultural Center. Eventually everything here is going to be properly re-photographed and indexed in the on-line catalogue raisonné.
"Venus in Cleveland" - by Jerome Caja
(nail polish, enamel, glitter, and white out on paper) Excerpted from: Jerome After the Pageant 7 x 4 in., 1995 
"Untitled" - by Jerome Caja
(nail polish, enamel, and glitter on paper) 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in., Unknown date 
"The Trinity" - by Jerome Caja
(nail polish, enamel, and glitter on paper) Excerpted from: Jerome After the Pageant 7 X 4 in., 1988 
"Have a Beary Nice Day" - by Jerome Caja
(nail polish, enamel, and glitter on industrial metallic foil) Excerpted from: Gallery Paule Anglim Unknown dimensions and date 
"Bird Screaming at Her Eggs" - by Jerome Caja
(conti crayon, gold marker, eyeliner, and wax on paper) Excerpted from: Jerome After the Pageant Unknown dimensions, 1992 
"Bozo Fucks Death" - by Jerome Caja
(nail polish, enamel, and white out on plastic tip tray) Excerpted from: Jerome After the Pageant 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 1/2 in., 1988 
"Untitled" - by Jerome Caja
(nail polish and enamel on paper) 4 1/2 x 4 1/5 in., Unknown date 
"Bozo Picks a Boyfriend" - by Jerome Caja
(gouache, watercolor, eyeshadow on paper) 13 x 16 in., 1992 
"Bozo the Sperm" - by Jerome Caja
(nail polish, enamel, and glitter on paper) Excerpted from: Visual AIDS 13 X 6 in., 1994 
"Charles Devouring Himself" - by Jerome Caja
(ash, resin, and nail polish on aluminum tray) Excerpted from: Jerome After the Pageant 8 1/2 in. diameter x 1 in. deep, 1991 
"Untitled" - by Jerome Caja
(nail polish and enamel on paper) Unknown dimensions and date 
"Eggs Having Turkey Dinner" - by Jerome Caja
(nail polish and enamel on metal tip tray) Excerpted from: Jerome After the Pageant 3 3/4 x 6 3/4 x 3/8 in., 1989 
"Untitled" - by Jerome Caja
(nail polish and enamel on paper) Unknown dimensions and date 
"Ham and Eggs" - by Jerome Caja
(enamel, nail polish, and gold leaf on metal can) Excerpted from: Jerome After the Pageant 12 x 6 1/5 x 1/2 in., 1991 
"Sailor with Pearls" - by Jerome Caja
(white-out, enamel, and ink on paper) Excerpted from: Jerome After the Pageant Unknown dimensions, 1989 
"Little Yellow Angels" - by Jerome Caja
(nail polish and enamel on tray) Excerpted from: Jerome After the Pageant 11 x 5 in. (oval tray), Unknown date 
"Untitled" - by Jerome Caja
(paint on paper and styrofoam cup) Excerpted from: Gallery Paule Anglim 5 1/2 x 5 in., Unknown date 
"New Eyes for Saint Lucy" - by Jerome Caja
(nail polish and enamel on a tip tray) Excerpted from: Jerome After the Pageant Unknown dimensions, 1994 
"Untitled" - by Jerome Caja
(nail polish and enamel on paper) Unknown dimensions and date 
"Untitled" - by Jerome Caja
(nail polish, enamel, and pistachio nuts on plaque) Excerpted from: Ratio 3 (Revival Kiki Gallery) Unknown dimensions and date 
"Alice Jacking off Her Jack Rabbit" - by Jerome Caja
(watercolor and gouache on torn paper) Excerpted from: Jerome After the Pageant 9 5/8 x 11 5/8 x 1 1/4 in., 1995 
"Bozo Venus Peeing on a Burning Bush" - by Jerome Caja
(nail polish and enamel on paper) 0 x 0 in., Unknown date 
"Untitled" - by Jerome Caja
(nail polish and enamel on paper) Unknown dimensions and date 
"Screaming Woman with a Bloody Knife" - by Jerome Caja
(mixed media: enamel and nail polish on paper) Excerpted from: Gallery Paule Anglim 13 x 11in., Unknown date 
"Art Gallery Flyer I" - by Jerome Caja
(xerox of: enamel, white out, and gouache on paper) Unknown dimensions and date 
"Art Gallery Flyer II" - by Jerome Caja
(xerox of: enamel, white out, and gouache on paper) Unknown dimensions and date 
"Art Gallery Flyer III" - by Jerome Caja
(xerox of: enamel, white out, and gouache on paper) Unknown dimensions and date 
"Art Gallery Flyer IV" - by Jerome Caja
(xerox of: enamel, white out, and gouache on paper) Unknown dimensions and date |
