Robert Jackson “Tinkering With Reality”
Gallery Henoch
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Robert Jackson’s paintings offer tightly contained theaters of absurd impossibilities that speak to the very act of creating itself. Jackson’s regular cast of characters includes unbelievably tall stacks of pastries and hamburgers, anthropomorphized apples, Oreos, and balloon animals, as well as colorful wooden crates whose graphic faces flatten the picture plane even as they enhance the paintings’ trompe l’oeil effects. He paints scenes that delight in their illusory spectacle as they navigate through painting’s loaded history. Jackson’s props lack traditional sophistication by design-the silliness of a balloon dog or the artificial sweetness of an Oreo cookie lend a playful spirit to the philosophical conundrums that Jackson explores in his narrative-driven paintings.
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from November 06, 2014 to November 29, 2014
Opening Reception on 2014-11-06 from 18:00 to 20:00