Alex Jackson, The House of Asterion (For Borges), 2023, Acrylic and Marker on Aluminum Panel, 6 ⅞ X 9 ⅞ Inches
Alex Jackson, Daedalus Airways, 2023, Acrylic on Panel, 5 X 16 Inches
Alex Jackson, Water Evacuation, 2023, Acrylic and Flashe on Aluminum Panel, 26 X 38 Inches
Alex Jackson, Water Evacuation (detail), 2023, Acrylic and Flashe on Aluminum Panel, 26 X 38 Inches
Alex Jackson, Water Evacuation (detail), 2023, Acrylic and Flashe on Aluminum Panel, 26 X 38 Inches
Alex Jackson, Water Evacuation (detail), 2023, Acrylic and Flashe on Aluminum Panel, 26 X 38 Inches
Alex Jackson, Water Evacuation (detail), 2023, Acrylic and Flashe on Aluminum Panel, 26 X 38 Inches
Alex Jackson, In the Case of Turbulence, 2023, Acrylic on Aluminum Panel, 37 X 60 Inches
Alex Jackson, In the Case of Turbulence (detail), 2023, Acrylic on Aluminum Panel, 37 X 60 Inches
Alex Jackson, In the Case of Turbulence (detail), 2023, Acrylic on Aluminum Panel, 37 X 60 Inches
Alex Jackson, In the Case of Turbulence (detail), 2023, Acrylic on Aluminum Panel, 37 X 60 Inches
Alex Jackson, Departure Points (Preparatory Drawings/Instructions/Guidelines for Future Works), Ink and Graphic on Drafting Vellum, thumbtacks , various sizes
Alex Jackson, Departure Points (Preparatory Drawings/Instructions/Guidelines for Future Works), Ink and Graphic on Drafting Vellum, thumbtacks , various sizes
Alex Jackson, Departure Points (Preparatory Drawings/Instructions/Guidelines for Future Works), Ink and Graphic on Drafting Vellum, thumbtacks , various sizes
Alex Jackson, Departure Points (Preparatory Drawings/Instructions/Guidelines for Future Works), Ink and Graphic on Drafting Vellum, thumbtacks , various sizes
Easy Victor
Alex Jackson
April 29 - June 3, 2023
Alex Jackson's solo exhibition Easy Victor marks the artists first “Peripheral Project” in which he steps outside of the narrative universe at the center of his practice. After a year filled with travel and an increased encounter with procedural infographics around the pandemic, Easy Victor examines official and instructional documents associated with air travel, taking interest in their failed attempts at a universal language, coercive nationalism, and ambiguous depictions of safety and danger. Taking the imprisonment of mythological Greek inventor Daedalus as a departure point, the documents here become the fabricated productions of a fictitious airline, Daedalus Airways.
Alex Jackson’s Mythologies of Survival, The Offing, Emily Alesandrini, June 23, 2023
Alex Jackson is an artist currently based in the Philadelphia area. He holds a BFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an MFA from Yale University. He has attended residencies at Yale Norfolk, Skowhegan School of Painting, and Yaddo. His work spans the mediums of painting, drawing, printmaking, and writing as methods of storytelling and conceptual inquiry. He is represented by Steven Zevitas Gallery in Boston.