Please join us tomorrow, Thursday, November 6th, for the opening reception of Robert Jackson's third solo show at Gallery Henoch, Tinkering With Reality. The opening will be held from 6-8PM and is free and open to the public.
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. Check out an online catalogue of Jackson's show here.For more information on Robert Jackson, please contact the gallery.
R O B E R T J A C K S O N
Tinkering With Reality
November 6 - 29, 2014
Opening Reception: Thursday, November 6th, 6-8PM
Photo Credit: Pop Florals, Oil on Linen, 40" x 30";
Props, Oil on Linen, 72" x 80";
Pop Betsy Ross, Oil on Linen, 36" x 36"
