Richard Jackson New Paintings, Hauser & Wirth London, North Gallery, until 26^th July 2014

Jackson has been an important figure in American Contemporary Art since the 1970s and he still continues to imbue his works with humour and perhaps as with ‘Pain-t’ (2012) in this show a sense of crudeness.

Pain-t
2012 – 2014
Group of 5 sculptures; fibreglass, acrylic paint, wood, air tanks
142 x 61 x 61 cm / 55 7/8 x 24 x 24 in each (incl. plinth)
Installation view, ‘Richard Jackson. New Paintings’, Hauser & Wirth, London, England, 2014
© Richard Jackson
Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth
Photo: Alex Delfanne

He certainly doesn’t use paint in the conventional sense but rather as something to be splattered and sprayed over his installations using ‘painting machines’ made up of hoses and pipes that when activated cover the work and the surrounding areas with paint. It certainly works very well!

Installation view, ‘Richard Jackson. New Paintings’, Hauser & Wirth, London, England, 2014
© Richard Jackson
Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth
Photo: Alex Delfanne

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