Matthew
Day-Jackson
Matthew
Day-Jackson
Day-Jackson
American, born in 1974
The work of American artist Matthew Day-Jackson turns the spotlight on modern vanity. Employing a multifaceted practice, his sculptures, paintings, collages, installations and videos interact and build complex ontological scenarios revisiting the history of humanity, from primordial times to technological utopias.
Matthew Day-Jackson uses a powerful, universal, iconographic vocabulary in addressing the familiar motifs and objects that he transforms into fetishes and new totems. His vast body of work, mixing recovered materials, ancient techniques and state-of-the-art technology, paints a lucid portrait of our contemporary societies, torn between progressive and apocalyptic visions.
Several pieces by Matthew Day-Jackson, including the installations Skull Spectrum and Urknall, memento mori for modern times, now form part of the Pinault Collection. They were first shown in 2009 at the exhibition "Mapping the Studio", at the Punta della Dogana.
Matthew Day-Jackson uses a powerful, universal, iconographic vocabulary in addressing the familiar motifs and objects that he transforms into fetishes and new totems. His vast body of work, mixing recovered materials, ancient techniques and state-of-the-art technology, paints a lucid portrait of our contemporary societies, torn between progressive and apocalyptic visions.
Several pieces by Matthew Day-Jackson, including the installations Skull Spectrum and Urknall, memento mori for modern times, now form part of the Pinault Collection. They were first shown in 2009 at the exhibition "Mapping the Studio", at the Punta della Dogana.
