Matthew Day Jackson, (born 1974) is a American painter, collage artist and sculptor. 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Painting by Rembrandt self-portrait Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ... Collage (From the French: , to stick) is regarded as a work of visual arts made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole. ... Sculptor redirects here. ...

Life

Born in 1974 in Panorama City, Matthew Day Jackson took to art at a young age. Jackson revieved a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts from the University of Washington in Seattle and later a Masters in Fine Art from Rutgers University. He began to show his works in 1999 at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art in Boulder, Colorado. In 2003 his work was shown in the Portland Museum of Art Biennial in Portland, Maine and in 2006 he was featured in the Whitney Biennial, ‘Day for Night’, Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. His solo exhibitions include "By No Means Necessary" at the Chinati Foundation, in Marfa, where he was in residence in June 2004 and a 2005 exhibition at the Perry Rubenstein Gallery in New York. 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. ... Rutgers redirects here. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The City of Boulder (, Mountain Time Zone) is a home rule municipality located in Boulder County, Colorado, United States. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Portland Museum of Art in Portland, Maine was originally founded as the Portland Society of Art in 1882. ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The banner of the 2006 Whitney Biennial: Day For Night in front of the Whitney Museum of American Art. ... Night view of Whitney Museum of American Art The Whitney Museum of American Art is an art gallery and museum in New York City founded in 1931 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Work

Jackson is a modern painter, collage aritst and sculptor who often works with everyday found objects and cultural appropriation to reassemble visions of America into a new identity. He is said to be inspired by Russian constructivism, a school of art that uses artworks for political purposes. Many of these works allude to familiar subjects, often political-- colonialism, patriotism, memory, native mysticism, and other "lost" ideals. Jackson's sculptures include a covered wagon, an alpenhorn, and massive viking ship, and his paintings and drawings feature political icons reimagined in mythological forms. His works have been described as nostalgic, yet also reflective of contemporary discontent, a cultural critique of the current state of affairs. Found objects are materials found (such as pebbles, candy wrappers, or leaves) and not made (such as inks, paints, and crayons. ...

Delving into the legends of American history, Matthew Day Jackson examines the myth-making of national identity. Through his sculptures, drawings and "paintings" Jackson recycles his country’s iconic symbols to assemble alternate versions of past events that reflect and critique present-day politics and the traditional roles of the artist as ‘cultural antennae’ and ‘storyteller’.

Jackson takes influence from the Russian Constructivists in their adaptation of art for political means, their powerful aesthetics and use of ideological materials. Reinterpreting the making of America, Jackson melds these constructivist (communist) associations with New World philosophies of utopian religiosity and native mysticism. His work offers provocative and humorous fictions, slyly entwining the ‘what might have been’ with an uncanny actuality. In education, constructivism is a learning theory which holds that knowledge is not transmitted unchanged from teacher to student, but instead that learning is an active process of learning. ... This article is about communism as a form of society and as a political movement. ...

The heroicism of suburban culture is echoed throughout Jackson’s work: wood, leather and hand-stitched banners allude to a pioneering optimism, while hand-altered posters recreate the styling of grassroots protest. Often incorporating found objects such as Birkenstock sandals and bumperstickers, Jackson draws upon their inherent associations and narrative familiarity to create caricatures of a nation both vindicated and problematised by its past. From George Washington’s face pasted on the Sphinx, an antique placard boasting the mysterious construction of the White House, to the lynching of a stick figure, Jackson propagates his own manifest destiny, envisioning a frontier that’s glorious, revolutionary and apologetic. George Washington (February 22, 1732–December 14, 1799)[1] led Americas Continental Army to victory over Britain in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), and was later elected the first President of the United States. ... The Great Sphinx of Giza, with the Pyramid of Khafre in the background For other uses, see Sphinx (disambiguation). ... North façade of the White House, seen from Pennsylvania Avenue. ... This painting (circa 1872) by John Gast called American Progress is an allegorical representation of Manifest Destiny. ...

External links

• The Chinati Foundation | Artists in Residence | Matthew Day Jackson
• Ten "Greater New York" Artists Most Likely to Succeed (As featured in)
• The Saatchi Gallery; About Matthew Day Jackson and his artAdditional information on Matthew Day Jackson including artworks, text panels, articles, and full biography