Suzanne Jackson's First New York Solo Show at Ortuzar Projects Features Suspended Anti-Canvases
From November 20, 2019, to January 25, 2020, Ortuzar Projects hosted Suzanne Jackson's inaugural solo exhibition in New York. The showcase includes artworks spanning from the 1980s to the present, featuring five newly created pieces that hang like tapestries. At 75, Jackson, who started her artistic journey in Los Angeles, established Gallery 32 in the late 1960s. Her innovative "anti-canvases" merge painting with repurposed materials. Notable pieces on display are "history drawing-cracked wall (2016-2019)," "El Paradiso (1981-84)," "oldblueshanging, while she waits (2017)," "His and Hers (2018)," and "Ebenezer Crossing (2017)." Her diverse background as a costume designer, dancer, and poet influences her exploration of nature, memory, and the African-American narrative.
Key facts
- Suzanne Jackson's first New York solo show ran from November 20, 2019 to January 25, 2020 at Ortuzar Projects.
- Jackson is 75 years old and founded Gallery 32 in Los Angeles in the late 1960s.
- Gallery 32 exhibited emerging African-American artists like Betye Saar, David Hammons, and Senga Nengudi.
- The show includes works from the 1980s to recent years, with five new pieces suspended from the ceiling.
- Jackson's "anti-canvases" combine paint, found materials, and clear acrylic medium in hanging, dimensional forms.
- "history drawing-cracked wall (2016-2019)" is over eleven feet wide and features faces, hands, and animals in lens-like cells.
- "Ebenezer Crossing (2017)" references a Civil War atrocity where hundreds of emancipated African-Americans drowned near Savannah.
- Jackson's work was recently the subject of a retrospective at the Telfair Museums in Savannah, GA.
Entities
Artists
- Suzanne Jackson
- Betye Saar
- David Hammons
- Senga Nengudi
- Sam Gilliam
- Alan Shields
- Joe Overstreet
Institutions
- Ortuzar Projects
- Gallery 32
- Telfair Museums
Locations
- New York City
- United States
- Los Angeles
- California
- Savannah
- Georgia