OLIVER LEE JACKSON
Over the span of five decades, Oliver Lee Jackson has developed a singular practice, creating complex and layered work in which figuration melds with abstract fields of vivid color. Jackson’s works are tightly composed but feel improvisational in approach.
While Jackson is better known for his expressive, figurative paintings, the artist also has a robust sculptural practice that he has honed over his long career. The works on view on the High Line were produced by the artist for this exhibition. Since 2020 Jackson has constructed several monumental slotted steel sculptures, largely based on smaller works of his from the late 1990s. The artist honors his utilitarian material, and yet the painted, cut, and pockmarked surfaces animate the sculptures beyond their material properties.