Ημερομηνία/Ώρα
07/12/2021
16:00 - 17:30

Τοποθεσία
Ίδρυμα Εικαστικών Τεχνών & Μουσικής Β&Μ Θεοχαράκη

Artist Talk, Tuesday December 7, 2021 16:00

RSVP: ekarajan@thf.gr

On the occasion of the solo exhibition of Alison Jackson, curated by Marina Nicoletopoulos, where the artist exhibits a retrospect of her unique photography and video works in Athens (Foyer of the Pallas Theatre, December 2 to 9), the artist will deliver a talk presenting her work and publications at the amphitheater of the B & M Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts and Music, on Tuesday, December 7, 2021, at 4pm.

Alison Jackson is a contemporary BAFTA and multi-award winning artist. Her work explores one of the most important topics of our time: ‘’Can we believe what we see in a mediated world of screens, imagery and the internet?’’ She comments on our voyeurism, the power and seductive nature of imagery, our need to know and believe. Looking at her landmark series ‘Mental Images’ Jackson delves into the cult of celebrity– an extraordinary phenomenon created by the media, publicity industries and the public figures themselves. In Athens, the artist is presenting her ‘never seen before’ Disaster Series in dialogue with a selection of previous and current works, depicting our fantasies of fear in a world of constant dread, exacerbated by endless 24/7 bad news delivered by the media. In parallel, Jackson presents her director’s cut video from the exclusive Duran Duran 40 years’ anniversary movie.

Raising questions about how photography is a deceitful medium, Jackson stresses “that we cannot rely on our own perception when it comes to photography. Jackson argues “we can no longer tell what is real or not, or whether this matters at all.”

Jackon’s published works include: Private (2004,Penguin Books), Confidential: What you see in this book is not ‘real’ (2007, Taschen), Stern Fotographie70 (2012, teNeues), and Private (2016 published by Alison Jackson). Her work is also included in many public Museum Collections, such as: The Parliamentary Art Collection,London;TheNationalPortraitGallery,London;SFMOMA,SanFrancisco;The Royal College of Art, London; Musée de la Photographie, Charleroi, Brussels; The Frances Foundation, Paris; The International Centre of Photography.

Jackson is a Member of the Alumni Council for The Royal College of Art, a Trustee of Chelsea Art Theatre, and she also mentors young people. In 2019, Jackson founded and launched a photography competition called A Day in Your Life, aimed at discovering talented budding photographers from disadvantaged backgrounds.

© Alison Jackson

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