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Thomas Jackson — Tulle no. 44_v1, Nantucket, Massachusetts
Thomas Jackson

Tulle no. 44_v1, Nantucket, Massachusetts

2022

Suspended in the salt-tinged air above a Nantucket landscape, a vast cloud of tulle billows and twists with an organic authority that seems to defy both gravity and categorization. Thomas Jackson constructed this ephemeral installation specifically for the camera, choreographing thousands of individual pieces of fabric into a collective form that reads simultaneously as swarm, storm, and living organism. The resulting image, realized as a large-format archival pigment print measuring approximately 122 by 163 centimeters, carries the full atmospheric weight of the coastal environment while remaining entirely the product of deliberate artistic intervention. Jackson's ongoing Emergent Behavior series, from which this work originates, draws on principles from complexity theory and the natural sciences, finding visual parallels between self-organizing systems in nature and the sculptural arrangements he engineers in the field. Tulle no. 44_v1 is representative of the series at its most lyrical, the pale fabric catching the diffuse New England light in a way that softens the boundary between the constructed and the found. The neutral tonal palette and horizontal expanse of the composition give the print a meditative quality well-suited to large residential or institutional interiors. Available through Jackson Fine Art and hand-signed by the artist, this work is produced using archival pigment printing processes that ensure exceptional longevity and color fidelity. Collectors acquiring pieces from this series are investing in a body of work that has earned sustained critical attention for its ability to make the conceptual feel genuinely wondrous. The print is offered unframed, presenting an opportunity to collaborate with a framer on a presentation tailored to a specific interior environment.

Medium
Archival pigment print
Overall
Signed
Yes
Location
Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA

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Thomas Jackson, Tulle no. 44_v1, Nantucket, Massachusetts, 2022

Suspended in the salt-tinged air above a Nantucket landscape, a vast cloud of tulle billows and twists with an organic authority that seems to defy both gravity and categorization. Thomas Jackson constructed this ephemeral installation specifically for the camera, choreographing thousands of individual pieces of fabric into a collective form that reads simultaneously as swarm, storm, and living organism. The resulting image, realized as a large-format archival pigment print measuring approximately 122 by 163 centimeters, carries the full atmospheric weight of the coastal environment while remaining entirely the product of deliberate artistic intervention. Jackson's ongoing Emergent Behavior series, from which this work originates, draws on principles from complexity theory and the natural sciences, finding visual parallels between self-organizing systems in nature and the sculptural arrangements he engineers in the field. Tulle no. 44_v1 is representative of the series at its most lyrical, the pale fabric catching the diffuse New England light in a way that softens the boundary between the constructed and the found. The neutral tonal palette and horizontal expanse of the composition give the print a meditative quality well-suited to large residential or institutional interiors. Available through Jackson Fine Art and hand-signed by the artist, this work is produced using archival pigment printing processes that ensure exceptional longevity and color fidelity. Collectors acquiring pieces from this series are investing in a body of work that has earned sustained critical attention for its ability to make the conceptual feel genuinely wondrous. The print is offered unframed, presenting an opportunity to collaborate with a framer on a presentation tailored to a specific interior environment.

Medium
Archival pigment print
Dimensions
overall: 121.9 x 162.6 cm
Year
2022
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA

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