
Bullet Hole Constellation
2008
A fractured and explosive meditation on violence, myth, and the cosmos, Matthew Day Jackson's *Bullet Hole Constellation* transforms the destructive force of gunfire into a celestial mapping system. The work combines chromogenic prints, paint, and collage across five parts, all housed in the artist's custom frame with bullet-shot glass, collapsing the distance between man-made destruction and the vast, indifferent patterns of the universe. Jackson invites viewers to contemplate how humanity projects meaning onto chaos, whether in the stars above or the damage we inflict upon one another.
- Medium
- chromogenic print, paint, poster and paper collage, in artist's frame with bulletshot glass, in 5 parts
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
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February 28, 2018
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