Assorted Fabric no. 1, Provincetown, MA
This photograph captures a striking installation of colorful fabric ribbons suspended above a coastal sand dune landscape. The fabrics in shades of pink, purple, yellow, orange, and blue appear to float mysteriously against a beautiful twilight sky and ocean backdrop. Thomas Jackson's signature technique involves suspending thousands of everyday objects with invisible fishing line and photographing them to create a sense of weightless movement. The delicate materials swarm and drift organically across the natural dune environment, creating a dreamlike contrast between human-made textiles and untamed coastal terrain. The image showcases Jackson's ability to transform simple, humble materials into ethereal, floating compositions.
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Source: The Schoolhouse Gallery. Spring 2026 inventory. Inventory #: 17993
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Rinus Van de Velde
Belgian · b. 1983
Van de Velde constructs elaborate fictional environments and staged scenes that blur the boundary between reality and fabrication, sharing Jackson's interest in meticulously constructed scenarios documented through a single definitive image. Both artists treat the construction process as integral to the work while the photograph or drawing becomes the lasting artifact.
Landschaft
German
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Daniel Firman
French · b. 1966
Firman creates installations featuring objects and figures arranged in ways that appear to defy gravity and physical logic, directly paralleling Jackson's swarms of objects suspended in impossible formations in natural settings. Both artists exploit scale and repetition to produce a sense of wonder and unreality within otherwise straightforward documentary imagery.
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