Nancy Jackson
Installation view. 2015
Cosmogenic. 2015
Hand-dyed & sewn wool felt, thread, plastic interfacing, cotton backing
28 ½ x 25 3/8”
(NJ15 01)
Breath. 2015
Hand-dyed & sewn wool felt, thread, plastic interfacing, wood support, cotton backing
83 ½ x 23”
(NJ15 02)
Circular. 2014
Hand-dyed & sewn wool felt, thread, lenticular images, cotton backing
25 ¼ x 24”
(NJ15 03)
Winged. 2015
Hand-dyed & sewn wool felt, thread, plastic interfacing, wood support, cotton backing
17 x 61 ½”
(NJ15 04)
Totem. 2015
Hand-dyed & sewn wool felt, thread, lenticular images, plastic interfacing, wood support, cotton backing
38 x 18 ¾”
(NJ13 05)
Sphere. 2014
Hand-dyed & sewn wool felt, lenticular images, thread, plastic interfacing, cotton backing
19 x 19”
(NJ15 06)
Self Portrait 2. 2015
Hand-dyed & sewn wool felt, lenticular image, thread, cotton backing
20 x 14 ¾”
(NJ15 07)
Air. 2014
Hand-dyed & sewn wool felt, silk thread, plastic interfacing, cotton backing
83 ¼ x 47”
(NJ15 08)
Self Portrait 1. 2015
Hand-dyed & sewn wool felt, thread, lenticular image, cotton backing
19 ¼ x 15 ½”
(NJ15 09)
Seed. 2015
Hand-dyed & sewn wool felt, thread, lenticular image, plastic interfacing, cotton backing
3 x 17”
(NJ15 10)
Directions. 2015
Hand-dyed & sewn wool felt mounted on wood backings, cotton backing, 4-part
Each 12 ¼ x 12 ¼”; as installed: 36 x 36”
(NJ15 11)
Oculus. 2014
Hand-dyed & sewn wool felt, thread, lenticular image, plastic interfacing, cotton backing
20 x 19 ¼”
(NJ15 12)
Oval Hoop. 2014
Hand-dyed & sewn wool felt, thread, lenticular images, plastic interfacing, wood support, cotton backing
36 x 46 ¾”
(NJ15 13)
For Nancy Jackson’s first show with Rosamund Felsen Gallery since 2013, a collection of large & small scale hand-dyed & stitched felt applique wall hangings are presented. Shaped like capsules, beams & other rounded forms, these new works are explorations of materials and embellished exercises in compositional ornamentation. Historical and modern iconography are alluded to as symmetry, compositional motifs and space find harmony.
Lenticular flip prints embedded within the felt designs contain painted portraits, figurations & abstractions. Perception, motion and depth are experimented with in this juxtaposition of materials. Swirls of sinuous lines, punctuated by constellations of markings, narrate suggestions of nature's elemental forms. Here, creative explorations meet familiar gestures and pave the way for interpretation, illusion, and wondrous fantasy.
Nancy Jackson has been exhibiting with the gallery since 2001 and has been in exhibitions at The San Jose Museum of Art; The Drawing Center, NY; Laguna Gloria Museum, Austin; and Pomona College Museum of Art among others.
The Medium is the Message
At Rosamund Felsen Gallery adjacent to CB1, dyed and hand-sewn felt pieces by Nancy Jackson incorporate her usual detailed drawings but rendered as small lenticular discs. One represents images of women, with eyes that open and close, embedded in a design that references cosmology. Others are abstract symbology. It is a wonderful show by an eccentric but always interesting artist. Also on view are the unexpected pleasures of paintings by veteran Les Billar. On view through August 8.
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