Patrick Jackson Liquid Clay
François Ghebaly presents Liquid Clay, a sculptural installation by Patrick Jackson. The exhibition is made up of two visually opposing bodies of work: a series of custom-designed crystal- clear shelving units stocked with commercial products, and a series of hand sculpted wall reliefs. The shelves, cold and processed, differ starkly from the reliefs, which are raw, intimate, and show evidence of human touch. Liquid Clay is the culmination of these two bodies of work, which have been developed over the years.
Liquid Clay will inaugurate the gallery’s new Hollywood location, a 3,000 square foot exhibition space that complements the gallery’s decade-long presence in Downtown Los Angeles. Following the exhibition, the space will close for renovations, reopening in the fall. Jackson’s installation inhabits the building in its aged and worn condition, drawing on its past as a product warehouse.
Patrick Jackson (b. 1978) is a Los Angeles-born artist known for his sculptural installations and clay based work. He earned his BFA at the San Francisco Art Institute and his MFA at the University of Southern California. Jackson is a recipient of the 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship. He was included in the Made in L.A. 2020 Biennial where he presented sculptural installations at the Hammer Museum and the Huntington Library. On multiple occasions Jackson has presented site- specific projects in his apartment complex, transforming the living space into psychologically loaded environments. Solo projects include François Ghebaly, Los Angeles (2020, 2016, 2013, 2008); Kristina Kite Gallery, Los Angeles (2018); the Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco (2017); Gallerie Vallois, Paris (2015) and Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York (2010). Liquid Clay is his fifth solo presentation with François Ghebaly.