Untitled (JP1), 1998.
Photographic Collage.
36.5 x 29 inches.
Untitled (JP3), 1998.
Photographic Collage.
40 x 30 inches.
Untitled (JP2), 1998.
Photographic Collage.
40 x 30 inches.
Untitled (JP7), 1998.
Photographic Collage.
23.5 x 14 inches.
Untitled (JP5), 1998.
Photographic Collage.
38.5 x 13.5 inches.
Untitled (JP8), 1998.
Photographic Collage.
20 x 15.5 inches.
Untitled (JP 2), 2001
Digital pigment print
76 7/8 x 44 inches
Untitled (JP 3), 2001
Digital pigment print
76 7/8 x 44 inches
Untitled (JP 4), 2001
Digital pigment print
76 7/8 x 44 inches
Untitled (JP 5), 2001
Digital pigment print
76 7/8 x 44 inches
Untitled (JP 7), 2001
Digital pigment print
76 7/8 x 44 inches
Untitled (JP 8), 2001
Digital pigment print
76 7/8 x 44 inches
Jack Pierson was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1960. He studied at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. Mr. Pierson has made a name for himself with a body of work that includes photographs, collages, word sculptures, installations, drawings, and artist's books.
His work explores the emotional undercurrents of everyday life. His photos and collages are colorful quests filled with tropical vegetation, cloud scattered skies, and blurry human figures. Cut and assembled into surprisingly abstract shapes and compositions, the works burst with unexpected color. Like much of his work, including his well-known "word" pieces Pierson's photo-collages compress narrative content while mining the form and color of his visual archive.
His "Self-Portrait" series was shown in the 2004 Whitney Biennial and his works are collected by major museums worldwide. Jack Pierson currently divides his time between his home and studio in the Southern California desert near Joshua Tree National Park and New York.
