Jessica Jackson Hutchins Ceramics

She had her first solo exhibition in europe at timothy taylor gallery london in october 2010 following her critically acclaimed inclusion in the 2010 whitney biennial.

Jessica jackson hutchins ceramics.

Jessica jackson hutchins has long explored the tensions between domesticity femininity labour and craft through her free standing and wall mounted sculptures fashioned from common materials such as clay papier mâché concrete well worn furniture and commercial textiles in various states of decay. The title of couch for a long time jessica jackson hutchins mixed media sculpture implies a kind of indolence a suggestion of idling and the colour streaked ceramic pots and sculptures seem to sit on the receiving cushions of their newspaper clad couch like lazy characters in front of an absent tv. Her use of everyday personal objects and materials hint at the dramas of love and family yet she keeps her references oblique and mysterious allowing formal qualities free rein to create their own abstract and tactile languages. Portland based artist jessica jackson hutchins works with paint ceramics and furniture to create pieces that are personal conceptual and formal.

Hutchins expressive and intuitive studio practice produces dynamic sculptural installations collages paintings and large scale ceramics all hybrid juxtapositions of the handmade. The physicality of the ceramic pieces forms their bone or flesh coloured glazed. Marianne boesky gallery is pleased to present restless animal kingdom artist jessica jackson hutchins third solo exhibition with the gallery hutchins practice embraces an expansive array of materials and approaches from wall mounted assemblages to fused glass works to ceramics. The intimate disclosure of jessica jackson hutchins personal life is both the conceptual and formal basis of her work.

The physicality of the ceramic pieces forms their bone or flesh coloured glazed. Jessica jackson hutchins born 1971 is an american artist from chicago illinois who is based in portland oregon. Jessica jackson hutchins b. Her practice consists of large scale ceramics multi media installations assemblage and paintings all of which utilize found objects such as old furniture ceramics worn out clothes and newspaper clippings.

The intimate disclosure of jessica jackson hutchins personal life is both the conceptual and formal basis of her work. In her paintings and sculptures hutchins makes. The title of couch for a long time jessica jackson hutchins mixed media sculpture implies a kind of indolence a suggestion of idling and the colour streaked ceramic pots and sculptures seem to sit on the receiving cushions of their newspaper clad couch like lazy characters in front of an absent tv. Photos by lance brewer.

Jessica jackson hutchins was born in chicago in 1971 and gained her mfa from the school of the art institute of chicago in 1999. 1971 lives and works in portland oregon.