Richard Jackson Works

Artist Richard Jackson joins Rail contributor Jeffrey Grunthaner for a conversation.

In this talk

Join us in watching a special edition, pre-recorded NSE conversation between artist Richard Jackson and writer Jeffrey Grunthaner from Zurich on the occasion of Jackson’s show at Hauser & Wirth in Zurich. Subscribe to receive our newsletter to receive a day-of update that the conversation is live on our YouTube channel.

Visit Richard Jackson Works, on view at Hauser & Wirth in Zurich through December 23, 2022 →

Richard Jackson

A pre-eminent figure in American contemporary art since the 1970s, Richard Jackson is influenced by both Abstract Expressionism and action painting, exploring a performative painting process which seeks to extend the potential of painting by upending its technical conventions. Born in Sacramento, California in 1939, Jackson first came to international attention with a major presentation of his installation works at the Menil Collection, Houston, in 1988, followed by the 1992 exhibition, ‘Helter Skelter,’ at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art.

Jeffrey Grunthaner

Jeffrey Grunthaner is a writer, artist, and curator based in Brooklyn. Their articles, reviews, poems, and essays have appeared via Drag City Books, BOMB, American Art Catalogues, Folder, artnet News, Hyperallergic, and other venues. Recent curatorial projects include the reading and discussion series Conversations in Contemporary Poetics at Hauser & Wirth Publishers, New York City, and Daniel Turner; Drawings and Sculpture, at Spoonbill Studios, Brooklyn.

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