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September Issue 2007
McColl Center for Visual Art in Charlotte, NC, Offers Herb Jackson Retrospective
The McColl Center for Visual Art in Charlotte, NC, will present, Veronica's Veils: Herb Jackson, A Retrospective, on view from Sept. 21 through Nov. 3, 2007. The exhibition was curated by Ce Scott, Director of Residencies and Exhibitions at the Center. The exhibit explores the beauty of the landscape, the persistence of myth, and the power of mystery.
Jackson began the Veronica's Veils series in 1980. The heavily textured abstract paintings measure 60" x 48" and include up to 100 layers of acrylic mixed with pumice. To date he has completed 175 in the series. The colorful compositions are created slowly over time, not only by adding paint with brushes, but also by gouging, digging, scraping and removing paint with a variety of tools including knives, nails, and fingernails. In the end, Jackson's paintings maintain a balance between a very physical presence and meditative contemplation.
"The myth of Veronica represents an event
in which an image is seemingly breathed into being without the
effort or control of the artist," says Jackson. "Not
concerned with the specific narrative contained in the myth or
the associated Christian imagery, the format of the veil creates
a space in which I explore the mystical nature of the moment,
upon completion, when a painting attains a life of its own."
For further information check our NC Institutional Gallery
listings, call the Center at 704/332-5535 or visit (www.mccollcenter.org).
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