Like ancient traditions of weaving papyrus, Ruby Jackson fashions a similarly desiccated substrate from delicate cuts of produce. The Chatham, New York-based artist sliced and dried a range of fare from apples and pears to purple daikon and watermelon, creating thin, translucent pieces to be collaged into various forms.
Jackson’s recent solo exhibition, Picker at Chatham Soccer, presented a series of the resulting works. A troupe of dancers frolicks along one wall, while more abstract forms arranged in gradients appear on another. With yellow concrete walls and wood paneling, the unconventional space evokes a fruit cellar primed for storing harvests through a long winter, a fitting atmosphere for this equally unconventional material.
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