Audubon in the Anthropocene: Works by Matthew Day Jackson

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

Audubon in the Anthropocene: Works by Matthew Day Jackson
Audubon in the Anthropocene: Works by Matthew Day Jackson
Kate Meyer, curator
Gallery 404, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

This exhibition features a portfolio of prints by contemporary artist Matthew Day Jackson, who reimagines images of birds discovered by John James Audubon amidst apocalyptic settings.

Exhibition images

Works of art

Christopher T. Creyts; Matthew Day Jackson (born 1974); Collaborative Art Editions, There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground
There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground
Matthew Day Jackson, Collaborative Art Editions, Christopher T. Creyts
2015–2016
Christopher T. Creyts; Matthew Day Jackson (born 1974); Collaborative Art Editions, And swallows circling with their shimmering sound
And swallows circling with their shimmering sound
Matthew Day Jackson, Collaborative Art Editions, Christopher T. Creyts
2015–2016
Christopher T. Creyts; Matthew Day Jackson (born 1974); Collaborative Art Editions, And frogs in the pools, singing at night
And frogs in the pools, singing at night
Matthew Day Jackson, Collaborative Art Editions, Christopher T. Creyts
2015–2016
Christopher T. Creyts; Matthew Day Jackson (born 1974); Collaborative Art Editions, And wild plum trees in tremulous white
And wild plum trees in tremulous white
Matthew Day Jackson, Collaborative Art Editions, Christopher T. Creyts
2015–2016
Christopher T. Creyts; Matthew Day Jackson (born 1974); Collaborative Art Editions, Robins will wear their feathery fire
Robins will wear their feathery fire
Matthew Day Jackson, Collaborative Art Editions, Christopher T. Creyts
2015–2016
Christopher T. Creyts; Matthew Day Jackson (born 1974); Collaborative Art Editions, Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire
Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire
Matthew Day Jackson, Collaborative Art Editions, Christopher T. Creyts
2015–2016
Christopher T. Creyts; Matthew Day Jackson (born 1974); Collaborative Art Editions, And not one will know of the war, not one
And not one will know of the war, not one
Matthew Day Jackson, Collaborative Art Editions, Christopher T. Creyts
2015–2016
Christopher T. Creyts; Matthew Day Jackson (born 1974); Collaborative Art Editions, Will care at last when it is done
Will care at last when it is done
Matthew Day Jackson, Collaborative Art Editions, Christopher T. Creyts
2015–2016
Christopher T. Creyts; Matthew Day Jackson (born 1974); Collaborative Art Editions, Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree
Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree
Matthew Day Jackson, Collaborative Art Editions, Christopher T. Creyts
2015–2016
Christopher T. Creyts; Matthew Day Jackson (born 1974); Collaborative Art Editions, And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn
And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn
Matthew Day Jackson, Collaborative Art Editions, Christopher T. Creyts
2015–2016
Christopher T. Creyts; Matthew Day Jackson (born 1974); Collaborative Art Editions, If mankind perished utterly
If mankind perished utterly
Matthew Day Jackson, Collaborative Art Editions, Christopher T. Creyts
2015–2016
Christopher T. Creyts; Matthew Day Jackson (born 1974); Collaborative Art Editions, colophon
colophon
Matthew Day Jackson, Collaborative Art Editions, Christopher T. Creyts
2015–2016
Christopher T. Creyts; Matthew Day Jackson (born 1974); Collaborative Art Editions, Would scarcely know that we were gone
Would scarcely know that we were gone
Matthew Day Jackson, Collaborative Art Editions, Christopher T. Creyts
2015–2016
John T. Bowen; John James Audubon (1785–1851), Cardinal Grosbeak, Fringilla cardinalis [Cardinalis cardinalis]
Cardinal Grosbeak, Fringilla cardinalis [Cardinalis cardinalis]
John James Audubon, John T. Bowen
1840–1844
John T. Bowen; John James Audubon (1785–1851), Carolina Parrot, Psittacus carolinensis [Conuropsis carolinensis]
Carolina Parrot, Psittacus carolinensis [Conuropsis carolinensis]
John James Audubon, John T. Bowen
1840–1844
John T. Bowen; John James Audubon (1785–1851), Wild Turkey, Meleagris gallopavo
Wild Turkey, Meleagris gallopavo
John James Audubon, John T. Bowen
1840–1844
unknown maker, Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis) skin
Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis) skin
unknown maker
collected 12 March 1893
unknown maker, Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) skin
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) skin
unknown maker
collected 1 June 2018
unknown maker, Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) skin
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) skin
unknown maker
collected 25 April 1964
unknown maker, Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus)
Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus)
unknown maker
Roe Lockwood & Son; Julius Bien; John James Audubon (1785–1851), Summer or Wood Duck, Anas sponsa [Aix sponsa]
Summer or Wood Duck, Anas sponsa [Aix sponsa]
John James Audubon, Roe Lockwood & Son, Julius Bien
1860
John T. Bowen; John James Audubon (1785–1851), American Flamingo, Phoenicopterus ruber
American Flamingo, Phoenicopterus ruber
John James Audubon, John T. Bowen
1840–1844

Events

September 17, 2020
Talk
Info Session for Backyard Bash: Conference of the Birds
4:30–5:30PM
To join, register for the Zoom link at https://kansas.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIvcuCupzkjHNNiCenBOcin7UGhiClbMgnV
May 21, 2021
Screening
There Will Come Soft Rains
1:30–1:45PM
Join us on Facebook Live at https://www.facebook.com/spencerart/posts/4279313662120054

Resources

Documents

Exhibition Labels (Formatted)