There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground, Christopher T. Creyts; Matthew Day Jackson; Collaborative Art Editions

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Christopher T. Creyts; Matthew Day Jackson; Collaborative Art Editions, There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground
Christopher T. Creyts; Matthew Day Jackson; Collaborative Art Editions, There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground
Matthew Day Jackson , Collaborative Art Editions , Christopher T. Creyts
There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground
2015–2016
Matthew Day Jackson, artist
born 1974
Collaborative Art Editions, publisher
Christopher T. Creyts, printer
There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground, 2015–2016
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: color intaglio
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 479 x 334 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 18 7/8 x 13 1/8 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 686 x 521 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 27 1/2 x 20 1/2 in
Plate Mark/Block Dimensions (Height x Width): 492 x 336 mm
Plate Mark/Block Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 3/8 x 13 1/4 in
Credit line: Museum purchase: Peter T. Bohan Art Acquisition Fund
Accession number: 2016.0024.02
Not on display
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Audubon in the Anthropocene: Works by Matthew Day Jackson
In 1829, Audubon described wild turkeys as abundant in the unsettled interior states such as Ohio and Indiana, but quite rare in the settled, eastern states. Across the United States, turkey populations declined into the 20th century due to over-hunting and habitat loss. Today, turkeys are comparatively abundant in states like Kansas because of their deliberate reintroduction throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Jackson pairs the wild turkey and first line of Sara Teasdale’s poem with images of the sea level rise associated with global warming. This turkey’s large size and long legs makes Jackson’s introduction of flooding water to the composition easily visible and disconcerting.
Audubon in the Anthropocene: Works by Matthew Day Jackson
In 1829, Audubon described wild turkeys as abundant in the unsettled interior states such as Ohio and Indiana, but quite rare in the settled, eastern states. Across the United States, turkey populations declined into the 20th century due to over-hunting and habitat loss. Today, turkeys are comparatively abundant in states like Kansas because of their deliberate reintroduction throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Jackson pairs the wild turkey and first line of Sara Teasdale’s poem with images of the sea level rise associated with global warming. This turkey’s large size and long legs makes Jackson’s introduction of flooding water to the composition easily visible and disconcerting.

Exhibitions

Audubon in the Anthropocene: Works by Matthew Day Jackson
Kate Meyer, curator
2020

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Kanost, Elizabeth, ed., ed. Spencer Museum of Art Annual Report, Fiscal Years 2016 & 2017. Lawrence, Kansas: Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas, 2018.