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Jackson graduated as a mature student with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art Sculpture from the [[Chelsea College of Art and Design]] in London. She established herself as an abstract painter and completed a small number of critically acclaimed works. In 1997, her graduation piece, ''Women on the Crucifix'', was the first piece she exhibited at a gallery. It was priced at £1,500; five years later it was valued at ten times that amount.<ref>Groves, Nancy. [http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/1326809.the_science_of_art/ "The science of art"], [[Newsquest]], 13 April 2007. Retrieved 24 December 2008.</ref> Shifting her focus, Jackson earned an MA in Fine Art Photography from the [[Royal College of Art]], London. |
Jackson was graduated as a mature student with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art Sculpture from the [[Chelsea College of Art and Design]] in London. She established herself as an abstract painter and completed a small number of critically acclaimed works. In 1997, her graduation piece, ''Women on the Crucifix'', was the first piece she exhibited at a gallery. It was priced at £1,500; five years later it was valued at ten times that amount.<ref>Groves, Nancy. [http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/1326809.the_science_of_art/ "The science of art"], [[Newsquest]], 13 April 2007. Retrieved 24 December 2008.</ref> Shifting her focus, Jackson earned an MA in Fine Art Photography from the [[Royal College of Art]], London. |
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In 1999, she generated controversy in England for producing [[black-and-white]] photographs that appeared to show [[Princess Diana]] and [[Dodi Al-Fayed]] with a [[mixed-race]] [[Legitimacy (family law)|love child]]. The photographs were part of her graduation series entitled ''Mental Images,'' created for her program at the Royal College of Art. She has created similar photographs and films of celebrities doing things in private, using lookalikes in surprising and thought-provoking situations. They aim to represent images that the public has imagined but has never seen before. She has said that she portrays them as 'depicting our suspicions'.<ref name=observer>{{cite news |url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2104528,00.html |title=The real Tony uncovered |work=[[The Observer]] Review |date=7 June 2007 |location=London |first=Simon |last=Garfield | author-link = Simon Garfield |access-date=23 April 2010}}</ref> |
In 1999, she generated controversy in England for producing [[black-and-white]] photographs that appeared to show [[Princess Diana]] and [[Dodi Al-Fayed]] with a [[mixed-race]] [[Legitimacy (family law)|love child]]. The photographs were part of her graduation series entitled ''Mental Images,'' created for her program at the Royal College of Art. She has created similar photographs and films of celebrities doing things in private, using lookalikes in surprising and thought-provoking situations. They aim to represent images that the public has imagined but has never seen before. She has said that she portrays them as 'depicting our suspicions'.<ref name=observer>{{cite news |url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2104528,00.html |title=The real Tony uncovered |work=[[The Observer]] Review |date=7 June 2007 |location=London |first=Simon |last=Garfield | author-link = Simon Garfield |access-date=23 April 2010}}</ref> |
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Jackson had created many TV shows and was the artist and creator behind [[BBC Two]]'s 2003 series ''[[Doubletake (TV series)|Doubletake]]'', which she wrote, directed and co produced with [[Tiger_Aspect_Productions|Tiger Aspect]], and for which she won and was nominated for [[BAFTAS]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3309591.stm |title=That's Blair and Becks! No wait... |work=[[BBC News Online Magazine]] |date=18 December 2003 |access-date=1 January 2010}}</ref><ref name=guardian1>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/jan/23/alison-jackson-royal-wedding-interview |title=Alison Jackson: "I’d love to do Piers Morgan. I’d just use Susan Boyle. They’re identical" |work=[[The Guardian]] Review |date=23 January 2011 |location=London |first=Morwenna |last=Ferrier |access-date=11 January 2017}}</ref> She made a series of mock-umentaries and fake bio pics about public figures for [[Channel_4|Channel 4]], which included narratives of [[George_W_bush|George W Bush]] and [[Tony_Blair|Tony Blair]] using lookalikes in a series of staged private, 'behind the façade' scenes of their public life. Jackson also produced a film devoted to [[Tony_Blair|Blair]], which coincided with [[Timeline for the 2007 Labour Party (UK) Leadership elections and new Prime Minister|his exit from office]], entitled ''[[Blaired Vision]]'', shown on [[Channel 4]] on 26 June 2007. Alongside these commissions from Channel 4, she made two other films, ''[[Tony Blair: RockStar]]'' and ''[[Sven: The Coach, the Cash and His Lovers]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/3255670/Photographer-Alison-Jackson-gives-up-hope-of-finding-Gordon-Brown-look-alike.html |title=Photographer Alison Jackson gives up hope of finding Gordon Brown look-alike |work=The Telegraph |date=25 October 2008 |access-date=12 January 2017}}</ref> |
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In 2008, Jackson held a solo exhibition at [https://www.mbart.com M&B Gallery] in LA and [https://www.hamiltonsgallery.com Hamiltons Gallery], London, and later that year she exhibited at [https://thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk The New Art Gallery; Walsall] and at [https://programme.parisphoto.com/en/platform.htm Paris Photo again]. In 2010, Jackson exhibited her photographs in Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera Since 1870; [[Tate Modern]], London, which then toured to the [https://www.sfmoma.org San Francisco Museum of Modern Art], USA. Further, in 2010, she showed her work in<ref>https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/rude-britannia-british-comic-art Rude Britannia</ref><ref>http://www.britcomicsart.com British Comic Art</ref> [[Tate Britain]], London. |
In 2008, Jackson held a solo exhibition at [https://www.mbart.com M&B Gallery] in LA and [https://www.hamiltonsgallery.com Hamiltons Gallery], London, and later that year she exhibited at [https://thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk The New Art Gallery; Walsall] and at [https://programme.parisphoto.com/en/platform.htm Paris Photo again]. In 2010, Jackson exhibited her photographs in Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera Since 1870; [[Tate Modern]], London, which then toured to the [https://www.sfmoma.org San Francisco Museum of Modern Art], USA. Further, in 2010, she showed her work in<ref>https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/rude-britannia-british-comic-art Rude Britannia</ref><ref>http://www.britcomicsart.com British Comic Art</ref> [[Tate Britain]], London. |
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Alison Jackson | |
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| Born | Alison Mowbray-Jackson 15 May 1960 (age 64) Hampshire, England |
| Education | Chelsea College of Art and Design Royal College of Art |
| Occupation(s) | Artist, photographer |
| Website | AlisonJackson.com |
Alison Jackson (born 15 May 1960)[1] is a contemporary British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and multi-award-winning artist who explores celebrity culture as created by the media and publicity industries.
Biography
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Jackson was graduated as a mature student with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art Sculpture from the Chelsea College of Art and Design in London. She established herself as an abstract painter and completed a small number of critically acclaimed works. In 1997, her graduation piece, Women on the Crucifix, was the first piece she exhibited at a gallery. It was priced at £1,500; five years later it was valued at ten times that amount.[2] Shifting her focus, Jackson earned an MA in Fine Art Photography from the Royal College of Art, London.
In 1999, she generated controversy in England for producing black-and-white photographs that appeared to show Princess Diana and Dodi Al-Fayed with a mixed-race love child. The photographs were part of her graduation series entitled Mental Images, created for her program at the Royal College of Art. She has created similar photographs and films of celebrities doing things in private, using lookalikes in surprising and thought-provoking situations. They aim to represent images that the public has imagined but has never seen before. She has said that she portrays them as 'depicting our suspicions'.[3]
Jackson had created many TV shows and was the artist and creator behind BBC Two's 2003 series Doubletake, which she wrote, directed and co produced with Tiger Aspect, and for which she won and was nominated for BAFTAS.[4][5] She made a series of mock-umentaries and fake bio pics about public figures for Channel 4, which included narratives of George W Bush and Tony Blair using lookalikes in a series of staged private, 'behind the façade' scenes of their public life. Jackson also produced a film devoted to Blair, which coincided with his exit from office, entitled Blaired Vision, shown on Channel 4 on 26 June 2007. Alongside these commissions from Channel 4, she made two other films, Tony Blair: RockStar and Sven: The Coach, the Cash and His Lovers.[6]
In 2008, Jackson held a solo exhibition at M&B Gallery in LA and Hamiltons Gallery, London, and later that year she exhibited at The New Art Gallery; Walsall and at Paris Photo again. In 2010, Jackson exhibited her photographs in Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera Since 1870; Tate Modern, London, which then toured to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, USA. Further, in 2010, she showed her work in[7][8] Tate Britain, London.
On 1 April 2011, the artist launched an online celebrity news site in conjunction with the launch of her third book, Up The Aisle, 300 images of her take on the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Numerous photographs of Wills and Kate using a lookalike couple in various staged but realistic scenes, positions and settings were displayed at London's Ben Brown Gallery. Jackson showed her work in 2011 at Peeping Tom KunstHalle Amsterdam, Nederlands. That year, Peter Kennard, a tutor at The Royal College of Art, encouraged Jackson not to fear controversy. Paul Arden was another notable mentor of the artist.[citation needed] She was also developing a new series for American television.[3]
In 2018, Jackson exhibited a controversial piece at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London, curated by Grayson Perry and in 2019 exhibited her show Truth is Dead at Fotografiska, the famous photography Gallery, in Stockholm, which toured to Tallin. That year she opened the exhibition, Fake Truth at the Westlicht Museum, Vienna. In 2020, Jackson exhibited at Fotografiska at Neuehouse, in Hollywood, Los Angeles.[when?]
In 2018, Jackson performed in her own one-woman theatre show Shot to Fame – at Soho Theatre and Leicester Square Theater with Double Fake Show.
Television
- 2001–2003 Schweppes UK: advertising campaign. Created concept, devised ideas and photographed
- 2002 Doubletake. BBC2. Created, directed, wrote special. BAFTA
- 2003 Doubletake. BBC2. Created, directed, wrote and produced 6 part series based on Mental Images
- 2003 Doubletake Christmas special
- 2004/5 Saturday Night Live, NBC
- 2005 Channel 4: Not the Royal Wedding
- 2005 Channel 4: The Secret Election
- 2006 Channel 4: Tony Blair, Rock Star
- 2006 Channel 4: Sven: The Cash, The Coach & his Lovers
- 2007 Channel 4: Blaired Vision
- 2008 BBC2: Through the Keyhole guest home owner first broadcast on 28 May
- 2009 ITV1: The South Bank Show – 'Alison Jackson on Warhol
- 2010: BBC Historical Series
- 2011 & 2012 Sky: ‘The Alison Jackson Review’
- 2012 BBC: Celebrity BitchSlap News
- 2015 BBC: La Trashiata – Opera performed at the Edinburgh Arts Festival
Films
- 2010 BBC: Get Out Of My Way, I'm a Lookalike (in production)
- 2012 ‘Celebrity Plane Crash/Stuck on a Desert Island’ (in development)
Art exhibitions
- 1997 Attix Studio Gloucester Road, London, UK
- 1999 The Blue Gallery. Temple of Diana Show curated by Neal Brown
- 1999 The Royal Festival Hall, London. Articultural Show
- 1999 The Richard Salmon Gallery, London, UK
- 2000 Edinburgh Festival
- 2000 Art 2000 London
- 2000 The Richard Salmon Gallery, London, UK
- 2001 Jerwood Space, London 'Mental Images'
- 2002 Paris Photo, Louvre.
- 2002 The Musee de la Photographie a Charleroi, Brussels, Belgium
- 2003 ICP International Center of Photography, New York
- 2003 Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne.
- 2003 The Richard Salmon Gallery, London 'Mental Images on War'
- 2004 Hayward Gallery. London About Face. Photography and the Death of the Portrait
- 2004 Photo, London, UK
- 2004 Julie Saul, New York City
- 2005 Kunsthalle, Vienna: Superstars
- 2006 Mak Museum, Vienna
- 2007 Paris Photo
- 2007 M+B, Los Angeles, US (www.mbfala.com)
- 2008 The New Art Gallery, Walsall, UK 'Starstruck'
- 2008 Tate Liverpool, Liverpool Biennial, UK
- 2008 Hamiltons Gallery, London (www.hamiltonsgallery.com)
- 2009 J. Sheekey, London, UK
- 2010 Tate Modern, SF Moma, Exposed 2010, UK
- 2011 SF Moma, San Francisco, USA
- 2011 Hayward Gallery, London, UK
- 2011 Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, UK
- 2013 Anderson Pertwee and Gold, London, UK
- 2014 Centre Pompidou, Paparazzi, Paris, France
- 2014 Schon Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
- 2015 NRW/Forum, Düsseldorf, Germany
- 2016 Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden, Germany
- 2016 HG Contemporary, New York, USA
- 2017 London Art Fair, London, UK
- 2017 Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel: "AnonymX: The End of the Privacy Era"
- 2018, The Royal Academy of Art, 150th Summer Exhibition,[9] London, UK
- 2019, Fotografiska, Tallinn, Estonia[10]
Books
- Private. Penguin Books Ltd. 2004. ISBN 978-0-14-101918-5.
- Confidential: What you see in this book is not 'real'. Taschen. 2007. ISBN 978-3-82-284638-4.
- Stern Fotographie 70 – Alison Jackson. teNeues Media. 2012. ISBN 978-3-65-200071-0.
- Private – Alison Jackson (Royals cover). 2016–2017. ISBN 978-1-91-155601-5.
- Private – Alison Jackson (Donald Trump cover). 2016–2017. ISBN 978-1-91-155600-8.
Opera
References
- ^ "Alison Jackson". Coe & Co Photography Gallery. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ Groves, Nancy. "The science of art", Newsquest, 13 April 2007. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
- ^ a b Garfield, Simon (7 June 2007). "The real Tony uncovered". The Observer Review. London. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
- ^ "That's Blair and Becks! No wait..." BBC News Online Magazine. 18 December 2003. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
- ^ Ferrier, Morwenna (23 January 2011). "Alison Jackson: "I'd love to do Piers Morgan. I'd just use Susan Boyle. They're identical"". The Guardian Review. London. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ "Photographer Alison Jackson gives up hope of finding Gordon Brown look-alike". The Telegraph. 25 October 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- ^ https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/rude-britannia-british-comic-art Rude Britannia
- ^ http://www.britcomicsart.com British Comic Art
- ^ "163 – TRUMP AND MISS MEXICO by Alison Jackson". se.royalacademy.org.uk. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ Estonian gallery told to remove fake Trump and Diana billboard images The Guardian, 2019
- ^ "La Trashiata": A Story in the Public Domain, BBC at the Edinburgh Festivals 2015
- ^ Crick, Michael (22 August 2014). ""La Trashiata": satirising celebrity culture the Alison Jackson way". channel4.com/news. Channel 4. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
... a brilliant satire of modern celebrity culture. The Queen, Princes William and Harry; Kate and Pippa Middleton; Putin, Gordon Ramsay, David Beckham, Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi; Madonna and Lady Gaga, among others, all feature in a string of 14 famous, but rewritten, operatic arias."
External links
- Official website
- Alison Jackson at IMDb
- Alison Jackson at TED "An unusual glimpse at celebrity" (TEDGlobal 2005)
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