Matthew Day Jackson created a series of photographs that, upon installation, compose an expansive wall-size grid. Taken over the course of approximately four months while driving through the continental U.S. in the summer and fall of 2006, each of Jackson’s 48 photographs depict anthropomorphic land formations from historic regions such as Lincoln Head Park in Washington, Bandon Rocks in Oregon, and Hell’s Half Acre in Wyoming. Here, Jackson hones in on the details of these sites and composes the images so that decidedly human characteristics are revealed.

A fantastic look at the familiar, these ‘land portraits’ capture fleeting glimpses of nature personified. Jackson suggests a narrative based on his vision of the post-apocalyptic world. Each image can be seen as ‘Mother Nature’s Land Soldiers’ who, through erosion, pollution and ecological deterioration, have surfaced in order to reclaim the earth and restore Mother Nature’s integrity.

Matthew Day Jackson will also be exhibiting the second installment of his three part international exhibitionParadise Now! (In Limbo), which features The Lower 48. Paradise Now! (In Limbo) is on view at Cubitt Artists Space in London through January 2007.

The first installment of the Paradise Now! trilogy was shown at the Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, OR this past fall. Jackson will conclude the dynamic exhibition with the final chapter of the trilogy, Paradise Now! (The Salvage), at the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, TX beginning January 12, 2007.