2012 Catalogue Archive

New York based artist Jason Middlebrook explores human disruptions of nature by using aesthetic tactics to portray man’s uncompromising footprint on the earth. In the piece New Disturbed Site #1, the artist investigates this complex relationship by creating an unnaturally smoky atmospheric ink-wash that contrasts a colorfully stippled flower. Middlebrook’s work has been exhibited in public institutions such as the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas; Arthouse, Austin; Aspen Art Museum; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Santa Monica Museum of Contemporary Art; and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. In 2013, he will have a solo exhibition at MASS MoCA. Middlebrook’s work is in the public collections of the Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; Denver Art Museum; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Museum of Modern Art, New York; New Museum, New York; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Jason Middlebrook lives and works in Hudson, New York.