Jackson Webb is a collaboration between Mark Jackson and Charlotte Webb. Our ethos is underpinned by the shared conviction that dialogue is central to the making and dissemination of art. The conditions that our collaboration produces are sometimes the focus of our attention: instability, multiple authorship, transience, speech and silence. The collaboration forces us to reconsider our approach to making almost every time a piece is produced. How can we work together from a human, practical, ethical and intellectual point of view, and how might this collaboration help us establish the beginnings of a social agenda?
We work across a range of media, and are interested in practices which include multiple styles and modes of making. We are currently developing a series of works using ‘purple tack’ - a compound substance we have invented, which has multiple functions within the practice. The creation of the material itself is a way to establish some terms of engagement, or even to establish a sense of ethos. It lets us say that the position we are operating from is sticky, it melts, it is multifunctional, it is our own invention. It gets under our fingernails, it responds to the heat of our bodies, it can clean itself, it leaves a stain, it has an anecdotal history, it has a texture.
The work is often softy psychedelic, with floating forms and seductive palettes. We see the production of images and written and spoken words as producing an atmospheric context for the practice - a world in which hippos, lampshades, fornicating wooden sculptures and concrete poems all occupy a transient horizon.
Solo websites for Mark Jackson and Charlotte Webb
Mark Jackson
Born Nottingham, UK 1976. Lives and works in London
Charlotte Webb
Born Leicestershire, UK 1979. Lives and works in London
Education
Jackson Webb: MA (Fine Art) (Distinction), Chelsea College of Art and Design, 2006
Mark Jackson: BA (Hons) Painting, Loughborough College of Art and Design, 1995-1998
Charlotte Webb: BA (Hons) Fine Art, Wimbledon School of Art, 1999-2002
Solo Exhibitions
2005-2006 Soft Lighting, The Living Room Gallery, Manila, Philippines
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 Gilding The Lily, Transition Gallery, London
2010 Fowle Hall Features IV, Paddock Wood, Kent
2010 [the] Evidence at SUPERMARKET, Kulterhuset, Sergels Torg, Stockholm
2009 Bad Moon Rising III, Boots Contemporary Art Space, St. Louis, Missouri
2008 Painting Plus, Viewpoint Gallery, Plymouth
2008 Ripe For Revisiting on a Daily Basis, 52 Metres Art Projects, London
2008 An Experiment In Collaboration, Jerwood Space
2008 SPACE Now, The Triangle, London
2008 ARScie, Blythe Gallery, Imperial College, London
2008 ARTFutures 2008, Bloomberg Space, London
2007 Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Toured to: New Art Gallery Walsall; Rochelle School, London; Cornerhouse, Manchester
2007 Bridge Art Fair, Bridge Projects: Jackson Webb, Trafalgar Hotel, London
2007 Dark Glasses, Standpoint Gallery, London
2007 Days of the Commune, Flexi-Space, Stockwell Studios, London
2006 There's No Place Like Home, Homestead Gallery, London
2006 Through The Large Glass, Three Colts Gallery, London
2006 Chelsea College Of Art And Design, MA Fine Art (Final Exhibition), London
2006 Real Proper Show, Triangle Space, Chelsea College Of Art And Design, London
2005 Tower Of Babel, Limehouse Arts Foundation, London
Other Activities/Projects
2008 South Hill Park, Bracknell: Presentation/panel discussion - 'Jackson Webb and Collaboration'
2008 Jerwood Space: Presentation/panel discussion with Mark Dunhill and Tamiko O'Brien for the exhibition 'An Experiment in Collaboration'
2006 - 2008 Collaboration with bio-chemist Dora Tang at Imperial College London to research 3 way collaboration and self-grown drawings.
2006 Initiated and led critical feedback groups with Royal College Of Art and Wimbledon School Of Art MA students
2005 3-month studio-based project in Manila, Philippines. Culminated in solo exhibition Soft Lighting, Living Room Gallery
2005 Presentation/panel discussion with Carlos Celdran, director of The Living Room gallery, Manila, Philippines
Collections and Awards
2008 British Council Grants for Artists. Awarded for participation in Bad Moon Rising III, Boots Contemporary Arts Space, St. Louis, Missouri
2006 The Burger Collection, Zurich
2006 Arts and Humanities Research Council. Research Preparation Masters Scheme Award x 2
2006 MA Fine Art (Distinction), Chelsea College Of Art And Design
Publications
2008 An Experiment in Collaboration, Beacon Press
2007 Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2007, Cornerhouse Press ISBN 9780954084875
2007 Bridge Art Fair London 07, Bridge Art
Press
2008 An Experiment in Collaboration, David Aaronovitch, Michael Arditti and Malorie Blackman BBC Radio 4 Saturday Review: www.bbc.co.uk
2008 An Experiment in Collaboration, review in A-N magazine, October 2008