WATCH: Jacob Mason-Macklin's Residency Journey in London

January 10, 2024
WATCH: Jacob Mason-Macklin's Residency Journey in London

On the occasion of  Jacob Mason-Macklin's solo exhibition Underground  (30 November 2023–27 January 2024) , we are delighted to share an exclusive video where the artist welcomes you into his studio, sharing insights into his painting process and reflecting on his residency at MAMOTH, London.

 

 

 Please click here to watch the full video of Jacob Mason-Macklin's residency Journey in London.

 


A conversation initiated by the artist's interest in locomotive and automobile-part dissection, Underground extends these themes into a continuum of further dislocation. Mason-Macklin's oil-on-linen paintings fuse observational depictions of mechanical hardware with gestural renderings, articulating his fascination with sites of collision between sentient and mechanised subjects. These works reconstruct the relationship between the figure and the mechanical object on both abstracted and concrete terms.   

 
The residency in London has allowed Mason-Macklin to immerse himself in the unfamiliar, an adjustment that gives rise to reflections on place; his origins in America's Midwest, often referred to as 'the rust-belt' and the country's former industrial heartland, lie beside his memories of living and working in New York City. Acclimatising to yet another new cultural and geographical climate has given rise to a sense of alienation that adds fresh psychological layers to the core concepts of the work. Exploring a sense of natural disruption and the communicable conflicts this creates, these paintings also echo Mason-Macklin's reckonings with dissonance in the face of displacement, a search for structure and traversing of grief while commenting on the ever-evolving structure of humankind.   
 
Click here to view the exhibtion Underground by Jacob Mason-Macklin at MAMOTH, Lodnon.