“Recumbent” at di Rosa

di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art has a new sculpture on its grounds, Oliver Lee Jackson’s Untitled (Recumbent Figure), 2022.

His recent exhibition at di Rosa, Oliver Lee Jackson: Any Eyes, which closed earlier this year, introduced a new series of steel sculptures based on maquettes he developed over 30 years ago. This newest large-scale sculpture, constructed from planar elements of 1-inch-thick tempered steel, is 20’ long and 8’ tall, and finished with white, red, and black paints. “I very much appreciate the invitation to install this sculpture at di Rosa,” Jackson said, “and am happy to place the work in such a beautiful rural setting.”   

 “Oliver Lee Jackson has become such a dear friend to di Rosa and we are honored to have this masterful work activating our site,” said Executive Director Kate Eilertsen. “We are so grateful that an artist of such international renown wants to put his newest work at the front of our art center. I couldn’t think of a more perfect spot for this sculpture than where it will be, welcoming art lovers to di Rosa and intriguing the drivers as they pass by.”

Over several decades, Jackson has created a complex body of work in various media. Though known more for his work as a painter, over the past five decades Jackson has also consistently made sculptural works from media that include marble, wood, steel, and mixed media constructions. 

Jackson’s artworks are in the permanent collections of museums that include the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Metropolitan Museum, New York; The Art Institute of Chicago; Portland Art Museum, Oregon; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and many other public and private collections. Museums with sculptures by Jackson include the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Detroit Institute of Arts; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; and San Jose Museum of Art.