Bruce Jackson

American, born 1936

Perot Elevator and Standard Elevator

Bruce Jackson (American, born 1936). Perot Elevator and Standard Elevator, 2012 (printed 2017). Giclée print, edition 1/3; 44 x 65 3/4 inches (111.8 x 167 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Gift of the artist, 2017 (P2017:1.3). © 2012 Bruce Jackson

© Bruce Jackson

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Perot Elevator and Standard Elevator, 2012 (printed 2017)

Artwork Details

Materials

giclée print

Edition:

1/3

Measurements

image area: 40 x 60 inches (101.6 x 152.4 cm); sheet: 44 x 65 3/4 inches (111.76 x 167.01 cm)

Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Credit

Gift of the artist, 2017

Accession ID

P2017:1.3

In the 1970s, the folklorist Bruce Jackson conducted field research on life in prisons, using photography to document the lives of the prisoners and their guards. Now a SUNY Distinguished Professor at the University at Buffalo, Jackson has more recently used his camera to document the structures of Buffalo’s industrial past. While there are no people in this photograph of grain elevators down by the waterfront, the architecture shows evidence of their presence: although the graffiti suggests the site has been abandoned, someone has turned on the lights. Glowing with a cozy warmth as dusk approaches, the buildings seem to be waiting for visitors to arrive—presumably us, as we are positioned as if walking toward them. By literally recasting these old structures in a new light and inviting us to move closer in, Jackson draws our attention to the waterfront’s ongoing revitalization.

Label from Window to Wall: Art from Architecture, November 18, 2017–March 18, 2018

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