Aryel “Ariel” René JacksonSelected ExhibitionsInstallations
The Blues Data Crop: 
The Gains and Losses of Black Farmers in America
2016 
A mixed-media installation combining textile-based wall works and sculptural forms arranged in planted rows of soil. The installation features quilted panels made from screen-printed and sourced fabrics, peiced together to reimagine archival photographs and introduce new visual elements that suggest alternate possibilities. 

Alongside these, upright plant-like sculptures constructued from wood, muslin, found fabric, and wire bear typewritten historical text on their elongated leaves. Controlled ink bleeds alter the legibility of the printed words, making the information alternatley accessible or obscured. Together, the components explore agricultural histories connected to Black farmers, layering factual records with material interventions to consider both what is preserved and what is left out of the documented narrative.