Aryel “Ariel” René JacksonSelected ExhibitionsInstallations



Its Extended Remnant
2019
A video installatino that interprets a rusted swingblade–once owned by Jackson’s grandma–as a palimpsest. A chalk appendage is added to the blade, evoking its former utility while referencing the passage of time and memory. The swingblade symbolizes a familiar and agricultural legacy, connecting personal history to material form, especially within the context of land loss due to racist lending practices. 

The work was included in “In Practice: Other Objects” at SculptureCenter, an exhibition curated by Gee Wesley in 2019, exploring how the lives of objects extend beyond their immediate function or context. The show gathered artists whose work examines the shifting status of material things, considering how objects can be repurposed, reimagined, or reactivated as vessels of history, narrative, or speculation. 

Jackson approaches the piece as a way of tending to and sustaining memory, engaging with the legacies of family and place through the transformation of inherited materials. Watch an excerpt here.