Curated with clarity and vision by Orange County Museum of Art director Dennis Szakacs, "Richard Jackson: Ain't Painting a Pain" is the first retrospective of the L.A. artist's long, anarchic career and will be its only stop in the United States before traveling to Europe. Brilliant in myriad ways — as the historical documentation of an underground artist, as an intellectual experience, as a middle finger to convention and in its refreshing disdain for disciplinary boundaries — any show for the rest of 2013 that wants to compete for best of the year has freaking giant-sized clown shoes to fill. If you've never heard of Jackson before this show, you won't forget... More >>>
PHOTO BY STEPHAN ALTENBERG PHOTOGRAPHY, COURTESY HAUSER & WIRTH
The Laundry Room (Death of Marat), Richard Jackson's 3-D version of the famous Jacques-Louis David painting