{"id":5593,"date":"2017-03-08T20:31:15","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T01:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=5593"},"modified":"2018-05-06T10:07:16","modified_gmt":"2018-05-06T14:07:16","slug":"alison-jackson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/alison-jackson\/","title":{"rendered":"Alison Jackson"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4558\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5593-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/alisonjackson.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/alisonjackson.mp3\">http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/alisonjackson.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_5596\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5596\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5596\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Portrait-Alison-Jackson.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Portrait-Alison-Jackson.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Portrait-Alison-Jackson.jpg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Portrait-Alison-Jackson.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Portrait-Alison-Jackson.jpg?resize=624%2C415&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Portrait-Alison-Jackson.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Portrait-Alison-Jackson.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5596\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Bill Bryson at Windsor Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alison-jackson.co.uk\/\">Alison Jackson<\/a> is a contemporary artist who explores the cult of celebrity<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> \u00a0\u2013 an extraordinary phenomenon created by the media, \u00a0publicity industries and the public figures themselves. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Her work sits squarely in the middle of the current fake news, alternative facts or news debates.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">J<\/span><span class=\"s1\">ackson makes convincingly realistic work about celebrities doing things in private using lookalikes. Likeness becomes real and fantasy touches on the believable. She creates scenarios we have all imagined but never seen \u2013 the hot images the media can\u2019t get. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Jackson raises questions about whether we can believe what we see when we live in a mediated world of screens, imagery and internet. She comments on our voyeurism, on the power and seductive nature of imagery, and on our need to believe. Her work has established wide respect for her as an incisive, funny and thought-provoking commentator on the burgeoning phenomenon of contemporary celebrity culture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Alison works across all arts and media platforms in TV, Publishing, books, is widely exhibited in galleries and museums attracting extensive interest in the \u00a0news and press. Her images themselves have become just as much a part of popular culture as images of the real celebrities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Born in Hampshire, Alison trained in Fine Art Sculpture at Chelsea College of Art in London, and in Fine Art Photography at The Royal College of Art. She lives and works in London. Alison is Ambassador to the Spinal Injuries Association.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5625\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5625\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5625 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/UPDATED-2017-HI-RES-ROYAL-SELFIE-PRIVATE-COVER.jpg?resize=625%2C759&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/UPDATED-2017-HI-RES-ROYAL-SELFIE-PRIVATE-COVER.jpg?resize=843%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 843w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/UPDATED-2017-HI-RES-ROYAL-SELFIE-PRIVATE-COVER.jpg?resize=247%2C300&amp;ssl=1 247w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/UPDATED-2017-HI-RES-ROYAL-SELFIE-PRIVATE-COVER.jpg?resize=768%2C933&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/UPDATED-2017-HI-RES-ROYAL-SELFIE-PRIVATE-COVER.jpg?resize=624%2C758&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/UPDATED-2017-HI-RES-ROYAL-SELFIE-PRIVATE-COVER.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/UPDATED-2017-HI-RES-ROYAL-SELFIE-PRIVATE-COVER.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5625\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ROYAL SELFIE by Alison Jackson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"343.48880526810973\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_5600\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5600\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5600 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/36_Prince_philip_looks_at_Marilyn_2-copy.jpg?resize=625%2C739&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"625\" height=\"739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/36_Prince_philip_looks_at_Marilyn_2-copy.jpg?resize=866%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 866w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/36_Prince_philip_looks_at_Marilyn_2-copy.jpg?resize=254%2C300&amp;ssl=1 254w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/36_Prince_philip_looks_at_Marilyn_2-copy.jpg?resize=768%2C908&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/36_Prince_philip_looks_at_Marilyn_2-copy.jpg?resize=624%2C738&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/36_Prince_philip_looks_at_Marilyn_2-copy.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/36_Prince_philip_looks_at_Marilyn_2-copy.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5600\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prince Philip looks at Marilyn by Alison Jackson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5599\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5599\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5599 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/kkk.jpg?resize=625%2C345&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"625\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/kkk.jpg?resize=1024%2C566&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/kkk.jpg?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/kkk.jpg?resize=768%2C425&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/kkk.jpg?resize=624%2C345&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/kkk.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/kkk.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5599\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ku Klux Klan and Donald Trump by Alison Jackson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5626\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5626\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5626 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Poss_only_IMG_0137.jpg?resize=625%2C455&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Poss_only_IMG_0137.jpg?resize=1024%2C745&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Poss_only_IMG_0137.jpg?resize=300%2C218&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Poss_only_IMG_0137.jpg?resize=768%2C559&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Poss_only_IMG_0137.jpg?resize=624%2C454&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Poss_only_IMG_0137.jpg?w=1826&amp;ssl=1 1826w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Poss_only_IMG_0137.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5626\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trump Spraytan by Alison Jackson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/alisonjackson.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listAlison Jackson is a contemporary artist who 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