Martha Jackson-Jarvis

November–December 2009

Ass Against the Wall

Ass Against the Wall is an installation by Martha Jackson-Jarvis that explores points of resistance, endurance, and markings that pattern our lives. It is a compelling place of power where forces change, heaviness, strain, anxiety, burdens and the weight of difficulty into something else.

In a chance encounter in the mountains of Tajikistan, Jackson-Jarvis discovered an incredible being in a moment of clarity that bridges the void between animate and inanimate form. A moment when plants, animals, and minerals are one, even the rocks conspire to a fluid and connected greatness.

Visit Jackson-Jarvis’ website at www.jacksonjarvisstudio.com.

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