J. Robert Oppenheimer (I am become Death, destroyer of Worlds)

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Jackson's works seamlessly integrate a recognizable visual language - images like Buckminster Fuller's geodesic structures, humanity's initial moon landing, and vintage Life magazine covers from the 1960s and 1970s - alongside nods to art historical references. The materials he utilizes range from scorched wood and molten lead to mother-of-pearl, precious metals, Formica, and repurposed items such as worn T-shirts, prosthetic limbs, axe handles, and faded posters. Critics like Jeffrey Kastner have observed that Jackson's creations discover 'startling beauty in their unconventional material combinations.' Nonetheless, for this artist, beauty is often accompanied by a sense of desolation. His work delves into the concept he terms 'the Horriful,' an idea that everything one does can lead to both breathtaking beauty and unspeakable horror.