Livingston blends fact and fiction in this large-scale multimedia installation to present a fractured memoir that draws on the mythic American West and the counter-culture experience of the past half century. He assumes the role of an unreliable narrator in order to exhume a rich history both cultural and personal.
Back Installation view
"Falling Off the Edge of Nebraska"
by Jack Livingston
Exhibition video.
HOLTZMAN MFA GALLERY
Towson University
Presented
October 23 -
December 12, 2020
Livingston blends fact and fiction in this large-scale multimedia installation to present a fractured memoir that draws on the mythic American West and the counter-culture experience of the past half century. He assumes the role of an unreliable narrator in order to exhume a rich history both cultural and personal.
Front entrance view
Suitcase with magazines and gear
Video for installation
Falling Off the Edge of Nebraska
Installation - front right view
Back right corner view
Main projected video - Les Paul/This Is Home detail
Les Paul - detail
Main projected video - Les Paul/This Is Home detai
Les Paul guitar - installation detail
Les Paul detail
Cracked windshield on tire, Les Paul installation detail
Cracked glass windshield - installation detail
Back installation view
Dianne, Robert— installation detail
Installation view - car seats, red door Cimac guitar
Car seats, “Plymouth Fury” painting, acrylic on canvas, airline guitar
Car seats,
“Plymouth Fury” painting, acrylic on canvas, airline guitar
Airline guitar on Plymouth Fury painting
Car seat, red door detail
Car door, guitar - installation detail
Metal box -Nebraska maps
2020
John Buffalo - painting acrylic on canvas
“John Buffalo” - (detail) painting, acrylic on canvas
National amp, book headphones
Cassettes, Cimac Starburst Guitar
Detail - cassette tape, debris
Springs
Car debris, guitar, sound
Car and street debris, guitar, mic, sound detail
Car and street debris, guitar, mic, sound detail
Front view - installation
Cassette player, cassettes
Entrance back room, “Witness” video installation area
Vanessa, backroom entrance to “Witness” video
Vanessa - inkjet on organza silk fabric
Back room video view
Backroom video
Tires, installation detail
Cinch, installation detail
Shredded tire on wall -installation detail
Shredded tire detail, floor installation detail
“Impala” painting, acrylic on canvas
“Impala” painting, acrylic on canvas
Tire debris asphalt, installation detail
“Saints of America”, acrylic on paper - installation detail
“SG Guitar / Vox” object/painting installation detail
“SG” painting, acrylic on paper. Detail installation.
“Stratocaster”, painting acrylic on paper. Installation detail.
Installation right side, large canvas
“Robert”, inkject on hanging organza silk fabric
Back corner right,
Telecaster, stratocaster and amps
Photos -Larimar Street Bar, Colorado landscape creek, Stratocaster, installation detail.
Telecaster, amps, painting
Photographs:
Top: Larimer Street Bar 1972
Bottom: Platte River 1975
Acrylic and mixed media on canvas 9’ x 12’
from installation:
Falling Off the Edge of Nebraska
Stratocaster, Telecaster, installation corner detail
Telecaster, amps, “Les Paul” painting acrylic and pencil on canvas
Telecaster, album cover, installation detail
Telecaster stratocaster, amps corner, installation detail.
“Saints of America” painting, installation detail
Book and debris
“Omaha” acrylic on paper with pencil and silkscreen
“Lost Highway” - acrylic and pencil on paper
Subaru Forester
Silkscreen on paper 22” x 30”
from installation:
Falling Off the Edge of Nebraska
Plymouth Fury III
Silkscreen on paper 22” x 30”
from installation:
Falling Off the Edge of Nebraska
Chevy Impala
Silkscreen on paper 22” x 30”
from installation:
Falling Off the Edge of Nebraska
Video in exhibition
Falling Off the Edge of Nebraksa
Short artist talk in exhibition on November 24, 2020.
Clip of sound performance in installation by jack Livingston on November 24, 2020