The critic Jeffrey Kastner has noted that his works locate ‘ startling beauty in their counterintuitive material juxtapositions . ’ However , for Jackson beauty is frequently partnered by desolation . His work explores a concept that he terms ‘ the Horriful ’ , the belief that everything one does has the potential to bring both beauty and horror . In one such work , titled '' Little Bouquet in Clay Jar '' ( 2018 ) , the artist incorporates an aerial view of the Trinity test site , explaining that ' the job of the apocalypse or the reckoning is the job of a god or deity , but in the 20th century , it became a human possibility . ' Matthew Day Jackson is represented by Hauser & Wirth and Grimm Gallery in Amsterdam
Trinity
Trinity (nuclear test)
Matthew Day Jackson