Tomashi Jackson: The Land Claim

Tomashi Jackson's paintings explore the connections between transportation, housing, agriculture, and labor among local residents of color on Long Island, drawing on interviews and archival images. Her work highlights the role of women, the meaning of labor, and the sacredness of land, challenging historical narratives and promoting dialogue.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 96 pages
Publication date: 03 March 2022
Publisher: Distributed Art Publishers

Jacksons paintings synthesize connections shared by local residents of color around experiences of transportation, housing, agriculture, and labor. Published with the Parrish Art Museum, The Land Claim is the first monograph on Tomashi Jackson (born 1980), a Cambridge- and New York–based artist whose unique work and research methodology focuses on the historic and contemporary lived experiences of Indigenous, Black, and Latinx families on the East End of Long Island, and how the role of women, the meaning of labor, and the sacredness of land link these communities. Jacksons intricately layered and boldly composed large-scale paintings are featured alongside transcribed interviews and archival images from her research. Jackson provokes an urgent discourse around historical narratives of labor, collective memory, educational access, transportation, and land rights experienced by communities of color.

Dimension: 305 x 241 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781636810331