Alison Jackson / Trump with Miss Mexico

Alison Jackson. Fake Truth

29.10.2019 – 26.01.2020

Exhibition opening 28.10.2019

For the first time ever in Austria, WestLicht. Museum for Photography is delighted to present the work of internationally renowned, BAFTA and multi award winning artist, Alison Jackson.

Imagine The Queen taking a selfie? Kim Kardashian giving birth for reality TV, Lady Di giving us the finger? Donald Trump with Miss Mexico in the Oval Office? Really? In this fake news era separating fact from fiction is harder than ever. Alison Jackson explores the blurred boundaries between reality and the imaginary – the gap and confusion between the two.

"My work reflects the public's voyeurism, the power and seductive nature of imagery, and the viewers' need to believe. I use actors and ‘nobodies’ crafted so they look convincingly real - then stage them in the scenes we have all imagined but never seen before.”

You can’t rely on your own perception when it comes to photography. Alison Jackson’s work proves the camera always lies.

Alison Jackson / Diana Finger Up

Alison Jackson / Reality TV Birth

Alison Jackson / Royal Selfie

›I don't want to judge or condemn celebrities. I'm simply not interested in them.

My work is about how obsessed we are with them‹
Alison Jackson

Queen, Camilla, Kate Hair Salon / Alison Jackson

Alison Jackson / Queen, Camilla, Kate Hair Salon

Alison Jackson vor ihrer Arbeit 'Diana Finger Up' / Peter Coeln

Peter Coeln / Alison Jackson with "Diana Finger Up"

Exhibition catalogue

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On the occasion of the exhibition, WestLicht has published a posterbook with 60 of Jackson's most well-known pictures.

With an essay by Richard G. Smith, limited edition of 600 copies.

49 Euro

Find the posterbook and more Alison Jackson items in our online shop or the WestLicht Bookshop inside the Museum.

Alison Jackson's work is about the fact you cannot rely on your perception when it comes to photography. Photographs in this exhibition do not, nor are they intended to, represent any actual event that has taken place, nor that will take place. The well-known individuals presented in this exhibition are portrayed using actors and lookalikes. This is not Donald Trump, nor Kim or Kayne. These well-known individuals have not had any involvement in the creation of the photographs in this exhibition and they have not approved, nor has their approval been sought for, the publication of these photographs.