An important early work in the boundary-pushing, multimedia artist’s body of work, Jordan Wolfson’s Neverland is a four-minute video of footage taken from Michael Jackson’s 1993 “Live from the Neverland Ranch” broadcast from which everything is erased besides Jackson’s eyes, arguably the only non-artificial element of his face. By covering the remaining image with a monochrome cream color matched from a pixel of his nose, Wolfson requires the viewer to derive a narrative from the expressive eyes that act as a window into Jackson’s soul. The inclusion of water, which serves as the unsettlingly serene soundtrack of this piece, is a common theme which the artist continues to explore.
Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2006
Oslo, 0047, Come Into the Open, March 2 - April 11, 2007 (another example exhibited)
Dusseldorf, Schmela Haus, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Jordan Wolfson, September 8, 2011 - January 15, 2012, pp. 26-36 (another example illustrated and exhibited)
Ashley Rawlings, "Interview with Jordan Wolfson", Tokyo Art Beat, September 30, 2006, online (another example illustrated)
Seamus Duff, "Jordan Wolfson", Wonderland, September 24, 2009, online