Jackson Fine Art presents two winter exhibitions — Altered Gaze, new collages and photographs by Stockholm-based duo Cooper & Gorfer, and Theater, a selection of Andrew Moore’s meticulously composed photographs of architecture and interiors.
Both Cooper & Gorfer and Andrew Moore explore memory and physical space to transform photographs into personal visual narratives.
Altered Gaze, new collages and photographs by Stockholm-based duo Cooper & Gorfer marks the duo’s return to the gallery, building upon their successful U.S. debut exhibition with the gallery in 2023.
The exhibition focuses on their newest collaboration Hysteria, a series that reclaims a term historically used to marginalize and dismiss women. The curation includes vibrant collages and photographs which celebrate women’s stories, perspectives, and inner worlds.
Cooper & Gorfer Altered Gaze builds on nearly two decades of the artists’ collaboration centering on female identity, and questions what is seen, what is assumed, and what lies in the spaces between. Their practice is a shared self-portrait, shaped by relationships with women where dualities and collective identities emerge. Continuing their towering mythological female portraits, the exhibition introduces three new unique collages where the figures continue to act as both protectors and provocateurs, guardians of inner landscapes shaped by personal histories and cultural legacies.
Collage is central to their practice, serving as both method and meaning. “Each portrait is constructed from fragments, a medley of what has been lived, loved, lost, “ Cooper & Gorfer express, “We photograph women whose lives, like our own, are shaped by the stories we grow up with and the ones we inherit. In our process, parts are exaggerated, others concealed; layers are torn apart and stitched back together. The collages mirror how we become who we are: assembled from hidden seams, exposed wounds, and the quiet architecture of our histories.” Their hybrid portraits of women and immersive visual worlds carry socio-political undertones, where the fragmentation of surfaces mirrors the multiplicity of identity. The works reveal the constructed, the physical, and the emotionally resonant, inviting viewers into layered narratives that oscillate between the personal and the collective. The portraits reflect not only women, but the artists’ own vulnerabilities, fears, and desires, embracing that identity can have many sides, even conflicting ones.
Cooper & Gorfer : Altered Gaze
Jan. 22 – Mar. 21, 2026
Jackson Fine Art
3122 East Shadowlawn Ave.
Atlanta GA 30305
www.jacksonfineart.com
