Exhibitions
JACKSON MARKOVIC: MY DIARY
Neue Welt / 507 Hagan St., Studio C October 3 - 25th (Reception: October 3 5:00pm - 8:00pm) Reception Today
Jackson Markovic
Neue Welt is pleased to present My Diary by Atlanta, Georgia-based artist Jackson Markovic, opening Saturday, October 3rd, 5-8 PM.
This exhibition is about consumption and growing up in the seven years from 19 to 26 where nothing really extraordinary happens. In the Sex and the City episode "The Man, the Myth, the Viagra," Big serenades Carrie with Sinatra’s It Was a Very Good Year, singing the first verse set at age 17. “It was a very good year for small town girls,” or so I’ve heard.
Unfortunately time is the meta-subject of photography, so I made gnarled candle holders that I would actually display in my home. I hesitate to describe myself as an artist, because lately it feels more like a compulsion than a career.
When I was 19, I dated a 26 year old, for several years actually, and I still find that relationship confusing. Now I am 26 and I drink lots of wine, though lately I’ve been on a martini kick. I am constantly short on money and have never felt more alone. When Big reaches the end of the verse, Carrie’s voiceover describes the scene as perfect: “it felt like I was in heaven.”
Jackson Markovic makes artwork in Atlanta, Georgia. Recent exhibitions include Raw Through A Straw (Hawkins HQ, Atlanta, GA, 2026), Supernature (Lexington, KY, 2025) and the public project Baroque Sunbursts (Atlanta, GA, 2025-2026). He received his BFA from Georgia State University (2022) and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture (2026). He is a contributing writer for Burnaway magazine.
This project is supported in part by Metro Arts: Nashville's Office of Arts + Culture.
