Jason Oddy British, b. 1967
Overview
Jason Oddy The Rectorate II, Houari Boumediene University of Science and Technology, Bab Ezzouar, Algeria, 2013
Jason Oddy is an artist and writer focused on the politics of place. Nieyemer in Algeria, Guantanamo Bay, the Pentagon, ex-Soviet sanatoria, cryonics facilities, NATO listening stations, the United Nations headquarters and homes of the recently deceased are just some of the sites which he has made work about.
With their stripped down aesthetic and emphasis on geometric rhythms, his meditative large format photographs stand as a timely enquiry into the underlying forces that lie at the heart of such centres of power and strangeness.
His work has been exhibited internationally including at The Photographers’ Gallery (London), Yossi Milo Gallery (New York), the Milan Triennale, Paris Photo, Casa Niemeyer (Brasilia) and the French Communist Party Headquarters (Paris).
It has been featured in numerous publications including Modern Painters, Aperture, Art Review, the AA Files, Art on Paper and the New York Times Magazine.
Works
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Jason OddyMagnolia Prophylactorium II, Odesa, Ukraine, 1999C-type print99.1 x 99.4 cm
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Jason OddyMagnolia Prophylactorium, Odesa, 1999C-Print73 x 69 cm
28 3/4 x 27 3/16 in
with frame 77 x 73 cm
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Jason OddyMishkor Sanatorium, nr. Yalta, Ukraine, 1999C-Printlarge: 101 x 127 cm / 39 3/4 x 50 in
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Jason OddyMoldova Sanatorium, Odessa, Ukraine, 1999C-Printlarge: 101 x 127 cm / 39 3/4 x 50 in
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Jason OddyThe Palace of Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, 1999C-Printlarge: 127 x 101 cm / 50 x 39 3/4 in
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Jason OddyThe United Nations, New York, USA, 2001C-Print65.5 x 85.5 cm
25 13/16 x 33 11/16 in
with frame 69 x 90 cm
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Jason OddyThe Palace of Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, 1999C-Printlarge: 71 x 91 cm / 27 15/16 x 35 13/16 in
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Jason OddyThe Palace of Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, 1999C-Printlarge: 127 x 101 cm / 50 x 39 3/4 in
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Jason OddyBBC TV Centre, London, England, 2013C-type print40 x 50 cm
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Jason OddyThe Palace of Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, 1999C-Printlarge: 127 x 101 cm / 50 x 39 3/4 in
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Jason OddySpectre, French Communist Party Headquarters, Paris, France, 2020C-Printlarge: 127 x 101 cm / 50 x 39 3/4 in
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Jason OddyThe Pentagon, Washington D.C., USA, 2003C-Printlarge: 101 x 162 cm / 39 3/4 x 63 3/4 in
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Jason Oddyhe Auditorium II, Houari Boumediene University of Science and Technology, Bab Ezzouar, Algeria, 2013C-Printlarge: 101 x 127 cm / 39 3/4 x 50 in
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Jason OddyRed, White and Green, Houari Boumediene University of Science and Technology, Bab Ezzouar, Algeria, 2010-2013C-Printlarge: 101 x 127 cm / 39 3/4 x 50 in
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Jason OddyChoreographies, Mentouri University, Constantine, Algeria, 2013Pigment printeach photograph
38.1 x 58.4 cm
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Jason OddyHouari Boumediene University of Science and Technology II, Bab Ezzouar, Algeria, 2013C-Printlarge: 73.7 x 91.4 cm 29 x 36 in
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Jason OddyDZHEMYET SANATORIUM NR YALTA, UKRAINE, 1999C-print mounted on aluminium28.5 x 36 cm
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Jason Oddy'The Village' VII, Houari Boumediene University of Science and Technology, Bab Ezzouar, Algeria, 2013C-Printlarge 101 x 127 cm / 39 3/4 x 50 in
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Jason OddyBloc des Salles de Classe IV, Houari Boumediene University of Science and Technology, Bab Ezzouar, Algeria, 2013C-Printlarge: 74 x 92 cm / 29 1/8 x 36 1/4 in
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Jason OddyBloc des Sciences VII, Mentouri University, Constantine, Algeria, 2013C-Printlarge: 101 x 127 cm / 39 3/4 x 50 in
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Jason OddyLa Coupole I, Algiers, Algeria, 2013C-Printlarge: 101 x 127 cm / 39 3/4 x 50 in
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Jason OddyLa Coupole II, Algiers, Algeria, 2013C-Printlarge: 59.7 x 76.2 cm / 23 1/2 x 30 in
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Jason OddyLa Coupole V, Algiers, Algeria, 2013C-Printlarge: 101 x 127 cm / 39 3/4 x 50 in
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Jason OddyMentouri University I, Constantine, Algeria, 2013C-Printlarge: 73.7 x 91.4 cm 29 x 36 in
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Jason OddyThe Rectorate II, Houari Boumediene University of Science and Technology, Bab Ezzouar, Algeria,, 2013C-Printlarge 92 x 74 cm / 36 1/4 x 29 1/8 in
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Jason OddyLa Coupole III, Algiers, Algeria, 2013C-Printlarge: 77.5 x 97.5 cm / 30 1/2 x 38 3/8 in
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Jason OddyCorridor I, Mentouri University, Constantine, Algeria, 2013C-type print75 x 92 cm
29 1/2 x 36 1/4 inView more details
Exhibitions
Bibliography
Jason Oddy The Rectorate II, Houari Boumediene University of Science and Technology, Bab Ezzouar, Algeria, 2013
As a writer Jason Oddy's books include Notes du désert (Grasset, Paris, 2017) and The Revolution Will Be Stopped Halfway: Oscar Niemeyer in Algeria (Columbia Books On Architecture and the City, New York, 2019), a monograph featuring his own work.
Oddy has contributed criticism, reviews and essays to leading periodicals on topics such as the ethics of depicting war or the merits of painting versus photography as well as on architects, artists, and photographers such as Daniel Libeskind, Thomas Demand, Hiroshi Sugimoto, William Eggleston, Joel Sternfeld and Rineke Dijkstra.