NEW YORK, NY.- Peter Blum presents the exhibitions The Tomb at the Soho gallery and In Search of at the Chelsea gallery. Both shows opened on Thursday, September 16th. This is Matthew Day Jackson’s second one-person show with the Peter Blum Gallery. At the Soho gallery, Jackson presents an installation entitled The Tomb—a large scale work derived from the Tomb of Philippe Pot. Attributed to Antoine LeMoiturier, in the collection of the Musée du Louvre in Paris, the Tomb of Philippe Pot is considered one of the masterpieces of the Burgundian style of the late 15th century. Jackson replaces the eight hooded monks who carry Pot’s effigy with astronauts that are rendered from scraps of wood and plastic. They are then compressed into a block and cut with a CNC (computer numerical control) process. The astronauts shoulder a steel and glass box that holds a skeletal structure based upon Jackson’s own body.