Allen Jones RA
13 Nov 2014 - 25 Jan 2015
Allen Jones RA
Refrigerator, 2002.
Mixed media. 188 x 84 x 37 cm. LONDON, Private Collection. Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. © Allen Jones.
Refrigerator, 2002.
Mixed media. 188 x 84 x 37 cm. LONDON, Private Collection. Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. © Allen Jones.
Allen Jones RA
Interesting Journey, 1962.
Oil on canvas. 61 x 51cm. LONDON, Private collection. Photo: Private Collection. © Allen Jones.
Interesting Journey, 1962.
Oil on canvas. 61 x 51cm. LONDON, Private collection. Photo: Private Collection. © Allen Jones.
Allen Jones RA
Body Armour, 2013.
Photograph. 127 x 127 cm. Private collection. Image courtesy of the artist. © Allen Jones
Body Armour, 2013.
Photograph. 127 x 127 cm. Private collection. Image courtesy of the artist. © Allen Jones
Allen Jones,
First Step, 1966.
Oil on canvas and laminated shelf. 91.5 x 93 x 9.1 cm. Image courtesy of the artist.
First Step, 1966.
Oil on canvas and laminated shelf. 91.5 x 93 x 9.1 cm. Image courtesy of the artist.
Allen Jones RA
Three-Part Invention, 2002.
Oil on canvas. 183 x 274 cm. Private collection. Image courtesy of the artist. © Allen Jones.
Three-Part Invention, 2002.
Oil on canvas. 183 x 274 cm. Private collection. Image courtesy of the artist. © Allen Jones.
Allen Jones RA
Luxe, Calme et Volupte, 1978.
Oil on canvas. 183 x 274 cm. Private collection. Image courtesy of the artist. © Allen Jones.
Luxe, Calme et Volupte, 1978.
Oil on canvas. 183 x 274 cm. Private collection. Image courtesy of the artist. © Allen Jones.
ALLEN JONES RA
13 November 2014 — 25 January 2015
Few artists inflame debate like Allen Jones. Celebratory, satirical and boldly inventive, his work embraces popular culture and has in turn influenced everything from design to film and fashion.
This long-overdue appraisal spans the entire career of British Pop artist Allen Jones, from the 1960s (when alongside peers like Hockney and Caulfield he was closely associated with the rise of Pop Art) to the present day.
Abandoning a chronological approach, we trace connections and themes over the decades. What emerges is a visual language fusing painterly tradition with the iconography of city life, theatre, and advertising – a language inspired by American consumer culture and the crisp graphics of Warhol and Lichtenstein.
You will see not only the renowned ‘furniture’ works, but also large steel sculptures, canvases that pulse with searing colour, and the rarely-seen storyboards Jones uses to plan many of his compositions. Ranging freely across a variety of media, this is a life’s work of incredible depth and ambition; work that is sometimes provocative, always striking, and charged with the energy and vitality of human life.
13 November 2014 — 25 January 2015
Few artists inflame debate like Allen Jones. Celebratory, satirical and boldly inventive, his work embraces popular culture and has in turn influenced everything from design to film and fashion.
This long-overdue appraisal spans the entire career of British Pop artist Allen Jones, from the 1960s (when alongside peers like Hockney and Caulfield he was closely associated with the rise of Pop Art) to the present day.
Abandoning a chronological approach, we trace connections and themes over the decades. What emerges is a visual language fusing painterly tradition with the iconography of city life, theatre, and advertising – a language inspired by American consumer culture and the crisp graphics of Warhol and Lichtenstein.
You will see not only the renowned ‘furniture’ works, but also large steel sculptures, canvases that pulse with searing colour, and the rarely-seen storyboards Jones uses to plan many of his compositions. Ranging freely across a variety of media, this is a life’s work of incredible depth and ambition; work that is sometimes provocative, always striking, and charged with the energy and vitality of human life.