Jones, Allen

(9/1/1937 Southampton- ) (England)

   Painter, sculptor, and printmaker. Studied at the Hornsley College of Art in London and at the Royal College of Art. Became a leader in the Pop Art movement, best known for his furniture which incorporated female figures.

   Reproductions: Chair; 1969; mixed media Melville, 1973: fig. 215 / Olley, 2005: p. 63 . Dancer; 1982; Webb, 1975: p. 447 [B]. Desire me; 1968; pencil and ball pen; Tilly, 1986: p. 71 [C]. Falling woman; Melville, 1973: fig. 99 [C] / Neret 1993: p. 61 [C]. Float; 1972; Webb, 1975: p. 373 [B]. Great divide; 1964: O'Doherty, 1966: p. 14 [B]. Green table; 1972; mixed media; Olley, 2005: p. 62 [C]. Hatstand; painted glass fiber and resin; Kronhausen, 1970c: p. 158 [B]. Magician suite; 1976; lithograph; Olley, 2005: pp. 64, 66 [C]. Magician suite V; 1976; acrylic; Sommer, 1981: p. 15 [B]. Maid to order III; 1971; oil; Neret 1993: p. 12 [C]. Maitresse; 1975; Benedict, 1983: p. 87 [C]. [Nude female as phallic form]; oil; Smith, 1974: p. 172 [C]. One way traffic; 1974; Benedict, 1983: p. 1 [C]. Table; painted glass fiber and resin; Kronhausen, 1970c: p. 159 [B]. Ways and means; 1977; silkscreen; Olley, 2005: p. 67 [C]. What do you mean? What do I mean; 1968; oil; Olley, 2005: p. 65 [C]. [Woman with phallic transparent covering]; oil; Smith, 1974: p. 173 [C].

   [b]Source: H. Adams, "Marksman extraordinary: Allen Jones," Art and Artists 13 (March 1979): pp. 4-11; DoA vol. 17: p. 631; Allen Jones, Allen Jones, retrospective of paintings, 1957-1978 (Liverpool: Walker Art Gallery, 1979); Allen Jones, Allen Jones'figures (Milan and Berlin: Edizioni O/Galerie Mikro, 1969); Allen Jones, Allen Jones' projects (London: Matthew Miller Dunbar, 1971); G.-G. Lemaire, "Les fixions, sexographiques d'Allen Jones," Opus International 73 (Summer 1979): pp. 30-32; Marco Livingstone, Allen Jones: sheer magic (London: Thames and Hudson, 1979); Marco Livingstone, "Il Sesso con gli Sti-vali," Bolaffiarte 8, 73 (October-November 1977): pp. 40 -45; Laura Mulvey, "You don't know what is happening do you, Mr. Jones?" Spare Rib 8 (February 1973): pp. 13-16+.