February 17 - April 16, 2022
British sculptor Chris Jones creates sculptures composed of fragmented images from magazines and used books that are beautiful, frightening, and exquisitely detailed: a macabre headless horse, a 19th century stagecoach, a disheveled TV.
Jones’ work mimics the way in which we assimilate and process the world using our own personal histories and memories as a base to develop new connections. Jones has called on his own memories (through an art historic lens) and the viewers are in turn prompted to call upon their past to create their own personal stories as they relate to these wondrous pieces.
In the Sunday NY Times review of Jones’ 2012 one-person exhibit, Ben Genocchio wrote, “No reproduction can convey the experience of encountering this work. It creates its own environment. Inspiring a sense of enchantment and awe. And the feeling persists the longer you hang around.”
Jones work reminds that everything around us comes with a deeply embedded history and a multitude of stories to tell- that is, if we pay close enough attention.
Chris Jones earned an MA in Fine Art from Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design, London 2002. Jones was awarded an artist residency at the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art (Peekskill, NY) in 2008 followed by a solo show at the museum. Past solo gallery shows include Galerie Martin Van Zomeren in Amsterdam (2006) and the Glass Box Gallery, Manchester (2001). Jones has participated in numerous group exhibitions throughout Europe, North America, and Asia. Notable recent museum presentations include the Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion, NYU, New York (2016); The Oakland University Art Gallery, Michigan (2014); Prague Biennial (2013); Manchester Art Gallery (2012); and the Knoxville Art Museum (2014).
Selected Works
Symbols of a Future Myth,
2022
Book and magazine images, board, wire, polymer varnish on aluminum panel
30.7 x 43.3 x 1 in (78 x 110 x 2.5 cm)
Preparations for the Festival
2022
Book and magazine images, board, wire, polymer varnish on aluminum panel
30.7 x 43.3 x 1.2 in (78 x 110 x 3 cm)
Tree of Knowledge
2022
Book and magazine images, board, poster, wire, polymer varnish on aluminum panel
30.7 x 43.3 x 1 in
(78 x 110 x 2.5 cm)
From the Rivers to the Oceans
2022
Book and magazine images, board, wire, polymer varnish on aluminum panel
30.7 x 43.3 x 1 in
(78 x 110 x 2.5 cm)
Emporium
2022
Book and magazine images, board, poster, wire, polymer varnish on aluminum panel
30.7 x 43.3 x 1.2 in
(78 x 110 x 3 cm)
At the Centre of the System
2022
Book and magazine images, digital prints, wallpaper, board, wire, polymer varnish on aluminum panel
30.7 x 43.3 x 1 in
(78 x 110 x 2.5 cm)
A World Without Memory
2022
Book and magazine images, board, wire, polymer varnish on aluminum panel
30.7 x 43.3 x 1 in
(78 x 110 x 2.5 cm)
Days in Between
2022
Book and magazine images, board, wire, polymer varnish on aluminum panel
30.7 x 43.3 x 1 in
(78 x 110 x 2.5 cm)
Drinks Cabinet
2022
Book and magazine images, digital prints, board, wire, polymer varnish on hinged aluminum panels
Closed: 30.7 x 37.4 x 2 in (78 x 95 x 5 cm)
Opened: 30.7 x 43.3 x 1 in (78 x 110 x 2.5 cm)
Waiting for No One
C2022
Book and magazine images, board, polymer varnish, aluminum panel base
11.8 x 23.6 x 34.25 in
(30 x 60 x 87 cm)
Yellow House
2022
Book and magazine images, board, polymer varnish
11.8 x 13.8 x 13.8 in
(30 x 35 x 35 cm)
Cubit Town
2022
Book and magazine images, board, polymer varnish, aluminum panel base
11.81 x 18.9 x 20.5 in (30 x 48 x 52 cm)
A Season of Rust
2022
Book and magazine images, wire, polymer varnish on aluminum panel
12.2 x 19 x 1 in
(31 x 48.5 x 2.5 cm)
Top of the World
2022
Book and magazine images, board, polymer varnish on aluminum panel
14.6 x 19 x 1 in
(37 x 48.5 x 2.5 cm)
Templates for Disappearance
2020
Book, magazine and digital images, board, wire, and polymer varnish on aluminum panel
30.7 x 43.3 x 1 in (78 x 110 x 2.5 cm)
The Garden
2020
Book, magazine and digital images, board, wire, and polymer varnish on aluminum panel
30.7 x 43.3 x 1 in (78 x 110 x 2.5 cm)
While the Sun is Still High
2020
Book, magazine and digital images, board, wire, and polymer varnish on aluminum panel
30.7 x 43.3 x 1 in (78 x 110 x 2.5 cm)
Field Guide
2019
Book, magazine and digital images, paper, board, wire, and polymer varnish on aluminum panel
30.7 x 43.4 x 1 in (77.98 x 110.24 x 2.54 cm)
According to the Rules
2019
Book, magazine and digital images, board and polymer varnish on aluminum panel
31 x 43.5 x 1 in (78.74 x 110.49 x 2.54 cm)
Between the Dream and the Void
2019
Book, magazine and digital images, board, wire, and polymer varnish
66 x 21 x 35.5 in (167.64 x 53.34 x 90.17 cm)
Between the Dream and the Void
2019
Book, magazine and digital images, board, wire, and polymer varnish
66 x 21 x 35.5 in (167.64 x 53.34 x 90.17 cm)
Despite His Memory
2020
Digital C-Type Print, Book Images, Board, Polymer Varnish
14.6 x 11.8 x 1.2 in (37 x 30 x 3 cm)
When We Go Back
2020
Digital C-Type Print, Book Images, Board, Polymer Varnish
14.6 x 11.8 x 1.2 in (37 x 30 x 3 cm)
Bowery Bum
2012
Magazine, poster and book images, board
32 x 35 x 53 inches (81.3 x 88.9 x 134.6 cm)
Inside the Golden Days of Missing You
2014
Enlarged paper model, book, magazine and digital images, magic sculp, wire, polymer varnish,
38 x 55 x 132 inches (96 x 139 x 335 cm)
Repair is the Dream of the Broken Thing
2008-2012
Magazine, poster and book images, wood, fiberglass, board, wire, polymer varnish
97 x 230 x 87.8 inches (248 x 584 x 223 cm)
