- Explores the numerous ways in which artist Allen Jones has engaged
with photography- Mostly unpublished photographs, are supported by an
introductory text by Philippe Garner and by revelatory chapter
introductions by Allen Jones- Allen Jones is a Senior Academician of the
Royal Academy of ArtMultiple Exposures - Allen Jones & Photography
explores the numerous ways in which artist Allen Jones has engaged with
the possibilities of this medium. Historian Philippe Garner has
researched Jones's extensive archive to develop and present the
insightful narratives implicit in this remarkable, often surprising
selection of images. Studying at Hornsey School of Art, then at the
Royal College of Art till 1961, Jones achieved swift success within a
dynamic roster of artists celebrated as 'The New Generation: 1964' at
the Whitechapel Gallery, London. Alongside his practice as a painter,
sculptor, and printmaker, Jones nurtured an ongoing fascination with
photography. This volume - an important addition to the literature on
Jones's oeuvre - reveals how he was first drawn as a student to the
camera's potential, making his earliest experiments in black and white.
Through the sixty-plus years of Jones's career - using camera and, more
recently, iPad, and iPhone - photography has become ever-more integrated
within his wider practice as an artist. We observe his incorporation of
'found' photographs within his early collaged works; we discover the
photographs he has taken as a visual ledger of all that intrigues him;
we see a telling selection of the imagery that he has collected, mostly
drawn from vernacular sources, such as post cards, newspaper cuttings,
and magazine tear-sheets; we find his playful images of his studio and
its juxtapositions; and we follow his investigation of the ways in which
his paintings and sculptures can interact and invite fresh readings when
transmuted into photographs. The images in Multiple Exposures, mostly
hitherto unpublished, are supported by an introductory text by Philippe
Garner and by revelatory chapter introductions and pertinent pull-quotes
by Allen Jones. The dynamic design of the book is by the legendary
graphic artist David Hillman.
