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Almine Rech

Allen Jones From the Gods

Apr 26 — May 25, 2024 | Paris, Turenne

Opening on Friday, April 26, 2024 from 6 to 8 pm

Almine Rech is pleased to present From the Gods, Allen Jones's third solo exhibition with the gallery, on view from April 26 to May 25, 2024.

"Prior to the cinema, visual artists depended on line and colour to create a sense of movement. A commission from Christian Louboutin gave me an actual chance to work with a moving image, the resulting video becoming part of his touring exhibition. This present Work shows the figure, again becoming involved with a sculpture that stands nearby. The sequence plays with our perception of space, 3D becomes 2D when the sculpture materialises behind her on the screen. She turns and embrace it and gradually becomes consumed by the building blocks of Art, light, line and colour."

— Allen Jones

There is an air of exuberant defiance permeating the works that Allen Jones has made since 2017, the period encompassed by this exhibition, when he turned eighty. These paintings, sculptures and hybrids between the two, which include some audacious new directions, constitute not only a vigorous refusal to back down from his lifelong pursuit of erotic imagery centred on female bodies but also a sense of celebration and wonderment that he should still be here at all. Like the astoundingly fresh paper cut-outs made by his hero Matisse during the decade preceding his death, this late flowering displays a youthful vigour, invention and joyful sense of abandon that easily match the trailblazing Pop Art on which Jones staked his reputation and place in art history in the early 1960s.

— Marco Livingstone, art critic

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Selected artworks

  • Allen Jones,                                      Video, 2023

    Allen Jones Video, 2023

    3D animation of model and 'Cover Story', 3 screens
    3 screens: 212 x 110 cm each

  • Allen Jones,                                      Large Swivel Sculpture, 2023

    Allen Jones Large Swivel Sculpture, 2023

    Matte stainless steel and rusted Corten
    270 x 500 cm
    106 1/2 x 197 in

  • Allen Jones,                                      In Camera, 2020

    Allen Jones In Camera, 2020

    Video animation and oil and wooden veneer on board
    240 x 265 x 112 cm
    94 1/2 x 104 1/2 x 44 in
    LH panel 143 cm
    RH panel 122 cm

  • Allen Jones,                                      Moving Picture (3d elements), 2021

    Allen Jones Moving Picture (3d elements), 2021

    Curved wooden figure on plinth with two side panels
    220 x 260 x 50 cm
    86 1/2 x 102 1/2 x 19 1/2 in
    Side panels 220 x 80 x 8 cm each
    Central panel 220 x 100 x 50 cm

  • Allen Jones,                                      "Hymn" to Her (3d elements), 2022

    Allen Jones "Hymn" to Her (3d elements), 2022

    Oil on curved board with photos, triptych
    200 x 220 x 50 cm
    78 1/2 x 86 1/2 x 19 1/2 in
    Side panels 200 x 60 x 8 cm each
    Central panel 200 x 100 x 50 cm

  • Allen Jones,                                      Kind of Blue, 2015

    Allen Jones Kind of Blue, 2015

    Oil on canvas, oil enamel on composite figure and wooden base
    Canvas 243.84 x 203.2 cm
    Canvas 96 x 80 in
    Figure 201 x 38 x 65 cm
    Figure 79 1/8 x 15 x 25 5/8 in

  • Allen Jones,                                      Cover Story 4/4, 2021

    Allen Jones Cover Story 4/4, 2021

    Composite, painted inside, brass stand
    186 x 60 x 45 cm
    73 x 23 1/2 x 17 1/2 in

  • Allen Jones,                                      Your Move, 2015-2017

    Allen Jones Your Move, 2015-2017

    Oil on canvas, oil on enamel on composite figure and wooden base
    Canvas: 203.2 x 243.84 cm
    80 x 96 in
    Figure: 153.6 x 34.3 x 63 cm (201 cm with stool)
    60 1/2 x 13 1/2 x 25 in

  • Allen Jones,                                      (From) The Gods, 2017

    Allen Jones (From) The Gods, 2017

    Oil on canvas
    180 x 180 cm
    70 7/8 x 70 7/8 in

  • Allen Jones,                                      Premonition, 2021

    Allen Jones Premonition, 2021

    Oil on wood
    120 x 240 cm
    47 x 94 1/2 in

  • Allen Jones,                                      Seeing Red, 2022

    Allen Jones Seeing Red, 2022

    Oil and photo print on composite panel
    120 x 240 cm
    47 x 94 1/2 in

  • Allen Jones,                                      Glance, 2024

    Allen Jones Glance, 2024

    Oil on canvas
    35 x 30.5 cm
    14 x 12 in

  • Allen Jones,                                      Stand - By Me, 2024

    Allen Jones Stand - By Me, 2024

    Patinated bronze outline with acrylic infill, patinated bronze head
    165 x 58 x 58 cm
    65 x 23 x 23 in

  • Allen Jones,                                      Moving Study, 2021

    Allen Jones Moving Study, 2021

    Collage pencil on paper
    168 x 95 cm (framed)
    66 x 37 1/2 in (framed)

  • Allen Jones,                                      Study for Hymn/Him, 2022

    Allen Jones Study for Hymn/Him, 2022

    Collage pencil on paper
    148 x 76 cm (framed)
    58 1/2 x 30 in (framed)

  • Allen Jones,                                      Steel Head, 2023

    Allen Jones Steel Head, 2023

    Stainless steel
    60 x 60 cm (approx)
    23 1/2 x 23 1/2 in (approx)

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