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Albion (SOLD)
date : 2006size : 33” x 23¼”
medium : oil.
notes : A white union jack devoid of most colour, this work is part of a series of three paintings that look at aspects of British life, which use the flag of Great Britain as their point of departure. Another of the works which question what it is to be British in the twenty-first century, with its title deriving from the literary works of William Blake.
comment : “Stripping-away the colour from the flag interests me as it presents new opportunities to interpret such a familiar emblem.”
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Albion (SOLD)
Self Portrait
date : 2003size : 32½” x 47½”
medium : oil on canvas.
notes : This canvas, titled ‘Self Portrait’, poses the question “what is art?” The painting challenges the viewer, with its stark palette, and its minimal, yet humourous treatment.
comment : “It’s a painting of my signature, though a painting nonetheless. It’s asking “what is it that is valued in art?” – too often it’s merely a signature, rather than anything aesthetic, or of merit. It’s ‘signed’ in the paint, in the bottom right, as are all my oil paintings.”
Self Portrait
So Square So True (SOLD)
date : 2003size : 37½” x 38”
medium : oil on canvas.
notes : This work first showed at Jones’ ‘iCons’ exhibition in Derry, Northern Ireland. Lampooning the notion of ‘Cool Britannia’, the painting, executed in his favoured impasto technique, depicts the iconic ‘mod’ target, synonymous with 1960’s ‘Swinging London’, wittily squared.
comment : “Brit Art, Cool Britannia; square, because they are”.
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