This autumn the Royal Academy of Arts will present the first major exhibition of Allen Jones’ work in the UK since 1995. 

This will be a long-overdue appraisal of Jones’ comprehensive contribution to British Pop art, as one of the UK’s most influential and celebrated living artists. Allen Jones RA will span the artist’s entire career from the 1960s to the present.
The exhibition comprising over 80 works, will feature examples of Jones’ paintings and sculpture, including the iconic furniture works from the late 60s, and new works created especially for this exhibition. Rarely-seen drawings will also be displayed to showcase Jones’ exceptional skills as a draughtsman.
The works will be grouped into key sequences, to allow connections and common themes to emerge and to promote a comprehensive understanding of Jones’ wide-ranging artistic practice.

As a key figure in British Pop art, Allen Jones reputation was established in the 1960s at the Royal College of Art, London, where he studied alongside celebrated artists David Hockney RA, Derek Boshier, Peter Phillips RA and Ron Kitaj amongst others. This cohort of students was catapulted into the spotlight of the British art scene with a new visual language, firmly rooted in contemporary culture, and with the human figure often central to their work.

Allen Jones RA
13 November 2014- 25 January 2015
Royal Academy of Arts
London, UK

Images:
Body Armour, 2013
First Step, 1966
Hat Stand, 1969
Stand In, 1991/2