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EXHIBITION ANNOUNCEMENT Hilliard University Art Museum University of Louisiana at Lafayette 710 East Saint Mary Blvd. Lafayette, LA 70503 Susan Gottardi, Marketing Manager [email protected] (337) 482-0825 Page 1 of 2 Spotlight on Allan Jones Past the Frame: Abstraction and Its Environs in the Work of Allan Jones, 1968–2018 Guest Curated by Christopher Bennett, Ph. D. Exhibition Dates: August 10, 2018– February 9, 2019 Reception Date: Friday, September 7, 2018 The Hilliard University Art Museum is pleased to announce the solo exhibition of local artist and University of Louisiana at Lafayette retired professor Allan Jones. This show is guest curated by Christopher Bennett, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Department of Visual Arts. Past the Frame: Abstraction and Its Environs in the Work of Allan Jones, 1968-2018, honors five decades of ambitious painting, from groundbreaking works of the late 1960s and 1970s defined by the use of a spray gun (rather than a brush) and an imperative to move abstract painting into its ‘real’, environmental surroundings to more recent explorations of the 1980s, 90s, and 2000s. Through a selection of larger paintings (some completed within the last year) and other items (some displayed publicly and locally in the past and some never exhibited before), the exhibition traces a practice defined by rigorous experiment, ongoing inquiry, and a granular attentiveness to color, space, scale, and the viewer’s own interpretive presence. Born and educated in central Texas, Jones spent formative years in California in the 1960s, where in 1965 he was particularly struck by a landmark solo exhibition of Jasper Johns at the Pasadena Art Museum. In the late sixties and seventies Jones turned to a spray gun and large expanses of suspended, at times torqued raw canvas and/or fabric—in some instances attaching paintings directly to the walls and deriving their compositional features from the exhibition site itself. Known to dedicate, within his titles, works to friends and colleagues, with this exhibition the Hilliard University Art Museum and Jones’s peers return the favor, directing attention back to this artist’s practice in its specificity. This exhibition is located on the second floor of the museum, filling the open flex space gallery with a collection of unique works across numerous mediums. Upon request, press and media kits are available that include high resolution images and selected literature on the artist. Allan Jones. This Is/Not That, 1973. Photograph of celluloid negative on photo paper, cotton fabric, acrylic, and colored pencil. 13 ¾ in. x 8 ¼ in.
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EXHIBITION ANNOUNCEMENT Hilliard University Art Museum University of Louisiana at Lafayette
710 East Saint Mary Blvd. Lafayette, LA 70503
Susan Gottardi, Marketing Manager
[email protected] (337) 482-0825
Page 1 of 2
Spotlight on Allan Jones Past the Frame: Abstraction and Its Environs in the Work of Allan Jones, 1968–2018 Guest Curated by Christopher Bennett, Ph. D. Exhibition Dates: August 10, 2018– February 9, 2019 Reception Date: Friday, September 7, 2018 The Hilliard University Art Museum is pleased to announce the solo exhibition of local artist and University of Louisiana at Lafayette retired professor Allan Jones. This show is guest curated by Christopher Bennett, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Department of Visual Arts. Past the Frame: Abstraction and Its Environs in the Work of Allan Jones, 1968-2018, honors five decades of ambitious painting, from groundbreaking works of the late 1960s and 1970s defined by the use of a spray gun (rather than a brush) and an imperative to move abstract painting into its ‘real’, environmental surroundings to more recent explorations of the 1980s, 90s, and 2000s. Through a selection of larger paintings (some completed within the last year)
and other items (some displayed publicly and locally in the past and some never exhibited before), the exhibition traces a practice defined by rigorous experiment, ongoing inquiry, and a granular attentiveness to color, space, scale, and the viewer’s own interpretive presence. Born and educated in central Texas, Jones spent formative years in California in the 1960s, where in 1965 he was particularly struck by a landmark solo exhibition of Jasper Johns at the Pasadena Art Museum. In the late sixties and seventies Jones turned to a spray gun and large expanses of suspended, at times torqued raw canvas and/or fabric—in some instances attaching paintings directly to the walls and deriving their compositional features from the exhibition site itself. Known to dedicate, within his titles, works to friends and colleagues, with this exhibition the Hilliard University Art Museum and Jones’s peers return the favor, directing attention back to this artist’s practice in its specificity. This exhibition is located on the second floor of the museum, filling the open flex space gallery with a collection of unique works across numerous mediums.
Upon request, press and media kits are available that include high resolution images and selected literature on the artist.
Allan Jones. This Is/Not That, 1973. Photograph of celluloid negative on photo paper, cotton fabric, acrylic, and colored pencil. 13 ¾ in. x 8 ¼ in.
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Museum Hours, Admission & General Information The Hilliard University Art Museum is located at 710 East Saint Mary Boulevard, on the campus of University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Museum Hours are: Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM; Wednesday, 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM; Saturday, 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM; closed Sunday and Monday. General Admission: $5 Adults, $4 Seniors (62+), $3 Students (5-17). FREE for Members, UL Students/Staff/Faculty with identification, and visitors under 5. Guided tours of the galleries are available Friday & Saturday at 2 PM, complimentary with admission. For general information, please visit HillliardMuseum.org or call 337-482-2278. About the Hilliard Museum The Hilliard University Art Museum operates on the campus of University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and was originally founded in 1964 as the Art Center for Southwestern Louisiana. Featuring a state-of-the-art modern facility that was erected in 2004, the museum houses more than 2,200 objects in its permanent collection, and is the largest art exhibition space between New Orleans and Houston. The Hilliard serves a wide range of educational and cultural needs by fostering cross-disciplinary intellectual discourse on campus, and throughout the region. At the core of the Hilliard's mission is to collect, preserve, interpret, and exhibit the art of our time, while celebrating the great diversity of Louisiana's heritage.
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