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'[[File:HK Quarry Bay Taikoo Place Tong Chong Street Allen Jones Sculptor City Shadow I Security.JPG|thumb|[[Taikoo Place]], Hong Kong]] '''Allen Jones''' RA (born 1 September 1937) is a British [[pop art]]ist and erotic art sculptor, best known for his life-sized sculptures of fetishised women. ==Early life== Jones was born in [[Southampton]] and from 1955 to 1961 studied at [[Hornsey College of Art]]. In 1960 he was expelled from the [[Royal College of Art]], where his contemporaries were [[R. B. Kitaj]], [[Peter Phillips (artist)|Peter Phillips]], [[David Hockney]] and [[Derek Boshier]].<ref>[http://www.phinnweb.org/livingroom/ILikeToWatch/allenjones/ Allen Jones biography at pHinnweb.]</ref> From 1961 to 1963 Jones taught at [[Croydon College of Art]]. ==Career== Jones' exhibition of [[erotic]] [[sculpture]]s, such as the set, [[Hatstand, Table and Chair|''Hat Stand'', ''Table'' and ''Chair'']] (1969), are studies in [[forniphilia]], which turn women into items of [[human furniture]]. Much of his work draws on the imagery of [[Rubber and PVC fetishism|rubber fetishism]] and [[BDSM]]. {{external media | width = 210px | align = right | video1 = [http://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/video/tateshots-allen-jones TateShots: Allen Jones], [[Tate Gallery]]}} The sculptures in the [[Korova Milk Bar]] from the 1971 film ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]'' were based on works by Jones after he turned down the request by [[Stanley Kubrick]] to design the set for no payment.<ref name="Telegraph: Jones">{{cite news|last=Gayford|first=Martin|title=Allen Jones: The day I turned down Stanley Kubrick|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/3668398/Allen-Jones-The-day-I-turned-down-Stanley-Kubrick.html|publisher=''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''|date=8 October 2007}}</ref> Jones designed [[Barbet Schroeder]]'s 1976 film ''[[Maîtresse]]''. He was elected R.A. (Royal Academician) by the [[Royal Academy]] in 1986. [[David Gilmour]], lead guitarist for [[Pink Floyd]], holds up a copy of ''Figures'' by Allen Jones during one of the interview portions of ''Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii''. An example of Jones' 1969 ''Chair'' sculpture (as well as over fifty other works) is in the UK's Tate Collection.<ref name="Tate Chair">[http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/jones-chair-t03244 Allen Jones - Chair 1969], Art & Artists (Tate.org.uk). Retrieved 2014-02-02.</ref> Three of his paintings are in the collection of the Centro de Arte Moderna of the [[Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation|Gulbenkian Foundation]], [[Lisbon]].<ref>[http://www.cam.gulbenkian.pt/index.php?headline=98&visual=2&langId=2&q=J Search the Collection], Cam.gulbenkian.pt. Retrieved 2014-02-02.</ref> ==''Hatstand'', ''Table'' and ''Chair''== {{Main|Hatstand, Table and Chair|l1=''Hatstand'', ''Table'' and ''Chair''}} Jones group of fibreglass sculptures, of a ''Hat Stand'', ''Table'' and ''Chair'' were an "immediate international sensation" when exhibited in 1970.<ref name="Frieze 1995">{{cite news|author=Mark Sladen |title =Allen Jones |work=[[Frieze (magazine)|Frieze]] |place=London |date=June–August 1995 |issue=23 |url=http://www.frieze.com/issue/review/allen_jones/ |accessdate=3 February 2014}}</ref> They have been described as "emblematic of the spirit of the 1960s".<ref name="Telegraph stanley">{{cite news|author=Martin Gayford |title =Allen Jones: The day I turned down Stanley Kubrick |work=[[The Telegraph (UK)|The Telegraph]] |place=London |date=8 October 2007 |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/3668398/Allen-Jones-The-day-I-turned-down-Stanley-Kubrick.html |accessdate=3 February 2014}}</ref> The sculptures took the form of three lifelike mannequins of scantily clad women, either curled up, on all-fours or standing to resemble furniture items. The "fetishist" sculptures were met with strong protests, particularly from [[Feminism|feminists]], which succeeded in making Jones a "cultural hot potato".<ref name="Frieze 1995" /> ''[[The Guardian]]'' suggested Jones should be prevented from exhibiting the items. When they were put on display at the [[Institute of Contemporary Arts]] they were attacked with stink bombs.<ref name="Mail 2014">{{cite news|author=Annabel Venning |title =The man who turned half-naked women into chairs - and called it art: How Allen Jones' sculptures are still sparking controversy 45 years on |work=[[Daily Mail (UK)|Daily Mail]] |place= |date=23 January 2014 |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2544334/The-man-turned-half-naked-women-chairs-called-art.html |accessdate=3 February 2014}}</ref> A set of the sculptures sold for £2.6  million at auction in 2012.<ref name="Mail 2014" /> He has an ongoing leather-wear project with [[Whitaker Malem]].<ref name="wmiIndependent"> {{cite news | title = 'Fetishism and fashion? It's a perfect match...' | first =Alexander | last =Fury | url =http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/alexander-fury-fetishism-and-fashion-its-a-perfect-match-8810318.html | newspaper =[[The Independent]] | date =October 26, 2014 | accessdate = 2014-10-25 }}</ref> ==Personal life== Jones lives and works in London. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons category|Allen Jones (sculptor)}} *[http://www.phinnweb.org/livingroom/ILikeToWatch/allenjones/ A biography of Allen Jones, including pictures of some of his works] {{Authority control}} {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME = Jones, Allen | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = British artist | DATE OF BIRTH = 1 September 1937 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Allen}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:Alumni of Middlesex University]] [[Category:British erotic artists]] [[Category:British sculptors]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Modern sculptors]] [[Category:People educated at Ealing County Grammar School for Boys]] [[Category:People from Southampton]] [[Category:British pop artists]] [[Category:Royal Academicians]] [[Category:English contemporary artists]] [[Category:British contemporary artists]]'