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The Art of Ben Jones 1970 - 2008 'Deliverance'
The Art of Ben Jones 1970 - 2008 'Deliverance' Author:Amiri Baraka, Ben Jones, Edward S. Spriggs, Alejandro Anreus, Kelli Jones, Clement A. Price, Dennis Raverty This major retrospective of the work of Ben Jones features a complete survey of the artist's work, dating from the mid 1970s through his most recent paintings. "Deliverance" explores various aspects of the artist's body of work, and delves further into its close relationship to religions of the African diaspora. — Many of the ar... more »tist's key works are in the exhibition, including the iconic Black Face and Arm Unit, from 1971 (State Museum, Trenton). Organized by independent curator Ed Spriggs, whose relationship with Mr. Jones dates back to the early 1970s, when he was director at the Studio Museum in Harlem and Ben Jones was exhibiting his work there, this survey is an unprecedented examination of this important American artist's work. This lush exhibition catalog features 29 full-color and 20 black and white reproductions - many which have never before been published - of the artist's most significant works. With essays by Edward Spriggs, Kellie Jones, Ph.D., Associate Professor of African American, African Diaspora, and Latin American art at Columbia University; and a dialogue with the artist by Alejandro Anreus, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Art History and Latin American Studies at William Paterson University, this publication promises to be a substantial and scholarly catalogue that will serve as a document of, and create access to, Ben Jones's significant body of work. (reference: Jersey City Museum)« less