Ronald Jones Untitled (peace conference table design by North Vietnam and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam), Untitled (peace conference table design by the United States and South Vietnam 1969), 1989
Installation
Ronald Jones Untiled photography (Liberation Day in France), 1987
241 x 141 cm
Ronald Jones Untitled (Edward Earl Johnson sat in...), 1990
Aluminium, vinyl, sting ray skin, ebonized MDF, waxed MDF, music box ; 199 x 66 x 66 cm
Ronald Jones Ohne Titel (Dieses Bücherregal diente als Versteck zum Eingang des geheimen Nebengebäudes...)
Varnished wood, patinated bronze ; 178 x 107 x 36 cm Edition 1/3
Ronald Jones Ohne Titel (Dieser Tisch, der in Andy Worhol's ELECTRIC CHAIR von 1963 auftaucht, stand...), 1990
Patinated bronze, varnished wood ; 89 x 89 x 131 cm Edition 1/3
Ronald Jones Ohne Titel (Diese vier umgedrehten "Kollapsbretter" benutzt man während der Hinrichtung im Walla Walla.....), 1990
Veneered MPX, Allan-bolt, patinated bronze, paint ; 213 x 124 x 126 cm Edition 1/3
Ronald Jones Ohne Titel (Auf diesem Bock legte man die Toten im Leichenschauhaus der Friedenship Hospital in Beijing...), 1990
Blacked wood, varnished wood, painted bronze,103 x 71 x 71 cm Edition 1/ 3
Ronald Jones Exhibition view
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07.09.1990 - 29.09.1990
09.09.1988 - 07.10.1988
1952
born in the United States
lives and works in Pasadena, California
solo exhibitions (selected)
1998
Metro Pictures Gallery, New York
1995
pflanzenzucht tango, Metro Pictures Gallery, New York
1992
The Power Plant, Toronto
1991
Metro Pictures Gallery, New York
1990
Galerie Isabella Kacprzak, Cologne
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose
1989
Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall (with Alfredo Jarr)
Lawrence Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia
Metro Pictures Gallery, New York
1988
Galerie Isabella Kacprzak, Stuttgart
Spectacolor lightboard, Times Square, New York
Metro Pictures Gallery, New York
1978
Metro Pictures Gallery, New York
Julian Pretto, New York
group exhibitions (selected)
2008
The absence of birds, Vistamare, Pescara
Space Is the Place, CAC – Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati
2007
Space Is the Place, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art – SMoCA, Scottsdale
2005
Framing Exposure – Process and Politics, ICA – Institute of Contemporary Art University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
2004
Art and War, The Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon
Support, Die Neue Galerie als Sammlung, 1950 – Heute, Neue Galerie Graz, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz
Paradise Now: Picturing the Genetic Revolution, Center for Art and Visual Culture, Baltimore
2002
1004 – Frozen Microwavemusic, Staatliche Hochschule für Bildene Künste, Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main
2001
Paradise Now: Picturing the Genetic Revolution, The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York
2. Skulptur-Biennale 2001. Münsterländische Kulturlandschaft, Skulptur Biennale Münsterland, Warendorf
Skulptur-Biennale Münsterland 2001 – Die Entwürfe, Galerie Münsterland, Emsdetten
2000
Paradise Now: Picturing the Genetic Revolution, Exit Art, New York
Außendienst, Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg
1998
Saptiotemporal, Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm
Love Hotel: A National Gallery of Australia Travelling Exhibition, The John Curtin Gallery, Perth
1994
Notational Photographs, Metro Pictures Gallery, New York
1993
Metro Pictures Gallery, New York
Kontext Kunst- The Art of the 90’s, Neue Galerie Graz, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz
On the Road: Selections from the Permanent Collecton of the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston
1992
Metro Pictures Gallery, New York
1991
Act-Up Benefit Exhibition, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York
1989
Vom Kriege, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz
Perspektivismus, Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Vienna
Metro Pictures Gallery, New York
Alfredo Jaar / Ronald Jones, Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm
1987
Metro Pictures Gallery, New York
Art in Review by Ronald Jones
Ronald Jones’s new amalgams of object and text, art, history and science suggest what might happen if Frank Stella, Joseph Kosuth and Haim Steinbach made art together. Big, topsy-turvy combinations of fairly recognizable objects, these works are certainly Mr. Jones’s most ambitious efforts to date. They may also be his best, but that doesn’t mean they’re easy, or fun, to look at.
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Excess Story by Ronald Jones
Jones discusses the influence that Martin Kippenberger had on his life and work. Kippenberger showed students that they didn’t have to sit around with their lips puckered and their brows furrowed in order to be remarkable artists with wide ranges.
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Schwenk, Bernhart (ed.), Jochen Klein, with texts by Doug Ashford, Helmut Draxler, Yilmaz
Dziewior, Thomas Eggerer, Ronald Jones et. al., Hatje Cantz,, Ostfildern 2011.
Böhm, Florian (photos), Pohlmann, Ulrich and Ronald Jones (essays), Wait for walk. Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2007.
Gmelin, Felix, The aging revolution. Daniel Birnbaum, Ronald Jones, David Rimanelli. Portikus, Frankfurt 2005.
Felix, Zdenek and Ronald Jones, Elizabeth Peyton, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2002.
Richard Phillips, with texts by Bernhard Bürgi and Ronald Jones, Kunsthalle Zürich & Schirmer/Mosel, München, 2000.
Schjeldahl, Peter, What is political anyway? : Leon Golub, Ronald Jones, Anselm Kiefer, Gerhard Merz, Bruce Nauman, Jeff Wall, Borås Konstmuseum, Borås 1993.
Ronald Jones. Untitled. Galerie Isabella Kacprzak, Köln 1990. (cat.)
Graw, Isabelle, Françoise Senger and Ronald Jones, Ronald Jones. Galerie Faust, Geneve 1990. (cat.)
Alfredo Jaar-Ronald Jones. Magasin 3, Stockholm 1989. (cat.)
ack Goldstein. Recent Work, 1986-1987. With texts by Maja Damjamovic and Ronald Jones, John Weber Gallery, New York 1987.
Ronald Jones writes regularly for Artforum and has a monthly column for Frieze Magazine.