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Ronald Jones
1952-07-08 – 2019-08-09
Life & Legacy
Ronald Jones (July 8, 1952 – August 9, 2019) was an American artist, critic and educator who gained prominence in New York City during the mid-1980s. In the magazine Contemporary, Brandon Labelle wrote: "Working as an artist, writer, curator, professor, lecturer and critic over the last 20 years, Jones is a self-styled Conceptualist, spanning the worlds of academia and art, opera and garden design, and acting as paternal spearhead of contemporary critical practice. Explorative and provocative, Jones creates work that demands attention that is both perceptual and political." Labelle positions Jones along the leading edge of a "contemporary critical practice" that is perhaps best described as interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary.
Occupation & Career
artist, art critic, journalist, printmaker, curator
Education
University of South Carolina; Ohio University; Huntingdon College
Legacy Highlights
Employer
Art Center College of Design · Konstfack · Royal College of Art · Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts · School of Visual Arts
Education & Institutions
Huntingdon College · Ohio University · University of South Carolina
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q7364996 — wikidata View source
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