Alex Jones is an artist based in Brighton, East Sussex. His work is primarily concerned with systems of language as methods of construction. Through both painting and drawing on canvas and paper, he utilises our understanding of how language is applied to create formal structures made of language and the space around it.
He applies more rigid parameters that are loosely applied, enjoying the relationship between formal rules and an apathy towards their adherence. The painterly quality is both highly considered and ordered but with a slack looseness, a casual application to what could be strict rules. His use of language as a building tool rather than one of communication renders any descriptive or narrative imagery depicted perfunctory, the words are there for how they sit, not what they say.
Works
Canvas
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Alex Jones – Blue Eyes Good Skin - Alex Jones – Debut Short Novel Press Party
- Alex Jones – Fish Chip Meal Deal
- Alex Jones – Generating Undeniable Flamboyant Swaggering Aggression Absolutely Destroying Remarkably Lacklustre Opposition
- Alex Jones – High Cost Hair Cuts
- Alex Jones – These Cheap Drugs Taste Great
- Alex Jones – Very Nice Boat Home
- Alex Jones – Vicious Ambient Signals Shatter Fragile Glacial Crystal
Paper
- Alex Jones – Burns Dried Black Poppy Seeds
- Alex Jones – Cake Cake Cake Cake
- Alex Jones – Chill Drive Along Ocean Roads
- Alex Jones – Clean Those Lucky Pants Today
- Alex Jones – Dogs Dogs Dogs Dogs
- Alex Jones – Ducky Wilde Plays Jazzy Beats
- Alex Jones – Dumb Dumb Dumb Dumb
- Alex Jones – Every Light Touch Feels Sweet
- Alex Jones – Knock Knock Jokes Never Funny
- Alex Jones – Loves Crazy Disco Dance Moves
- Alex Jones – Order Stone Baked Pizza Again
- Alex Jones – Pear Pear Pear Pear
- Alex Jones – Serve Vodka Lemon Tonic Mixer
- Alex Jones – Shops Carry Extra Large Sizes
- Alex Jones – Thick Cigar Smoke Hangs Heavy
- Alex Jones – Think About Prank Phone Calls
- Alex Jones – Ultra Elite Ninja Death Squad
Linen
- Alex Jones – Alex Gets Here Late
- Alex Jones – Behold Prince Cupids Mighty Golden Throne
- Alex Jones – Criminal Internet Exchange Involves Eighteen Fabulous Flawless Diamonds
- Alex Jones – Heavy Grass Smoke Burns Lungs
- Alex Jones – Pay Bar Tab
- Alex Jones – Radio Gloom Plays Moody Tunes
- Alex Jones – Takex Notes While Agent Talks
- Alex Jones – Very Best Aged Port
