PaperCity Staff
- Posted:
- August 01, 2012
This month’s PaperCity Acquire taps Texas native Aimee Jones, whose high-octane canvases have us scrambling for adjectives: neo-geo, ab-ex mated with expressionism plus touches of fractiles and cubism, overlaid with a net of riotous neon, joined by a proliferation of found objects, assemblage and some pretty fine drawing. In other words, mind-blowing. If Timothy Leary still walked the earth, Jones’ creations would grace his walls. Her aesthetic also incorporates a sly fashion component, with a wink and a nod to ‘80s acid-washed bravura. Jones’ credentials include a BFA in painting from the University of Houston (2003) and a decade spent as a catalyst and provocateur, exhibiting in some of Texas’ most celebrated art spaces, from Austin’s Women and Their Work to Houston’s storied nonprofits Project Row Houses, the now-shuttered Commerce Street Artists Warehouse (CSAW), Buffalo Bayou Art Park and, most recently, Free Press Summer Fest, where she completed an edgy outdoor installation for a pedestrian bridge connecting Memorial Drive and Allen Parkway. She’s also shown in Miami, Chicago, Kansas City and Monterrey, Mexico. For her PC project, Jones created four new canvases, which we’ve curated with 10 more of her greatest hits — offerings that range from $600 to $6,000. About her latest art-making, the on-the-top-of-her-game talent told us: “My current work wrestles between painting, drawing and installation. Each piece demonstrates the everyday struggle of trying to keep it together. A controlled chaos of sorts, recording the internal battles of the good, the bad and the ugly.” Inquiries Seth Vaughan, seth@papercitymag.com.
IMAGES:
Aimee Jones’ I Got This One, 2012, paint, mixed media, 24 x 24 inches, $1,400
Aimee Jones in studio with Good Feelings, 2012, price upon request
Aimee Jones' Eyes Over Texas, 2012, wood, fabric, VHS tape, mixed media, 30 feet, price upon request
Aimee Jones' Feel Better Forever Aimee Jones, 2010, wall painting, paint, mixed media, 18 x 25 feet, price upon request
Aimee Jones' Where Are You?, 2011, drawing on paper, watercolor paint, pencil, ink, 11 x 14 inches, $600
Aimee Jones' Night Demons, I Hate You, 2011, drawing on paper, watercolor paint, pencil, ink, 11 x 14 inches, $600
Aimee Jones' Alien Sunrise, 2012, painting on wood panel, paint, mixed media, 48 x 48 inches, $1,400
Aimee Jones' Mountain High, 2012, painting on wood panel, paint, mixed media, 48 x 48 inches, $2,400
Aimee Jones' Ocean Potion, 2011, painting on wood panel, paint, mixed media, 14 x 17 inches, $900
Aimee Jones' Acidwash Dreams, 2011, painting on wood panel, paint, mixed media, 48 x 96 inches, $6,000
Aimee Jones' Over The Hills and Through the Woods, 2008, painting on wood panel, paint, mixed media, 48 x 48 inches, $3,000
Aimee Jones' Fire in The Sky, 2012, painting on wood panel, paint, mixed media, 24 x 24 inches, $1,400