Shadows: An artist’s book by Allen Jones

This book features exclusive photography by the renowned artist Allen Jones RA. These images enable the shadows of his celebrated sculptures to become works of art in their own right, revealing a viewpoint previously unseen or unnoticed. Intermingled with views of the Jones’s own home and household objects, Shadows is an intimate, beautiful and playful 60-page publication featuring previously unseen work by the artist.

“Light can transform a solid object into an insubstantial shadow, not a copy but a unique slant on the real thing,” says Jones. “Domestic shadows are anchored to their place but out of doors they can come alive seemingly of their own volition. Dependent on the sun and moon for their existence these shadow drawings will exactly repeat themselves only once a year – weather permitting.”

Jones was elected a Royal Academician in 1986. He is one of Britain’s most distinguished artists from the pioneering Pop Movement, whose paintings and sculptures are held in many important international collections, including: Tate Gallery and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington DC, the Museum of 20th-Century Art in Vienna, the Wallraf-Richartz Museum in Cologne, the Moderna Museet in Stockholm and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.

Shadows is one of a collection of four artist’s books by Allen Jones that Black Dog Press is releasing in September 2022.