INTRODUCTION
Museum of the City of New York Stoops of Manhattan - Railings & Shadows: Paintings by Andrew Berrien Jones
March - September 2009, 5th Avenue at 103rd Street, www.mcny.org
Andrew Jones is an artist living in the West Village in New York City. He is a contemporary painter of original oil paintings. His artwork includes scenes of Greenwich Village and the surrounding neighborhood, including Soho and Chelsea. These New York cityscapes primarily depict brownstone stoops and brick facades of historic Federal and Greek revival townhouses. Sometimes referred to as “stoopscapes,” many of these paintings focus on cast iron and wrought iron railings, often bathed in raking sunlight. Others portray the ironwork by inference, capturing only the shadows as they cascade down brownstone steps. Jones’s art often merges a tradition of realism with the beauty of abstract form, resulting in artwork that is both Classical and modern.
Jones's recent work can be seen at the Museum of the City of New York. A catalog for the show is available in the museum gift shop. Jones just finished a show at the George Billis Gallery, which represents him. www.georgebillis.com
In recent years Jones's paintings have been exhibited in juried group shows at the Agora Gallery, Prince Street Gallery, Bowery Gallery, Viridian Gallery, the Salmagundi Club, The National Arts Club, and other venues. Jurors have included renowned artists, such as Philip Pearlstein and William Bailey, as well as curators from museums including, MOMA, the Guggenheim, the Whitney, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Chelsea Art Museum, the New Museum of Contemporary Art, San Francisco MOMA, and many others.
Jones has recently been reviewed in American Art Collector and the American Arts Quarterly.
