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"The Art of Journey" at the Montclair Art Museum, Feb 22 1/26/2018 Ben
Jones: "Join us for the showing documentary of “The Art of the Journey: The Ben
Jones Story”. New Jersey-born Artist, Activist, Professor Ben Jones has used his
art to bring awareness to the plight of people throughout the world, with a
strong concentration on the struggles of the people of Cuba."
The Art of the Journey - the Ben Jones Story 11/5/2017 ADIFF:
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9th, 2017, 6:00pm. Columbia University, NY
US Artist Drifts Apart from Trump and Exhibit in Cuba US Artist Drifts Apart
from Trump and Exhibit in Cuba US Artist Drifts Apart from Trump and Exhibit in
Cuba 7/24/2017 Radio Reloj: "Jones thinks that many of Trump’s voters are
very racist and barely care about the environment, interested only about money,
and do not want to accept that the world has changed."
Norteamericano Ben Jones expondrá en Museo de Bellas Artes de Cuba 6/2/2017 Prensa
Latina: "El artista norteamericano de la plástica Ben Jones expondrá obras
inéditas en el Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Cuba a partir del próximo 21 de
julio, anunció hoy esta entidad. De acuerdo con la oficina de Relaciones
Públicas de la institución, el creador recién vino a esta capital para preparar
su primera exposición personal aquí, prevista para ocupar hasta el 23 de octubre
la Sala Transitoria del cuarto nivel del Edificio de Arte Universal."
US Ben Jones to Exhibit at Fine Arts Museum 6/2/2017 Prensa Latina: "U.S
plastic artist Ben Jones will exhibit his inedit work at the Fine Arts Museum of
Cuba from next Juliy 21, the institution announced. According to its office of
Public Relations, the artist has just arrived at this capital to prepare his
first personal exhibition here, scheduled to be in site until October 23 in the
Transitional Room of the fourth floor of the Universal Art building."
Afro-Cuba Today [Ben Jones and Gregory Byrant] Commentary 7/24/2015 YouTube
U.S. Painter: "In my Soul I am Cuban" 8/13/2014 Cuba Si: "Visiting Cuba to
inaugurate a collective exhibition of abstract paintings of nine Afro-American
artists, the outstanding painter Ben Jones talked exclusively with Cubasí... "
Pintor de EE.UU.: “En mi alma soy cubano” 8/13/2014 Cuba Si: "De visita en
Cuba para inaugurar una muestra colectiva de abstractos de nueve artistas
afroamericanos, el destacado creador Ben Jones conversó en exclusiva con
Cubasí... "
Afro-American Artists Present Works in Cuba: A Question of Love 8/3/2014 Jamaicans
in Solidarity with Cuba: "Ben Jones meets Cuba and not with the epidermal
curiosity of a visitor’s pass. Rather, he has been a consistent scholar of the
culture of the island and of the African diaspora which in the insular space
assumes its own face. He has not stopped in the structures of colonial
architecture, the grandiose epic or the landscapes of sun, exported to the
world. For him, it leaves the unmistakable sound of the Yoruba ritual, the
voices, the aesthetic plying the river of the Afro-Cuban. Somehow – he confesses
– I feel part of this country and its energies, its culture and its history.
More than 60 trips to Havana confirms it."
Artistas afronorteamericanos en Cuba: “Question of love” 7/31/2014 Cuba
Contemporanea: "La muestra reúne 38 piezas de nueve artistas estadounidenses que
asumen el arte de la abstracción desde diversas técnicas y a partir de la
búsqueda en las raíces africanas. Jones asegura que lo más interesante es el
componente cultural que articula toda la herencia estética proveniente de África
y de otras regiones como el Caribe. Funciona igualmente como práctica de
resistencia ante las representaciones históricamente legitimadas. Desde el
continente negro y hasta Nueva York definen una ruta de hibridez y
autoconocimiento que ahora será interpelada por el público cubano."
Artistas afronorteamericanos inauguran exposición en Cuba 7/31/2014 Trajabadores: "Ben
Jones, curador, escultor, pintor y político norteamericano ha traído a Cuba una
importante muestra del arte abstracto de su país. Se trata de la exposición La
abstracción y los artistas afroamericanos que incluye 38 obras de pequeño y
mediano formato de 9 artistas estadounidenses, las que podrán ser apreciadas en
el edificio de Arte Universal del Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (MNBA) desde el
1 de agosto y hasta octubre venidero."
Marca
pautas en colaboración Cuba-EEUU muestra de arte abstracto 7/30/2014 CMBF: "Por
su parte, Carlos Fernández, coordinador/curador de la exhibición, destacó la
gestión de Ben Jones, esencial en esta página del intercambio cultural entre
ambas naciones, pues logró reunir la obra de nueve artistas contemporáneos de
Nueva York que trabajan la abstracción."
Ben
Jones: «el bloqueo es ridículo» 7/30/2014 Radio CMBF: "El artista Ben Jones
tiene entre sus metas provocar el intercambio entre Cuba y los Estados Unidos, y
para tal empeño abrirá este 1º de agosto la exposición Artistas
Afronortamericanos y Abstracción en el Edificio de Arte Universal del Museo
Nacional de Bellas Artes. Profundo amante de la Cuba y su pueblo, declaró a
CMBF, Radio Musical Nacional, que «este es mi país favorito en todo el mundo.
Amo esta isla. De hecho bromeo con otras personas y les digo que soy cubano»."
Expondrán en Cuba artistas abstractos afro-norteamericanos 7/29/2014 CAN: "Ben
Jones, uno de los participantes y curador junto con Nanette Carter y Melvin
Edwards, declaró hoy en conferencia de prensa en el MNBA que Cuba posee una
poderosa cultura, sobre todo entre los jóvenes. Afirmó que desde su primera
llegada a la Isla en 1967, esta es su visita número 62 y siempre ha tratado de
establecer proyectos para el contacto espiritual de las dos naciones."
Invitaciones del Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes para el verano 7/11/2014 Radio
Enciclopedia: "La siguiente propuesta lleva por título Artistas
Afronorteamericanos y Abstracción, y es el resultado del esfuerzo del artista y
promotor cultual neoyorquino Ben Jones. La exposición de nueve creadores
afronorteamericanos contemporáneos en 38 piezas realizadas en diversas técnicas
tendrá su apertura en el Edificio de Arte Universal el 1º de agosto."
Anuncian programación veraniega del Museo de Bellas Artes 7/11/2014 Radio
Santa Cruz: "La segunda, apuntó que se mantendrá en cartelera del primero de
agosto hasta el mes de octubre también en Arte Universal y se trata, dijo, del
resultado del esfuerzo del creador y promotor cultural neoyorquino Ben Jones.
Esta exhibición es fruto del trabajo de nueve artistas afronorteamericanos
contemporáneos que analizan los códigos de la abstracción para su expresión
estética, realzadas en diversa técnicas, desde el uso de la pintura en acrílico
o del óleo, hasta piezas tridimensionales confeccionadas con objetos varios de
la vida cotidiana."
“Evolution/Revolution 2” and the “Africa Speaks” Conversation 3/1/2014 Ragazine: "Known
as a “citizen of the world,” Jones was born in Paterson, New Jersey, in 1941 and
currently lives in Jersey City (NJ). Since 1970, he has conducted over-50
art-related/cultural-exchange visits to Cuba, along with frequent
art-related/cultural-exchange stays throughout Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin
America."
It’s
Natural to be Green: Artist Joins the Conversation, Takes Message to South
Africa 6/1/2013 Ragazine.CC: "On the edge of Lincoln Park in Jersey City,
New Jersey, on a bright, brisk, blue-sky day in late April, two art journalists
enter the garret-studio of Ben Jones, one of one of America’s premier
African-American artists. The journalists, photographer and painter Christie
Devereaux, and artist, art historian and art critic Dr. José Rodeiro, are here
to conduct an interview with Jones about his innovative “Green” socio-ecological
series titled “Evolution/Revolution 2.” The Gaia-centered, mixed-media
environmental series will grace the walls of the prestigious UNISA Gallery at
the University of South Africa, in Pretoria, in the fall of 2013, as part of the
momentous “Africa Speaks, Come Join the Conversation” conference scheduled for
the university’s Kgorong Centre from September 28 through October 8."
New York artists in Cuba: The African American and Cuban connection 5/9/2012 New
York Beacon
In Conversation with Ben Jones 3/1/2011 Reconnect Africa: "Ben Jones is a
fascinating man and an inspired artist and our recent conversation covered a
wide range of issues. An intelligent, informed and widely travelled man with a
strong sense of solidarity with Africa and Africans, Ben Jones’s ability to cut
through to the core of an issue and to observe compassionately, with insight and
without judgement, made for a memorable conversation."
Afro-Cuban Inspired Artist, Ben Jones' Film Screening at New York African
Diaspora Film Festival 11/26/2009 A Greater Town: "New York African
Diaspora Film Festival will screen Deliverance - The Art of Ben Jones, on
November 29, 2009, 5PM at the Thalia Cinema Symphony Space. This documentary
video accompanies the major retrospective of critically-acclaimed artist Ben
Jones at the Jersey City Museum, 2008 through 2009, featuring a complete survey
of the artist's work, dating from the mid-1970's to the most recent paintings.
This film was produced, directed, and edited by Jane Steuerwald and Louis
Libitz, 2008, 25min, documentary in English. The Deliverance book has a
collection of essays by curator, Edward Spriggs; poet laureate, Amiri Baraka;
and curator, Kelli Jones accompanies this exhibition and the book is on sale at
Amazon.com."
Ben Jones: Painting, conscience, friendship 3/19/2001 Granma: "WHEN U.S.
painter Ben Jones exhibited his series on fans during the last Havana Biennial,
through the quality of the colors and delicate strokes, the observer was able to
experience the power of faces which, whether familiar or not, express internal
happiness and tenacious resilience. When the fan, which in Cuba immediately
evokes a Hispanic reference, is placed in the hands of African-American women,
it becomes a symbol of liberation and realization that goes much further than
its practical significance. This is how Jones presents the faces of cultural
icons such as Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald, or political
figures like Angela Davis, painting flames around the fan using explosive colors
that express liberation: red and black, gold or green."
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F O R I M M E D I A T E R E L E A S E “Chango-Change” Multimedia Installations by Ben Jones Opening Reception on July 10, 2009 at 7:00pm Exhibition dates: July 10 through August 15, 2009 Galerie Siguaraya Kleine Hamburger Str. 2 10115 Berlin Galerie Siguaraya is pleased to announce the opening
reception on July 10, 2009 at 7:00 pm for an exhibition featuring
multimedia installations by the critically acclaimed artist, Ben Jones
entitled, “Chango-Change.” This exhibition runs through August 15
and by appointment until August 29, 2009. Jones is internationally
celebrated as a painter, sculptor, printmaker, installation artist and
lecturer. Ben Jones (born 1941, New Jersey), received an MFA from Pratt University (Brooklyn, NY), MA from New York University (New York, NY) and BFA from Paterson University (Wayne, NJ). Jones has made over fifty cultural exchange visits to Cuba since the nineteen-seventies, and is noted by the Granma International of Havana, Cuba as one of the most important African-American artists of his generation. For over four decades, Jones’ multimedia installations have reflected his travel and research in Africa, Europe, South America, United States and the Caribbean. The brilliant rhythmic colors, abstract motifs, dense symmetrically designed compositions and symbols found in Jones work combines a classical portrayal of African art culture represented by the African Diaspora and the African-American experience. A New York Times critic recently noted of Jones’ installation at the Jersey City Museum in February 2009, “Many memorable, thought provoking images that deserve to be....known and appreciated.” Through abstract patterns, color and rhythm, Jones speaks to his political and cultural involvement with socioeconomic progress and cultural achievement on a global scale. Jones states, “ ...I want my work to be for everyone. Once we realize that we are not only one world, but apart of an expanding universe, we begin to express the joy of creation and a love for all people.” Jones’ work has been exhibited in countless public and private collections across the United States, Cuba, Spain, Great Britain, Brazil and Japan to include the Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY), Studio Museum of Harlem (New York, NY) and Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Havana, Cuba) to name a few. He has received numerous grants and awards including two National Endowment for the Arts grants (2007 and 1974-75), The Puffin Foundation grant (2005), and The Joan Mitchell Foundation grant (2002) among many others. The Siguaraya of Berlin is a gallery for international contemporary art, its exhibition program has a focal point on artist from the “country of the Siguaraya”, a name occasionally given to Cuba (reference: www.siguarayagallery.com.) Contact
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In Conversation with Ben Jones 3/1/2011 Reconnect Africa: "Ben Jones is a fascinating man and an inspired artist and our recent conversation covered a wide range of issues. An intelligent, informed and widely travelled man with a strong sense of solidarity with Africa and Africans, Ben Jones’s ability to cut through to the core of an issue and to observe compassionately, with insight and without judgement, made for a memorable conversation."
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