Mablen Jones
Mablen Jones | |
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| Born | 1943 |
| Died | November 10, 2021 (aged 77–78) New York, New York |
Mablen Jones (1943 – November 10, 2021) was an American artist. She is best known for the books she created.
Jones was born in 1943 in Nutley, New Jersey.[1]
Jones' work was included in the 1971 exhibition Twenty Six Contemporary Women Artists held at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum.[2]
She was married to fellow artist Robert Adzema for two decades.[3] The couple co-wrote a book entitled The Great Sundial Cutout Book which was published in 1978.[4][5] The marriage ended in divorce.[3]
Jones co-authored Doing art together: the remarkable Parent-Child Workshop of the Metropolitan Museum of Art with Muriel Silberstein-Storfer in 1982.[6] In 1987, Abbeville Press published her book Getting it on: the clothing of rock 'n' roll.[7]
Jones died on November 10, 2021. She was struck by a pick-up truck when she was walking across the West Side highway near her loft apartment in SoHo.[8]
Her work was included, posthumously, in 2022 exhibition 52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone at the Aldrich Museum. The show commemorated the 51st anniversary of Twenty Six Contemporary Women Artists[9]
References
- ^ "BRIDGE 52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone" (PDF). Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 June 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ "Lucy Lippard - Twenty Six Contemporary Women Artists". Printed Matter. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ a b "Former husband recalls Downtown artist killed by truck on West Side Highway". The Village Sun. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ "About the Artist". Robert Adzema. Archived from the original on 29 April 2025. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ Adzema, Robert.; Jones, Mablen. (1978). "The great sundial cutout book". HathiTrust. Hawthorn Books. Archived from the original on 29 April 2025. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ Silberstein-Storfer, Muriel (1982). "Doing art together : the remarkable Parent-Child Workshop of the Metropolitan Museum of Art". Internet archives. New York : Simon and Schuster. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ Jones, Mablen (1987). "Getting it on : the clothing of rock 'n' roll". Internet archive. New York : Abbeville Press. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ "Hudson Square woman, 78, killed by truck while crossing West Side Highway". The Village Sun. 11 November 2021. Archived from the original on 13 May 2025. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ "52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone". The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. Archived from the original on 30 March 2025. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
External links
- images of Jones' work at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum