Oliver Jones Oliver Jones is an artist based in the UK working from his studios in both rural Shropshire and Birmingham where he co-runs A3 Project Space and Studios. Oliver’s large scale, photo-realistic pastel works aim to question societies interpretation and notion of flesh, provoking the viewer to analyse the surfaces which are more closely evident in reality opposed to the manipulated imagery we are flaunted most apparently through media and industry. Oliver adopts techniques from advertising in an attempt to ‘re-advertise’ and reflect a more common and truthful representation of flesh. His work aims to exemplify this improper depiction of the exterior
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Oliver Jones Three Steps to Younger Looking Skin Part 3. 2013. 122 x 91.5cm, Pastel on paper.
commonly advertised, manipulated and exploited, by reflecting a more honest image of reality. The drawings use the fragile properties of paper and chalk pastel as the medium to reflect and enhance the fragile nature of the flesh. More importantly the application is so closely comparable to the way we apply products, touch and handle skin that the process symbolises the routines and rituals we go thorough to maintain it. Jones is represented in California through GUSFORD | los angeles and his work is shown both nationally and internationally including notable collections in Los Angeles, Frankfurt and Istanbul.