Pop Art's most scandalous legs — and the man who turned vinyl into high art.
Scenes Seen with Allen Jones explores the motive of the artist's famed graphic works,, paintings and sculptures. The erotic overtones of Jones's work are both controversial and exciting, drawing the public's attention towards a new sector of the avant-garde. Jones is introduced in his London studio, where he is developing an idea for a new painting as he meticulously studies his model. During his days as a top member of the Pop Art movement in Britain, Jones evolved a singular genre of imagery: totemic forms of torso-less legs, sheathed in vinyl, which have become his artistic "signature."
Direction
Blackwood lets Jones hang himself with his own words.
Production
1970 London studio footage is pure time-capsule gold.
Director
Michael Blackwood
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jones's 'Hatstand' sculpture — a mannequin in vinyl boots and hat — was banned from a 1978 London exhibit after a feminist protest.
This 1970 doc captures Jones pre-backlash, still smugly confident that his 'female form as furniture' was edgy rather than exhausting.
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