Together. Alone. | Dylan Jones
9 September - 4 October 2020
Jan Manton Gallery is proud to present Dylan Jones’ latest exhibition ‘Together. Alone.’
Continuing his preoccupation with the figure, Jones uses the human body as a vehicle to explore the collective and the individual response to times of adversity. Using handmade paint applied in gestural and thick brush strokes, each step of Jones’ process is invested with raw emotion. His work points to a universality and relishes in the spontaneity of his artistic medium as well as the human experience.
2020 may be the most transformative and turbulent year of the 21st century. It is redefining the way people live and connect worldwide. Humanity is experiencing a collective grief in which individuals feel both together and alone simultaneously. Despite the ongoing anxiety and disparity, there continues to be countless acts of kindness and courage. The isolated figures in this series of work capture this state of flux. They appear detached and wounded, yet unified by the vacant abyss in which they reside. Contained within this series of works is a sense of hope and expectation for what is to come.
— Dylan Jones, August 2020