BESTIARY

12 July - 30 September 2011

The Allen Gallery
Church Street
Alton
Hampshire GU34 2BW

Visit the Allen Gallery website.

Alex is also exhibiting pieces in the new visitor centre at Durrell, Jersey.

Although a traditionally trained wood sculptor, there is nothing conventional about Alex Jones' sculpture. His quirky approach to each individual sculpture makes people look at the subject in a new and exciting way. Whilst primarily working in wood, Alex also employs other techniques - including gilding, casting, knitting in wire - to enhance the exceptionality of his work.

At the moment, Alex's focus is on animals and plants. He looks at the weird and the wonderful and puts them under a magnifying glass. The results are magnificent contemporary works of art which challenge your sense of scale and with incredible attention to detail. Thus you can see every facet to a prawn's aluminium armour, every seed of a 7ft high dandelion's clock and every warty growth on a bronze chameleon's back. Things that may have once seemed insignificant or repellent suddenly become beautiful, tactile and iconic.

A sculptor for 15 years, Alex studied at the City & Guilds Art College in London. Since 1992, he has been based in Winchester working continuously on private commissions. Alex is now holding his current exhibition - BESTIARY. A bestiary is a compendium of beasts made popular in the Middle Ages in illustrated volumes that described various animals, birds and even rocks and plants. They were usually accompanied by a moral lesson reflecting the world itself and the belief that every living thing had its own unique meaning.

To view pieces in the exhibition, visit the Gallery section of this website. They can be seen in a number of the galleries such as mirrors, Sky and Earth, and Beasts and Bugs.

For further information about the exhibition, please email Alex on alexjones66@btinternet.com or call 01962 860267