Alexander Gray Associates
Skip to main content
  • Menu
  • Artists
  • Exhibitions
  • Art Fairs
  • News / Events
  • Press
  • Publications
  • Gallery
Menu

Jennie C. Jones: Constant Structure: Arts Club of Chicago,

March 19 - September 26, 2020
  • Current
  • Upcoming
  • Past

Jennie C. Jones: Constant Structure: Arts Club of Chicago

Past exhibition
March 19 - September 26, 2020
  • Overview
  • Installations
  • Related Artists
Overview
Installation view: Jennie C. Jones: Constant Structure, Arts Club of Chicago, IL, 2020. Photo: Lori Wolan

Installation view: Jennie C. Jones: Constant Structure, Arts Club of Chicago, IL, 2020. Photo: Lori Wolan

Jennie C. Jones: Constant Structure
March 19 – September 26, 2020
Arts Club of Chicago, IL

The institution's press release follows: 


Lingering at the intersection of music theory, painting, and sound, Jennie C. Jones presents a new body of work prompted by the concept of “constant structure”—a term borrowed from Modern jazz composition. It refers to a consecutive chord progression with different root notes that links disparate tones into a cohesive entity. Like the intervals of jazz then, Jones’s new acoustic panel paintings, works on paper, and site-specific gestures, hit moments of dissonance and harmony through serial repetition and variation. Jones has made her mark since the 1990s by bringing the specifics of African American music history to bear upon the legacy of geometric abstraction and minimalist form. The works included here depart from the characteristic muted gray palette of the last decade, and instead draw upon a range of hues made available by a specialty acoustic textile manufacturer. Working with a set of given materials and colors, Jones frees her forms to address poetic ideas about a personal version of Synesthesia—the melding of vision and hearing.

Installations
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Jones Artsclub 2
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Jones Artsclub 1
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Jones Artsclub 3
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Jones Artsclub 4 Jpg
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Jones Artsclub 13
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Jones Artsclub 12
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Jones Artsclub 5
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Jones Artsclub 15
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Jones Artsclub 14

Installation view: Jennie C. Jones: Constant Structure, Arts Club of Chicago, IL, 2020. Photo: Lori Wolan

Related artist

  • Jennie C. Jones

    Jennie C. Jones

Back to Past exhibitions

Alexander Gray Associates

384 Broadway
New York NY 10013
United States


Tuesday – Saturday
10:30 AM – 6:00 PM
Telephone +1 212 399 2636

Inquires

Sales
sales@alexandergray.com

Press
press@alexandergray.com

General
info@alexandergray.com

Mailing List

Subscribe to email list for announcements
info@alexandergray.com

Privacy Policy
Accessibility Policy
Cookie Policy
Manage cookies
Copyright © 2025
Instagram, opens in a new tab.

This website uses cookies
This site uses cookies to help make it more useful to you. Please contact us to find out more about our Cookie Policy.

Manage cookies
Accept

Cookie preferences

Check the boxes for the cookie categories you allow our site to use

Cookie options
Required for the website to function and cannot be disabled.
Improve your experience on the website by storing choices you make about how it should function.
Allow us to collect anonymous usage data in order to improve the experience on our website.
Allow us to identify our visitors so that we can offer personalised, targeted marketing.
Save preferences