Jones Gallery, located on historic Germain Street in Uptown Saint John, is the studio and exhibition space of artist Sarah Jones.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Sarah Jones is a Saint John-based visual artist, working with the palette knife in oil and mixed media. Her work looks at how industrial or functional urban spaces coexist/collide with domestic spaces. The strong industrial, urban and blue-collar heritage of her hometown of Saint John provides the inspiration and material for this investigation.
Sarah spent the summer of 2005 studying art in Rome, fostering a love of Italian art and architecture, particularly for the work of Michelangelo, Caravaggio and Bernini. Sarah recently graduated from Queen’s University with a Master of Arts degree in Art History and frequently offers art history courses in partnership with the Saint John Arts Centre.
Sarah is most passionate about three things in life: the culture of Saint John; really cool bits of art history; and, most of all, her little red Vespa.
View Sarah's curriculum vitae.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Saint John has loads of interesting bits of urban space, visually fascinating pieces of physical infrastructure. Every Saint Johner knows this. We all walk down Germain Street or Prince William and marvel at the beauty of the heritage architecture, the intricate carvings around the doorways, the quiet solemnity of the stately red brick homes. My work, however, seeks to reconcile the historical what may be viewed as the non-heritage. In other words, I like to look at how industrial or functional urban spaces coexist/collide with domestic spaces. I attempt to ask the viewer what it means for a city to be "urban" or "industrial," interrogating Saint John's (and other similar cities') death-grip on the idea of heritage preservation and questioning the urban identity implications of gentrification.
Put simply, I just really dig refineries, cranes, train cars, tankers and precarious-looking fire escapes.
NEWS & PRESS RELEASES
Jones Gallery partners with ADI Limited on industrial-themed show, November 15/201