The Anonymous Widower

Allen Jones At The Royal Academy

It was Friends Day for the Allen Jones retrospective at the Royal Academy today.

Allen Jones At The Royal Academy

Some may not like Allen Jones‘s art such as Hat Stand, Table and Chair, but I like its forthright and almost jokey touch, which reminds me so much of good times with C, in the sixties and seventies.

I remember once seeing with C, a table inspired by Jones at Heals in Tottenham Court Road in probably the mid-seventies. She liked it, but the price was way above the level we could afford.

I pretty much know, that if she’d been there with me today, we’d have enjoyed it together.

But isn’t art meant to both amuse and make you think?

The BBC’s report certainly says it does that.

November 13, 2014 - Posted by AnonW | World | Art, Royal Academy