Mablen Jones
American artist (1943–2021)
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Mablen Jones (1943 – November 10, 2021) was an American artist. She is best known for the books she created.
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| Born | 1943 |
| Died | November 10, 2021 (aged 77–78) New York, New York |
Jones was born in 1943 in Nutley, New Jersey.[1]
Jones' work was included in the 1971 exhibition Twenty Six Contemporary Women Artists held at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum.[2]
She was married to fellow artist Robert Adzema for two decades.[3] The couple co-wrote a book entitled The Great Sundial Cutout Book which was published in 1978.[4][5] The marriage ended in divorce.[3]
Jones co-authored Doing art together: the remarkable Parent-Child Workshop of the Metropolitan Museum of Art with Muriel Silberstein-Storfer in 1982.[6] In 1987, Abbeville Press published her book Getting it on: the clothing of rock 'n' roll.[7]
Jones died on November 10, 2021. She was struck by a pick-up truck when she was walking across the West Side highway near her loft apartment in SoHo.[8]
Her work was included, posthumously, in 2022 exhibition 52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone at the Aldrich Museum. The show commemorated the 51st anniversary of Twenty Six Contemporary Women Artists[9]