With much respect to Phillip K. Dick, do prepare your limbic system for the art assault of Andrew Jones—if ya can!
My stalwart companion, Dwight, attended a ConceptArt workshop back in 2005 and let's just say, he came back changed. For the better, of course. It was a totally immersive and communal experience for him, and one that really opened him up creatively.
Names like Coro Kaufman, Jon Foster, J.P. Targete and Andrew Jones got brought up a lot afterwards and I gotta admit—I kinda got changed, too.
I was brand new to concept art as a field (like many, I suppose). And even though the term itself wasn't as en vogue then as it is now, there was already a proliferation of young artists rockin' it hard.
Plus, ConceptArt.org sounded like the coolest place on the planet! Twelve million people a year visiting and sharing images with each other, in one on-line community? Who could hate that?
Okay, I'm digressing—back to Mr. Jones.
Andrew (or Android) is one of the co-founders of ConceptArt.org and its entertainment business other side, Massive Black. In the early days of his career, he worked for ILM, Black Isle Studios and Nintendo, before eventually stepping out with Jason Manley and Coro to do their own thing. The art world has never fully recovered, by the way.
As we've mentioned before on this site, this guy does it all and well. And consistently. Concept art, illustration, fashion design, body art, teaching at workshops, live digital performances—everything.
His 1000 Portraits Project from '02 was just a motherf*cker to behold. As you followed the changes in the images, you started to see extreme changes in the artist, too—literally (it was nuts).
On Saturday, November 7th, Andrew's very first gallery show, Liminal Rez, will jump off. Push Studio in San Francisco is the place, 7PM is the time and it'll probably be bedlam. Jonsey is really popular and well, really good.
We're honored to have had this young art warrior come on and hang out with us. We've been big fans for like, five years now, so it was a long time coming.
And the devil's in the details on this one, folks, so don't sheep. Umm, sleep...sorry.
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Posted by: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=4913841 | November 06, 2009 at 07:02 PM
what a great podcast. i got the chance to meet andrew at the insomnia workshop and hearing his voice brought back all the great things he said then. fantastic work fellas.
(Swain re: You got it, Rick! Thanks for listening.)
Posted by: twitter.com/RickQuemado | November 07, 2009 at 07:40 AM
Great interview! What I love about Andrew Jones is that he always makes me rethink where I'm going and where I could go with my art. His passion is strongly infective.
(RE: We agree Marek, as a forerunner of the digital avant garde his spirit is overwhelming full of free flowing insight and direction.~D)
Posted by: Marek Tarnawski | November 09, 2009 at 01:50 PM
Man, I love this guy.
Many years ago I found conceptart.org and there was Andrew, drawing a self portrait a day, each new piece being even more jawdropping than the last. I was utterly amazed by his dedication. And still am!
Thank you guys from sidebar for interviewing him. I'm not even halfway through the podcast, but I'm loving every minute of it!
(Swain re: Thank YOU, R, for listening and the kind words, sir!)
Posted by: Ricardo | November 13, 2009 at 12:32 PM
Wow, sounds like he quotes a lot of Terence Mckenna
Posted by: Sp1ce | December 09, 2009 at 04:02 PM
Awesome art and a purveyor of positive ideas; this dude sure loves quoting Terrence McKenna! Maybe give Terrence a shout out next time. 8)
Posted by: DanW | December 09, 2009 at 04:02 PM
This dude is like Grandmaster Flash with the live stuff, wikki wikki woo! Hope he doesn't get dated as soon. Love the traditional paintings Android, I say go with that full on!
Posted by: Roydo | March 04, 2010 at 07:37 PM