16 oktober 2013

Allen Jones #2




Allen Jones' loft: appartment and studio, Smithfield, London,1980.

"he dream of the New York loft in London was finally realized when three painters, a sculptor, a designer, a publisher and half a dozen others jointly bought an old Smithfield hat factory in 1979. Some were to live there, some to work there, some both. CZWG did the break-up of the building, persuaded Islington Council it was a suitable use, and fitted out several of the spaces for the inhabitants. Two examples are the 4,000 square foot duplex studio/apartment for painter Allen Jones - famous for its staircase double drum entrance guarded by two faithful cast-iron radiators - and Ian Logan’s design studio, where the use of the medium of electrical conduit can be seen in its infancy." (bron: CZWG)

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