Allen Jones is best known for sexually provocative sculptures like Chair 1969, which present the female figure as a piece of furniture. TateShots visited him at his London studio to find out how he progressed from painting and drawing the human body to producing life-size mannequin sculptures that, as he puts it, 'were very much made to offend the accepted canons of what fine art might be'.
Allen Jones: Studio visit
The London based artist talks about his sculptures that, as he puts it, 'were very much made to offend the accepted canons of what fine art might be'
