Amelia Jones
Amelia Jones is an American art historian, art critic and curator specializing in feminist art, body/ performance art, video art and Dadaism. Her written works and approach to modern and contemporary art history are considered revolutionary in that she breaks down commonly assumed opinions and offers brilliantly conceived critiques of the art historical tradition and individual artist's positions in that often elitist sphere.
Amelia Jones studied art history at Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania. She received her Phd from UCLA in 1991.
Jones has taught art history at UC Riverside and is currently the Pilkington Chair of the art history department at Manchester University.
Jones received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2000.
Amelia Jones is the daughter of Princeton Psychology professor Edward E. Jones.
“In the case of an artistic practice that performs female narcissism..., the threat lies in its making superfluous the arbiters of artistic value. Already presuming her desirability, [she] obviates the modern critical system; loving herself, she needs no confirmation of her artistic 'value”