Bob Jones

I’m very happy to share that on Wednesdays I’m teaching at the Abendakademie at the Academy of Fine Arts in Leipzig. It’s a new path for me.I ’m learning a lot and really enjoying the exchange with my group of 20 people. For this course, I’ve invited Lea Petry, Esraa Dayrwan, Genesis Kahveci, Bob Jones, and Dimitrios Mavroudis to share different perspectives on self-portrait practice: from violence in the gaze and the objectification of bodies, especially those perceived as feminine to non-hegemonic bodies and queer identities. We will also reflect on migration, shared spaces, and the intimate nature of self-portraiture, while exploring it as a space for empowerment and critical thinking. I’ll be sharing a series of posts to introduce each of the guest artists and their work. Here’s a sneak peek of some of the literature shaping the course.

Warm invitation to the opening of 𝗚𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗻 at Landesmuseum Koblenz next Thursday, the 26th of March from 6 pm! Honored to be part of the 2025/2026 selection alongside: @bre_alamilla @danieladuckwitz @lynngerstmair @sophienawova @steffenniers Anissa Tavara @gerdwaliszewski Big thanks to Josefine Raab, Stefan Becht, Katrin Seidel and the jury for making this exhibition possible! Cover motive: from the work „587 flashes“ (Bob Jones) @gute_aussichten @festungkoblenz

Diploma of Fine Arts, Part I: 𝙞𝙢 𝙎𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙜𝙚𝙡: 𝙢𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙞𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙎𝙪𝙗𝙟𝙚𝙠𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙧𝙪𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙯𝙞𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙂𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙛𝙩 A media-referential, para-philosophical, (tediously but organically) author-embodying piece of writing, retrospectively conjuring up a decade of portraiture obsession and theoretically grounded in an academically limited understanding of subject theory. Grateful for the potentialities of future (co-)writing as well as research-based artistic explorations that the text and its methodical and thematic limitations continues to incite! 🔥 Between Marcia’s medieval “self”-portrait, 1960s performance art and contemporary AI-mediated selfhood in sex robotics, the text contemplates the intersection of image practices, technological mediation and the formation of embodied subjectivity in self-imag(in)ing homing in on gaze, performativity and surveillance. 💯 human-authored. @hgbleipzig @klassebara_hgb @klasseklasse_hgb @stabiberlin ☕️

Come by. 🧪 @aokunsthalle : Friday & Saturday 12 – 6pm @hgbleipzig : Friday 4 – 10 pm Saturday 2 – 9 pm Sunday 12 – 6 pm

𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 2025 digital photograph on curtain & video on tablet in plastic zip bag. Shown at @hgbleipzig Rundgang @klassebara_hgb 2.80 x 3 m #notsosmall #hgbleipzig

Recent photo book 𝓌𝒽𝒾𝓈𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒷𝒾𝓇𝒹 𝓈𝑜𝓃𝑔 by and with @womeninphotography_nz_au and @thehandmadedarkroom Curated and produced by @virginiawoodsjack @be.li.n.da @samsondell___ in collaboration with the Women* in Photography NZ/AU community. Happy to be a part of it and looking forward to more collabs to come. 🌊💙

𝑹𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑾𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒌𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒂 shown at Timonhaus as part of @fstop_leipzig Festival für Fotografie 2-channel video, green screen, 2024 Thanks to @magdalenastoeger und @leon.hoesl for curating the festival and to @d21_kunstraum and the HGB seminar for the team work 🫶🏻 Photos 3+4 by Walther Le Kon Newspaper clipping from Leipziger Volkszeitung, photo by Jürgen Kleindienst

Tbt „Keep Your Eyes Peeled“ at @aff_galerie - a group exhibition showcasing the works of AFF photographers and artists selected from the extended network of the gallery. The exhibition was up during this year‘s gallery weekend. Thank you for inviting me, dear @juliabrigasky and @aff_galerie and for hosting us for an early summer weekend 💛 Artwork from the series „each face stares“, 2021 Photos 2, 4, 5, 6 taken by ©AFF Galerie #affgalerie #galleryweekend #galleryweekendberlin #photographyinberlin

When I set out to create some non-portrait work. „Sitting by the grave“, 2024 Unfixed lumens, photogrammetry, chromogenetic handprints. Installed at @hgbleipzig Rundgang, documented by @felixpacholleck 🤍

Thank you @noedebell for this attentive exhibition review for @loeildelaphotographie 🗞️ You can read the full article including a series of photos online as a subscriber to @loeildelaphotographie : /en/galerie-im-tempelhof-bob-jones-beyond-me/ Exhibition „Beyond me“ 2.2.-14.4.2024 Galerie im Tempelhof Museum Curated by @dianathun

Sunday is the last day of my solo exhibition „Beyond me“, curated by @dianathun - we are looking forward to seeing you at the Finissage! 🥂 14th of April, 4-6pm Galerie im Tempelhof Museum Alt-Mariendorf 43 Reposted from: @hausamkleistpark

Installationsansichten von meiner Einzelausstellung „Beyond me“ in der Galerie im Tempelhof Museum @hausamkleistpark 1.2. - 14.4.2024 Finissage: 14.4., 16-18 Uhr Lesekreis: 20.3. und 14.4., 18-20 Uhr Danke für die wunderbare Zusammenarbeit an @dianathun und das Team vom @hausamkleistpark sowie die Dokumentation von @amelie_losier ✨ Die Fotokünstler*in Bob Jones setzt sich mit den Bedeutungen und den vielfältigen Zusammenhängen von Identität, Rollenbildern und Körperlichkeit auseinander. Die Ausstellung „Beyond me“ kombiniert ausgewählte Werkserien von 2015 und 2021, die zum einen auf die Beschäftigung der Künstler*in mit dem eigenen Selbst zurückgehen, zum anderen über den Einfluss von gesellschaftlichen Konventionen reflektieren. Traditionelle (Frauen*-)Darstellungen werden in ihrer Arbeit dekonstruiert oder einem ironisierenden Blick unterzogen, wodurch neue Perspektiven auf die Frage nach der eigenen Position im sozialen Geflecht eröffnet werden. Kuratiert von Diana Thun. Installationsansichten von ©Amélie Losier @amelie_losier #galerieimtempelhofmuseum #hausamkleistpark #photographyinberlin #artinberlin