- Jere Allen
Jere Allen is an internationally known
artist , currently Professor of Art at theUniversity of Mississippi (Ole Miss ) inOxford, MS .His work can be described as figurative: strong colours, images, and symbols are often melded with portraits, providing a sense of an artist looking for answers and a reality that never fully materializes. His work is typically inspired by myths and
symbolism s. These factors combined had him labelled in1999 by a regional newspaper as "the MississippiRembrandt ".Art and Antiques has described Allen as a "modern-day master" known for his "dramatic, electric colors."Allen himself describes his work thus: "My paintings employ a reactive method in the search for an elusive notion that has perplexed me for many years. The (pictures) that stem from personal, social, political realities are often a foil to assist in the realization of feelings generated by that evasive notion."His work can be found at the
Huntsville Museum of Art andMobile Museum of Art , both of which are inAlabama . They can also be found at theMeridian Museum of Art ,Mississippi , andCoos Art Museum , inCoos Bay ,Oregon .In
2003 , Allen's work, along with that ofRobert Rauschenberg ,Roy Lichtenstein , andWolf Kahn , toured Southeast Asia in the Washington-based Meridian International Center's exhibition, "Outward Bound: American Art at the Brink of the Twenty-First Century", co-curated by fellow Mississippian Bill Dunlap.Jere Allen has an artist son, Jeffery M. Allen, though their styles and fortunes vary considerably.
External links
* [http://www.jerehallen.com Online gallery with Allen's works]
* [http://www.southsideartgallery.com/bio-jallen.htm About Jere Allen at the Southside Gallery]
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