Artwork
10 Ways To Kill Dylan Thomas
These were commissioned for Welsh Art Now magazine, and were approached in a humorous manner.
Eat Him Head First
date : 2009size : 11½” x 8½”
medium : collage
notes : First in the ‘10 Ways To Kill Dylan Thomas’ series, in which Jones exorcises the Welsh iCon, and serves him up on a plate.
comment : “Bon appetit.”
Eat Him Head First
Dylennon
date : 2009size : 11½” x 8½”
medium : collage
notes : Second in the ‘10 Ways To Kill Dylan Thomas’ series depicts the late DT in the role of John Lennon.
comment : “In Liverpool, the bands suffer from ‘the Beatles Syndrome’; for poets in Wales, they encounter the ‘Dylan Thomas Syndrome’. Make him the lead singer of the Beatles; it'd kill him, and anybody else …”
Dylennon
Maudit
date : 2009size : 11½” x 8½”
medium : collage
notes : Third in the Dylan Thomas series, with Thomas portrayed as Richie Edwards with the Severn Bridge in the background.
comment : “There are parallels between Thomas and Edwards; both were talented yet tortured souls.”
Maudit
Glân
date : 2009size : 11½” x 8½”
medium : collage
notes : Fourth in the Dylan Thomas series, with the poet as a prize-winning Welsh Black bull.
comment : “This is the prize that the ‘Dylan Thomas Industry’ commandeered after his death; once vital, now tamed and docile.”
Glân
Mine Him Until Collapse
date : 2009size : 11½” x 8½”
medium : collage
notes : Fifth of the ‘10 Ways To Kill Dylan Thomas’, shows the writer's head being mined (and mined).
comment : “I reckon the people of Laugharne, which Thomas described as ‘the strangest town in Wales’ (I beg to differ!), must be a little bored of it all by now. I have friends who visited this year, and were totally underwhelmed by the whole ‘boathouse’ experience.”
Mine Him Until Collapse
DT's Oblivion
date : 2009size : 11½” x 8½”
medium : collage
notes : Notorious for his drinking habits, Thomas ‘stars’ on the label of his very own brand of whiskey.
comment : “Inspite of his reputation for being a caner, it wasn't actually the whiskey that killed him.”
DT's Oblivion
Send Him to the Magic Garden
date : 2009size : 11½” x 8½”
medium : collage
notes : Dylan Thomas, portrayed as the Magic Roundabout's Dylan the Rabbit and banished to the Magic Garden.
comment : “Dylan Thomas.”
Send Him to the Magic Garden
Bury Him Under Milk Wood
date : 2009size : 11½” x 8½”
medium : collage
notes : In the eighth image of the series, Jones buries Dylan Thomas beneath the words of one of his best known works.
comment : “Llareggub.”
Bury Him Under Milk Wood
Fire Him from a Welsh Longbow through the Strings of a Welsh Harp
date : 2009size : 11½” x 8½”
medium : collage
notes : The penultimate in the series is a two-part image, featuring the young Dylan Thomas.
comment : “These images are a plea for the modern Welsh poet, rather than a personal attack on Thomas or his works. His legacy of timeless writings need no further promotion(as they still stand on merit); up-and-coming writers should be prioritised and celebrated.”
