A few months back, Marc Jones was chosen by the New York museum of art as the artist for their new project, called ‘The Art of Money’. The show featured a collection of images from his ‘Dead Presidents’ collage series.

Marc Jones is a well-known name in the world of street art and graffiti fans, but he is also recognized as a marketer and businessman, who has collaborated with well known brands such as Nike, Pepsi and Adidas.

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Marc Jones, one of the most famous artists in the world, has many works. One of his newest pieces is at the New York museum of art. We have had the honor of reviewing this work and will tell you what we think of it.

Jones’ work is extremely popular and very well done. In this case he has portrayed 16 dead presidents. The piece is said to be a testament to their lives. As one looks at the work, it does seem to be full of life and energy. The colors used are bright and vibrant, the subjects appear cheerful, as if no problems are present. This feel good artwork gives off a happy feeling and seems to draw in onlookers from all over.

Titled “Dead Presidents”, this piece reflects little on the presidents themselves but instead pays tribute to them as well-liked people that brought happiness to others throughout their lives. The piece itself is a work of art that has a strong message which can easily be deciphered by those who know what they are looking for.

The piece truly carries out its objective with flying colors and should be looked at by everyone who enjoys great artwork like this one

Marc Jones has been making his Dead Presidents collection for a few years now, and it was great to see the latest installment of the series at the New York Museum of Art last weekend.

After seeing this show, I’m even more blown away by how much Jones is able to do with so little. If you’re unfamiliar with Dead Presidents, it’s an ongoing series of portraits where Jones paints famous dead people on dollar bills. It’s not just any dollar bill, though–the bills are meticulously altered by Jones with tiny pen and ink drawings that somehow allow him to portray everything from a person’s face to their entire life in just a few strokes. To call it impressive is really an understatement. The portraits are beautiful, but they’re also really fascinatingly bizarre–the wispy lines of ink seem almost like they were drawn by magic marker instead of painted on with watercolors.

The exhibit at the museum had a cool selection of work spanning several years’ worth of Dead Presidents, which was great because I got to see the progression of Jones’ style over time. Some pieces were done in collaboration with other artists and writers (including some AGO staff), which I thought was especially cool because you could see how different artists interpret Jones’ idea in their own way

Marc Jones’ artwork Dead Presidents is a collection of 12 portraits. Each portrait portrays one of the former presidents.

The portrait’s are a variety of media, some are oil paintings and others are charcoal drawings. The artist’s signature is located on the bottom right corner of each portrait.

Titled Dead Presidents, the work commemorates ten deceased American presidents. The work is an expansion of Jones’s original series that included only five portraits (pictured below).

Born in 1964, Marc Jones lives and works in New York City. He received his BFA from the Pratt Institute in 1986 and his MFA from Yale University in 1989. Jones’ work has been included in numerous solo exhibitions including at The Studio Museum in Harlem and at the Whitney Museum of American Art. In addition he has been featured in group shows at the Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Solomon R Guggenheim Museum as well as other museums and galleries nationwide. He was awarded a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in 1998.

The piece, entitled “Dead Presidents,” consists of a collection of portraits that Jones has drawn of American presidents. The portraits are done in the style of Mark Rothko, an abstract expressionist painter who Jones greatly admires.

Jones told The Huffington Post that he’s “always been interested in the history of every president.”

The artist also supplied some information about his pieces and his inspiration for doing them.

The work of sculptor/painter/designer Marc Jones is an inspiration to us all. Not only has he done a great deal of production design in film, but his art is also up for exhibit at New York City’s Museum of Art and Design. We could tell you about the show, or we could just show you photos from it. Either way works for us.

Compared to other artists he is not that well known, but according to Wikipedia this may be because his artwork is more widely sought after as a source material for other artists rather than being able to create major solo exhibitions of his own body of work. His most famous piece, a portrait made entirely out of dollar bills, was used by several hip-hop groups (as seen above). But he’s also created some truly remarkable pieces like the ones displayed at the museum’s exhibit.**

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Art is a $67 billion industry in the United States. As of 2014, it accounted for 5% of all jobs in the U.S. and indirectly supported another 4%. The global art market is estimated at over $100 billion (3% of the global luxury market).

Artists make art because they love it, but are ready to sell it. That’s how an artist makes a living; by selling the artwork.