Jones' musical career began when she was a young child, singing Canadian folk songs in the school choir. Though she didn’t have enough money to buy records, her uncle was very involved in the folk music community and exposed her to a musical education that would prove valuable later on.[1] From the early 1980s to the late 1990s, Jones performed with the all woman post-punk band Fifth Column, playing drums, guitar and background vocals, and was one of the co-founders of the group.[2] The band's first album, To Sir With Hate was released in 1985.[3] In 2002, Fifth Column's last release, Imbecile, appeared on the Kill Rock Stars compilation album Fields and Streams.[4]
Artwork and publicationsedit
G. B. Jones initially received recognition for her Tom Girls drawings, which were published in the queerpunkfanzineJ.D.s, founded by Jones and co-published with Bruce LaBruce.[5]
Themesedit
In an interview with Xtra Toronto, Jones shares, “I was interested in certain issues that I don’t think many people may have picked up on in the work, ideas about authority figures, power, obviously, and the abuse of power, and gender roles as they pertain to both sexes. I think there’s been a tendency to take a very reductivist view of the work as simply erotic and kind of dismiss that there could be any other concerns involved.”[6]
According to Dodie Bellamy, G. B. Jones "co-opts the male-on-male objectifying gaze of gay erotica and converts it to a female-on-female gaze" and herTom Girls series of drawings (based on the work of Tom of Finland) are "unapologetic, thrillingly anti-assimilationist."[7] Jones gives her marginalized female characters a place to reclaim their power. By changing the narrative, Jones's drawings allow viewers to compare the effect of women in those positions of authority versus the men.[6]
Queercoreedit
Jones coined the term “homocore” with LaBruce to cater to the social mutants of the underground. It later evolved into "queercore" to be more inclusive.[8]
^"A Conversation with G.B. Jones: The Foremother of Queercore & Riot Grrrl - A Grrrl's Two Sound Cents". agrrrlstwosoundcents.com. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
^McDonnell, Evelyn. Girls + Guitars. Out Magazine. Vol. 8, No. 10. Published by Here Publishing. April 2000.
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G B Jones is a Canadian artist filmmaker musician and publisher of zines She is best known for producing J D s and her Tom Girls drawings G B JonesGenresPost punkOccupation s Musician artist filmmakerInstrument s Vocals guitar drumsYears active1980s present Contents 1 Career 1 1 Music 1 2 Artwork and publications 1 2 1 Themes 2 Queercore 3 Exhibition history 4 Filmography 4 1 Director 4 2 Actor 5 Further reading 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksCareer editMusic edit Jones musical career began when she was a young child singing Canadian folk songs in the school choir Though she didn t have enough money to buy records her uncle was very involved in the folk music community and exposed her to a musical education that would prove valuable later on 1 From the early 1980s to the late 1990s Jones performed with the all woman post punk band Fifth Column playing drums guitar and background vocals and was one of the co founders of the group 2 The band s first album To Sir With Hate was released in 1985 3 In 2002 Fifth Column s last release Imbecile appeared on the Kill Rock Stars compilation album Fields and Streams 4 Artwork and publications edit G B Jones initially received recognition for her Tom Girls drawings which were published in the queer punk fanzine J D s founded by Jones and co published with Bruce LaBruce 5 Themes edit In an interview with Xtra Toronto Jones shares I was interested in certain issues that I don t think many people may have picked up on in the work ideas about authority figures power obviously and the abuse of power and gender roles as they pertain to both sexes I think there s been a tendency to take a very reductivist view of the work as simply erotic and kind of dismiss that there could be any other concerns involved 6 According to Dodie Bellamy G B Jones co opts the male on male objectifying gaze of gay erotica and converts it to a female on female gaze and herTom Girls series of drawings based on the work of Tom of Finland are unapologetic thrillingly anti assimilationist 7 Jones gives her marginalized female characters a place to reclaim their power By changing the narrative Jones s drawings allow viewers to compare the effect of women in those positions of authority versus the men 6 Queercore editJones coined the term homocore with LaBruce to cater to the social mutants of the underground It later evolved into queercore to be more inclusive 8 Exhibition history editJones has exhibited her art nationally and internationally since the early 1990s in spaces such as Columbus Museum of Art Columbus Participant Inc New York Mercer Union Toronto The Power Plant Toronto Kunsthalle Exnergasse Vienna White Columns New York AKA Artist Run Space Winnipeg Muncher Kunstverein Munich and Schwules Museum Berlin Her first gallery was Feature Inc in New York curated by Hudson who was the first art dealer to showcase her Tom Girls series of drawings from 1991 to 1999 9 Filmography editDirector edit The Troublemakers directed by G B Jones 1990 The Yo Yo Gang directed by G B Jones 1992 The Lollipop Generation directed by G B Jones 2008 The Dark End of the Street directed by G B Jones 2017 Actor edit Fifth Column at the Funnel directed by John Porter 1982 Boy Girl directed by Bruce LaBruce 1987 Bruce and Pepper Wayne Gacy s Home Movies directed by Bruce LaBruce and Candy Parker 1988 Like This music video for Fifth Column directed by Bruce LaBruce and Fifth Column 1990 No Skin Off My Ass directed by Bruce LaBruce 1991 Donna music video for Fifth Column directed by Friday Myers 1994 She s Real directed by Lucy Thane 1997 I Believe in the Good Of Life music video for The Hidden Cameras directed by Joel Gibb 2005 She Said Boom The Story of Fifth Column directed by Kevin Hegge 2012 Queercore How to Punk a Revolution directed by Yony Leyser 2017 Further reading edit G B Jones Living Life Like a Car Crash Lexander Magazine 28 March 2013 BooksJennifer Camper ed Juicy Mother Soft Skull Press 2005 ISBN 1 932360 70 0 Jennifer Camper and Manic D Press eds Juicy Mother 2 How They Met 2007 ISBN 978 1 933149 20 2 Firoza Elavia ed Cinematic folds the furling and unfurling of images Pleasure Dome 2008 ISBN 978 0 9682115 4 0 Marcus Ewert and Mitchell Watkins eds Ruh Roh published by Feature Inc and Instituting Contemporary Idea NYC 1992 Robin Fisher ed What s Wrong Explicit Graphic Interpretations Against Censorship Arsenal Pulp Press 2002 ISBN 1 55152 136 9 Andrea Juno ed Dangerous Drawings Juno Books 1997 ISBN 0 9651042 8 1 Selene Kapsaski edited by Jeremy Richey Welcome to Jonestown Southern Ontario Gothic Art Decades 2015 ISBN 1511568984 Robert Kirby and David Kelly eds Boy Trouble Boy Trouble Books 2004 ISBN 0 9748855 0 9 Robert Kirby and David Kelly eds The Book of Boy Trouble 2 Born to Trouble Green Candy Press 2008 ISBN 978 1 931160 65 0 Andy Paciorek and Katherine Beem eds Folk Horror Revival Field Studies Wyrd Harvest Press 2015 ISBN 978 1 326 37637 6 Leila Pourtavaf ed Feminismes Electrique La Centrale 2012 ISBN 978 2 89091 321 9 Spencer Amy DIY The Rise Of Lo Fi Marion Boyars Publishers London England 2005 ISBN 0 7145 3105 7 Scott Treleaven The Salivation Army Black Book Printed Matter Inc Art Metropole 2006 ISBN 0 89439 021 XG B Jones editorDouble Bill edited by Caroline Azar Jena von Brucker G B Jones Johnny Noxzema Rex Issues 1 5 1991 to 2001 J D s edited by Bruce LaBruce and G B Jones Issues 1 7 1985 to 1991 Hide edited by Caroline Azar Candy Pauker G B Jones Issues 1 5 1981 to 1985See also editJ D s List of female film and television directors List of LGBT related films directed by womenReferences edit A Conversation with G B Jones The Foremother of Queercore amp Riot Grrrl A Grrrl s Two Sound Cents agrrrlstwosoundcents com 30 June 2022 Retrieved 5 December 2022 McDonnell Evelyn Girls Guitars Out Magazine Vol 8 No 10 Published by Here Publishing April 2000 Michael Barclay Ian A D Jack and Jason Schneider Have Not Been the Same The Can Rock Renaissance 1985 1995 ECW Press ISBN 978 1 55022 992 9 Adrien Begrand 12 July 2002 Indie Heaven Circa 2002 Pop Matters Archived from the original on 14 July 2002 Block Adam 20 November 1990 The Queen of Zine The Advocate p 75 a b StackPath xtramagazine com 27 April 2005 Retrieved 5 December 2022 Dodie Bellamy 9 January 2019 Dodie Bellamy on G B Jones s Nasty Female Role Models Frieze 200 Retrieved 28 November 2020 Wilde Christopher May 2006 The Origin of Love PDF Queer Life p 1 Retrieved 6 October 2022 Feature Inc Previous Exhibitions 1991 Feature Inc Archived from the original on 7 April 2014 Retrieved 2014 04 01 External links editG B Jones on YouTube G B Jones at IMDb Bunny amp the Lakers at WFMU February 15 2010 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title G B Jones amp oldid 1184929924 Filmography, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
