Jennie C. Jones

Ensemble: The Roof Garden Commission

Lauren Rosati, Glenn Ligon

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Metropolitan Museum of Art
22 July 2025

History of Art & Design Styles; Non-graphic art forms; Individual artists, art monographs

Series: The Roof Garden Commission

Documenting Jennie C. Jones's multisensory site-specific artwork, this volume highlights her inspirations—from Minimalism and Modernism to avant-garde music

Best known as a painter, Jennie C. Jones draws on the aesthetics and conceptual underpinnings of Minimalism and the improvisational qualities of avant-garde music to explore the sonic potential of abstraction. This volume, the latest installment in The Met's Roof Garden Commission series, documents Jones's first multiwork outdoor installation, titled Ensemble. The installation features a trio of sculptural forms that emphasize the geometry of different musical instruments, including a zither, a one-string, and an Aeolian harp; a fourth, floor-based work acts as the conductor of this ensemble. At once static and dynamic, the sculptures sit quietly until they are played—whether by the movement of the wind or invited performers. The publication features a keynote essay examining the artist's practice and touchstones for her multisensory abstractions. An interview with Jones by the artist Glenn Ligon charts the development of the new commission and discusses the tension between sound and silence as a unique response to its installation on a Manhattan rooftop overlooking Central Park.

Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press

Exhibition Schedule:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

(April 14–October 19, 2025)

By: Lauren Rosati, Glenn Ligon
Imprint: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 184mm, Width: 108mm,
ISBN: 9781588397942
ISBN 10: 1588397947
Series: The Roof Garden Commission
Pages: 64
Publication Date: 22 July 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lauren Rosati is an associate curator in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art and research projects manager in the Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Glenn Ligon is a painter and conceptual artist living and working in New York.

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Jennie C. Jones

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Lauren Rosati, Glenn Ligon

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