--- title: "2 Amelia Jones Quotes" description: "Amelia Jones is an American art historian, professor and curator. Her research specialisms include feminist art, body art, performance art, video art, i..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/530/amelia-jones-95074_art_in-the-case-of-an-artistic-practice-that_543756.jpg" --- # Amelia Jones **2** quotes in **1** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Amelia Jones is an American art historian, professor and curator. Her research specialisms include feminist art, body art, performance art, video art, identity politics, and New York Dada. Jones's earliest work established her as a feminist scholar and curator, including through a pioneering exhibit ## Quotes by Amelia Jones > [“In the case of an artistic practice that performs female narcissism..., the threat lies in its making superfluous the arbiters of artistic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelia-jones/in-the-case-of-an-artistic-practice-that-performs-female-narcissism/) Amelia Jones [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/530/amelia-jones-95074_art_in-the-case-of-an-artistic-practice-that_543756.jpg) > [“Alicia Brown loved the feeling of swimming. Face in water, smooth stroke, face out of water; another smooth stroke. It was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelia-jones/alicia-brown-loved-the-feeling-of-swimming-face-in-water-smooth/) Amelia Jones [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6d/amelia-jones-95074_quote_alicia-brown-loved-the-feeling-of-swimmi_777923.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelia-jones/#itemlist", "name": "Amelia Jones Quotes", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“In the case of an artistic practice that performs female narcissism..., the threat lies in its making superfluous the arbiters of artistic value. 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