Publik Universal Frxnd
The Publik Universal Frxnd (fka Richard John Jones) is currently an artist based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Frxnd is referencing a historical figure but they might also simply just be reappearing. A heretic, a quack, a contradiction in terms, the Frxnd is an enunciation of a higher power or spirit and has no gender despite the form of their earthly vessel.
They are and perhaps always were an instrument to go beyond the limited imagination and perspective of one’s own specific subject position. The Publik Universal Frxnd is a movement in time towards an undoing of the self. After all, like many people at the moment, they haven’t been feeling themselves lately.