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Seite [128]: This catalogue is published on the occasion of the exhibition: "Chris Johanson - Considering Unknown Know With What is, And", November 4- December 18, 2021, Mitchell-Innes & Nash ... New York, NY
Catalog published on occasion of the exhibition: Chris Johanson, Considering Unknow Know With What Is, held at Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY, November 4 - December 18, 2021
Includes an essay, Harmonic Meditations: Chris Johanson's Form of Deep Listening, by Jenny Gheith
Includes bibliographic references and index
Description:
California-born, Portland-based artist Chris Johanson has made a significant departure from his previous bodies of work over the past five years. Reflecting on life and the material footprint that humans leave behind, he has abandoned wood substrates for discarded drop cloths and clothing stretched over found stretcher-bar materials, creating slow and meticulous paintings reminiscent of ancient frescoes or mandalas. This illustrated exhibition catalog highlights these latest works, with subject matter ranging from swirling abstractions to floating emotive heads to armies of ants. Johanson also incorporates six artworks by his late friend and fellow artist Chris Corales and a collaborative furniture piece by the artist and his partner, Johanna Jackson. This underscores the artist's exploration of both bereavement and collaboration as meaningful components of meditative and balanced artistic activity