Chris Johanson: Considering Unknow Know with What Is, and

Chris Johanson, a San Francisco-based artist, has shifted his focus from wood substrates to discarded drop cloths and clothing stretched over found stretcher-bar materials, creating slow and meticulous paintings reminiscent of ancient frescoes or mandalas. This fully illustrated exhibition catalog showcases his latest works, including swirling abstractions, floating emotive heads, and armies of ants. Johanson also incorporates six artworks by his late friend and fellow artist Chris Corales and a collaborative furniture piece by him and his partner, Johanna Jackson.

Format: Hardback
Length: 128 pages
Publication date: 18 April 2023
Publisher: Mitchell-Innes & Nash

Over the past five years, California-born, Portland-based artist Chris Johanson has taken a significant departure from his previous bodies of work. 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 fully illustrated exhibition catalog showcases 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 artists exploration of both bereavement and collaboration as meaningful components of meditative and balanced artistic activity.

Over the past five years, California-born, Portland-based artist Chris Johanson has taken a significant departure from his previous bodies of work. 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 fully illustrated exhibition catalog showcases 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 artists exploration of both bereavement and collaboration as meaningful components of meditative and balanced artistic activity.

Weight: 907g
Dimension: 287 x 218 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781734405248