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Born 1963. Known for: Geometric grid painting.
Renowned for his wry marriages of everyday subjects with raw physical matter, Matt Johnson creates sculptures which explore the paradox of visual forms through unorthodox and surprising materials.... Read full biography
Renowned for his wry marriages of everyday subjects with raw physical matter, Matt Johnson creates sculptures which explore the paradox of visual forms through unorthodox and surprising materials. Whether rendering concentric Hula Hoops in steel to resemble nuclear diagrams or plastic beer cups in... Read full biography
Renowned for his wry marriages of everyday subjects with raw physical matter, Matt Johnson creates sculptures which explore the paradox of visual forms through unorthodox and surprising materials. Whether rendering concentric Hula Hoops in steel to resemble nuclear diagrams or plastic beer cups in painted bronze, Johnson’s sculptures point not only to the gestural potential of consumer experience, but to the primitive connection humans have with materiality. Recently focusing on wood carvings... Read full biography
Renowned for his wry marriages of everyday subjects with raw physical matter, Matt Johnson creates sculptures which explore the paradox of visual forms through unorthodox and surprising materials. Whether rendering concentric Hula Hoops in steel to resemble nuclear diagrams or plastic beer cups in painted bronze, Johnson’s sculptures point not only to the gestural potential of consumer experience, but to the primitive connection humans have with materiality. Recently focusing on wood carvings of crumpled objects of refuse, Johnson’s painstaking renderings of crushed boxes, broken Styrofoam pads, and smashed plastic present tossed-off remnants of everyday life as sublime formalism. Johnson has exhibited widely in such international venues... Read full biography
Renowned for his wry marriages of everyday subjects with raw physical matter, Matt Johnson creates sculptures which explore the paradox of visual forms through unorthodox and surprising materials. Whether rendering concentric Hula Hoops in steel to resemble nuclear diagrams or plastic beer cups in painted bronze, Johnson’s sculptures point not only to the gestural potential of consumer experience, but to the primitive connection humans have with materiality. Recently focusing on wood carvings of crumpled objects of refuse, Johnson’s painstaking renderings of crushed boxes, broken Styrofoam pads, and smashed plastic present tossed-off remnants of everyday life as sublime formalism. Johnson has exhibited widely in such international venues as: The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2005, 2009); The Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (2007); The Saatchi Gallery, London (2009); the Hydra W... Read full biography
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