Categoria
PitturaTecniche
AcrilicoTipo d'opera
Opera originaleCertificato emesso da
IdeelArt Firma
versodimensioni senza cornice
91,5 x 91,5 cm(36,02 x 36,02 in)
Fattura emessa da
Clay JohnsonCondizioni
ottimoDescrizione dell'opera
Clay JOHNSON
(1963)
Lorenzo’s Riddle(2021)
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Acrylic on aluminum panel - Unframed.
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The technique Johnson employs is extremely rigorous, involving, as he says, “pushing paint around with palette knives and drywall tools rather than brushes.” The scraping and sanding create a variety of different textures and lead to the emergence of unexpected forms.
Johnson has said he does not believe in inspiration. Instead, he believes in evolution. He is motivated by process. Rather than being planned ahead of time, the work emerges through a series of critical responses to previous decisions. He begins each painting by taping off one or more horizon lines. His initial color choice then guides the composition forward. Certain elements—a color, a line, a texture—are destroyed, while other elements incite unimagined discoveries. His intuition is guided by visceral reactions to the physical qualities of paint, the quest for pictorial balance, and the emergence of abstract relationships.