DAVID JOHNS, Canyon Reflection, 2014, Acrylic on canvas, 55½ x 40 inches David Johns practices abstract expressionism without apology, breathing new life into a time-honored but clichéd style by putting its tenets unselfconsciously to his personal use. Johns does not rely on gesture per se, but understands abstract expressionist practice as a means of filling space with form in a manner that at once answers to and transcends the pictorial. His concern is the visual and extra-visual resonance o...
DAVID JOHNS, Canyon Reflection, 2014, Acrylic on canvas, 55½ x 40 inches David Johns practices abstract expressionism without apology, breathing new life into a time-honored but clichéd style by putting its tenets unselfconsciously to his personal use. Johns does not rely on gesture per se, but understands abstract expressionist practice as a means of filling space with form in a manner that at once answers to and transcends the pictorial. His concern is the visual and extra-visual resonance o...
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