Directional Work comprises 52 pages of Vancouver painter Collin Johanson’s drawings, prints, rubbings, and collages. In Johanson’s works, the dead, the most reified of objects and images, are given life again in a thriving ambiguity. The drawings bring to mind a kind of speech through bricolage, as if an alienated subject attempted to mark its identity and territory against that of society by forcing that society’s castoff objects and productions back into circulation. Domestic folk aesthetics collide with material process; a wooden sun sets, a teddy bear is printed, and a dock worker shoulders a loaded dice.
Bio:
Collin Johanson's paintings and installations have been shown in artist-run centers and commercial galleries across Canada. In 2008 he was a semi-finalist for the RBC painting competition, his exhibition 'Get Lucky' was exhibited at LES Gallery in 2010. He currently lives in Montreal.
collinjohanson.com
collinjohanson.com
2011
52 pages
8.5 x 5.5"
black and white photocopy
$7.00
52 pages
8.5 x 5.5"
black and white photocopy
$7.00
