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The Art of Value

The Art of Value

Plastic Age

Oil Sculptures

Oil Sculptures – install view
Oil Sculpture 10
Oil Sculpture 9
Oil Sculpture 8
Oil Sculpture 7
Oil Sculpture 6
Oil Sculpture 5
Oil Sculpture 4
Oil Sculpture 3
Oil Sculpture 2
Oil Sculpture 1

Oil Age – Paintings

Oil Age
Block Offer
Kaitiakitanga
The Oil Fields
Deepwater Horizon
Drill, Baby, Drill
Peak Oil
Sweet Crude Oil
Tui Field
Pohokura Field
Maui Field
Kupe Field
Maari Field
Kapuni Field
McKee Field
Kowhai Field
Mangahewa Field
Ocean Spill
Oil Warfare Decoration

Drones

Drone Empire Decoration (Red)
Drone Empire Decoration
Drone Empire Decoration
Drone Warfare Decoration

Art Badges

Art Merch
Arthole
Artrovert
Art Monster

Signatures

Signature Cluster (Sky)
Signature Cluster (Blue)
Signature Cluster (Black)
Signature Clusters 1-3
Signature Field 1
Signature Field 2
Signature Field 3
Signature Field 4

Extractivist Landscapes

Fracked
Oil Painting
Oasis
Deluge 2
Deluge 1

Backwater Ops

Tui Elite Forces
NOYFB
We Own The Night
Against All Odds
Keep Your Distance
Let Them Hate
Collect All Signals
You Can Run
Operations Terminated
Backwater Ops
Redacted: If I Tell You…
Backwater Ops Leak

Five Eyes Network

Five Eyes Network
Five Eyes Network – Outpost

Graphs

Manifestation
Secular Trinity
Simulations
Downfall
Growth
Peak
Crisis
Rise

Misc

Mission 2
Mission 1
Street Poster Project
Requiem for Hotere
Solar

Face Value

40,000 x 5c ($2,000)
38 x $1 ($38)
30 x 50c coins ($15)
85 x 5c coins ($4.25)
20 x 20c coins ($4)

A Comfortable Environment

Indoor Flying Insect Killers
Indoor Flying Insect Killer
Glacier Pure
Glacier Pure – Detail
Friendly Frigidaire
Collector’s Items
A Year’s Supply
Installation View 1
Installation View 2

Oiled Landscapes

Oiled Landscapes (install)
Oiled Landscape (1)
Oiled Landscape (2)

Creative Commons License

All work on this site by John Johnston is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.

Enough Rope, Splore Close-Ups

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March 25, 2019

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Some close-ups from my repurposed single-use plastic sculpture installation, Enough Rope, @splorefestival last week. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #splore #splorefestival #splore2019 #contemporaryart #sculpture #plastic #artinstallation #jjprojects #johnjohnston #leavenotrace #artwork #contemporaryartist #nzart #nzartist #artist #artgram #artstagram #artistsoninstagram

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Enough Rope, Night Splorers

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March 25, 2019

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Night splorers splore’n my @splorefestival 2019 artwork, Enough Rope. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #splore #splorefestival #splore2019 #sculpture #artinstallation #jjprojects #johnjohnston #leavenotrace #artwork

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Enough Rope, Splore Festival

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March 25, 2019

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If you’ve seen my insta story feed recently you’ll know that I spent the past week working and celebrating at the 20th anniversary of @Splorefestival, with my ongoing Enough Rope project. As part of Splore’s art trail, the now 400 metre rope was installed on a fallen pohutukawa tree on the foreshore at the stunning Tāpapakanga site. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ At Splore, Enough Rope is a visually festive celebration of reuse (of plastics), but it also reminds visitors of the seemingly endless production of single-use plastic. The project highlights the need to continue phasing it out. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Over the years, Splore has developed an ethos of ecological sustainability and social responsibility, including aiming to leave no trace on the land. As guests of Ngāti Whanaunga and Ngāti Paoa, while celebrating Splorers are asked to be kaitiaki (caregivers) of this sacred whenua, Tāpapakanga, and take pride in being there as part of the Splore community. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ #splore #splorefestival #splore2019 #contemporaryart #sculpture #jjprojects #johnjohnston #leavenotrace #artgram #artstagram #art #artwork

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Daily Bread, ArtWest Auckland

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March 25, 2019

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Some of my work in ArtWest, open now through Tuesday. Daily Bread (detail), 2018 7 strands of Interlocking bread tags Edition of 5 for each strand 165cm per strand 📷 by Jody Yawa McMillan ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #artwest #contemporaryart #sculpture #jjprojects #johnjohnston #artgram #artstagram #art #artwork #breadtags #lessplastic

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Enough Rope, ArtWest Auckland

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March 25, 2019

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Along with many artists living in West Auckland, I’ll have a few works in ArtWest 2018, opening this Friday at 6pm (all welcome) and going through until Tuesday. I’ll be installing my ongoing Enough Rope sculpture, now 175 metres long, as well as a new work, Daily Bread, made from 7 strands of interlocking plastic bread tags. All work for sale. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #artwest #contemporaryart #sculpture #nzart #nzartist #artgram #artstagram #art #artwork #jjprojects #johnjohnston #breadtags #lessplastic

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Signature Cluster, 2018

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September 27, 2018

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Running in parallel with my current repurposed plastic work, this painting is part of a long-running body of work employing that oft-lauded mark of artistic authenticity and branding, the artist’s signature. At the same time, this particular work takes its form in an age-old medium and resembles abstract expressionism. As the title suggests, Signature Cluster was made by drawing my illegible signature multiple times in a cluster. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Signature Cluster, 2018 Acrylic and oil stick on canvas 900mm x 900mm ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #jjprojects #johnjohnston #painting #drawing #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #artist #artgram #artstagram #artistsoninstagram #art #artwork

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Work in progress: Daily Bread

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September 23, 2018

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Work in progress: Daily Bread I’ve been working on strands of interlocking bread tags. These 7 strands will be shown (hanging) next in the local ArtWest (Auckland) exhibition in late Oct. Each strand is 165cm long. This is the length of our kitchen table in our literal home studio, where I often have my daily bread, and make art. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #sculpture #breadtags #artwork #plastic #art #contemporaryart #artwork #artgram #artistsoninstagram

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Self-Portrait: Plastic Wrapped

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September 23, 2018

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Self-Portrait: Plastic Wrapped ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ photo: @animaytey #me #selfportrait #sculpture #artgram #plastic #artist #artistsoninstagram #artistsofinstagram #art #contemporaryart #artwork #johnjohnston #jjprojects

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Work in Progress: Daily Bread

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September 23, 2018

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Work in progress: Daily Bread Interlocking plastic bread tags, 165cm lengths — #sculpture #artwork #plastic #art #contemporaryart #artwork #artgram #breadtags #johnjohnston #jjprojects

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Enough Rope, Estuary Art & Ecology Prize, 2018

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September 23, 2018

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Last 2 days to see The Estuary Art & Ecology Prize at @malcolmsmithgallery, which closes on Sunday at 4pm. There's also a new exhibition on at nearby @tetuhiart if you're looking to see more #art at the same time. #jjprojects #johnjohnston

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