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Art by John Guy Johnston

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The Art of Value

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Plastic Age

Plastic Age, Install View 1
Plastic Age, Install View 2
Plastic Age, Install View 3
Toxtails
The Last Straw!
Super Epic Awesome Amazing Rainbow Planet of Doom
Daily Bread
Planet Plastic
Enough Rope, 400m
Cap Cascade
The Last Straw
Toxtails
Toxtails 1 (detail)
Tāmaki River / Te Wai o Taiki
Daily Bread, Whau Arts Fest
Daily Bread, Whau Arts Fest
Daily Bread, ArtWest 2018
Daily Bread, ArtWest 2018
Daily Bread, ArtWest 2018
Enough Rope, 150m
Enough Rope, 150m
Enough Rope, 100m
Enough Rope, Splore View 1
Enough Rope, Splore View 2
Enough Rope, Splore View 3
Enough Rope, Splore View 4
Enough Rope, Splore View 5
Enough Rope, Splore Detail 1
Enough Rope, Splore Detail 2
Enough Rope, Splore Detail 3
Enough Rope, Splore Detail 4
Enough Rope, Splore Detail 5
Enough Rope, Splore Night 1
Enough Rope, Splore Night 2
Enough Rope, Splore Night 3
Enough Rope, Splore Night 4
Plastic Whau Days 2
Plastic Whau Days 1
Self-Portrait: Plastic Wrapped

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)

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

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Art & Ecology Prize, Malcolm Smith Gallery

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February 3, 2020

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This is the final week to catch my mosaic painting in the (Tāmaki) Estuary Art & Ecology Prize at Malcolm Smith Gallery, @uxbridgeartsc. The painting is an aerial view of the Tāmaki River, made from pieces of plastic waste found in and near the Tāmaki River and other Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland waterways. Last day is this Sunday 1 Sept. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Tāmaki River / Te Wai o Taiki, 2019 Repurposed plastic waste, acrylic and sawdust on canvas 600 mm x 1200 mm⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #painting #jjprojects #johnjohnston #artgram #artstagram #tamakiriver #tamakiestuary #contemporaryart #plasticfreejuly #nzart #nzartist #aotearoa

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Oil Age, Climate Change Exhibition, EcoWest Festival

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March 25, 2019

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My painting Oil Age is now in a group exhibition on climate change, 'under-construction', at the Whau’s new art space in Avondale, open weekly Thursday – Sunday, 10am – 4pm until April 21. The show is part of the EcoWest Festival. There’ll be a closing on the film screening night from 6pm, 20th April. Gallery location: 99 Rosebank rd, Avondale (Behind the Avondale Library, adjoining the Community Centre) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Oil Age, 2017 Acrylic and waterborne enamel on canvas 1000 mm x 1000 mm ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #ecowest #ecowestfestival #whau @whauthepeople @ecomatters @artswhau #painting #contemporaryart #climatechange #oil #jjprojects #johnjohnston #artwork

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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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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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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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Enough Rope, Tāmaki Estuary Art & Ecology Prize, 2018

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September 23, 2018

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I've again added more to my Enough Rope sculpture in the (Tāmaki) Estuary Art & Ecology Prize. It's growing week by week. The show runs until 19 August @malcolmsmithgallery, Howick. — Enough Rope is braided from repurposed, single-use plastic. The idea is to keep adding to the rope over time, reflecting the endless production and consumption of single-use plastic. — #sculpture #artwork #plastic #environment #contemporaryart #artwork #artgram #artstagram #artistsoninstagram #art #jjprojects #johnjohnston

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Enough Rope, Tāmaki Estuary Art & Ecology Prize, 2018

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September 23, 2018

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Yesterday I added more to my sculpture Enough Rope in the Tāmaki Estuary Art & Ecology Prize exhibition, at Malcolm Smith Gallery. The idea is to keep adding to the rope over time, reflecting the endless production and consumption of single-use plastic. Enough Rope is braided from repurposed, single-use plastic. 📷 by curator Zoe Hoeberigs (@zoe.a.black) #sculpture #artwork #plastic #environment #contemporaryart #artwork #artgram #artstagram #artistsoninstagram #art #jjprojects #johnjohnston

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Enough Rope, Estuary Art & Ecology Prize, 2018

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September 23, 2018

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A slightly different install variation of my Enough Rope work, currently on show in the Tāmaki Estuary Art & Ecology Prize exhibition at Malcolm Smith Gallery. The work consists of a coiled length of handmade plastic rope, braided from repurposed, single-use plastic. I'll be adding to the rope over time, including during the exhibition, reflecting the endless production and consumption of single-use #plastic. – #sculpture #artinstallation #artwork #plastic #environment #contemporaryart #artwork #artgram #artstagram #artistsoninstagram #art #jjprojects #johnjohnston

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