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Art by John Guy Johnston

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The Art of Value

The Art of Value

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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Light Sculpture, WIP

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February 3, 2020

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Some other work in progress. Recently I’ve found myself working on maquettes for sculptures using flexible LED strip lighting combined with repurposed plastic buckets and plastic package strapping. In part, it’s paying homage to the plastic container + neon lighting work of the late #BillCulbert. I’m not yet sure if this work will eventually see the light of day (haha) in a gallery or other public installation space. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #sculpture #installation #lightart #contemporaryart #jjprojects #johnjohnston #nzart #nzartist

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Daily Bread Project – Whau Arts Festival 2019

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June 12, 2019

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For the 2019 #WhauArtsFestival, I’ve installed my ongoing Daily Bread project at Te Whau Eatery (@tewhaueatery), 1790 Great North Rd, Avondale. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Daily Bread consists of a constantly growing chain of repurposed plastic bread tags, kindly donated by many people in my local community. I’ll continue to add to it over time. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The work can be viewed at Te Whau Eatery now, and the Whau Arts Festival runs from 15 June – 7 July 2019. See whauthepeople.com for other festival programme deets. Thanks to Claudia at Te Whau Eatery, and Ina, Jody, and Lissa @whauthepeople and All Goods, Whau Arts Space for helping make this installation happen. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #contemporaryart #sculpture #jjprojects #johnjohnston #leavenotrace #artgram #artstagram #art #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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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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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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Whau River

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September 23, 2018

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Final post on my 2 works installed down by the Whau River recently. This is a long rope made from repurposed single-use plastic. The installation was in association with a Whau River Catchment Trust (@whauriver) cleanup event. Some more images of the cleanup ➡ – #sculpture #artinstallation #artwork #plastic #environment #contemporaryart #artwork #artgram #artstagram #artistsoninstagram #art #jjprojects #johnjohnston

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Whau River

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September 23, 2018

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The second of two artworks installed down by the Whau River, in association with Whau River Catchment Trust (@whauriver) cleanup events. It's a long rope made from repurposed single-use plastic. Some images of the cleanup ➡️ – #sculpture #artinstallation #artwork #plastic #environment #contemporaryart #artwork #artgram #artstagram #artistsoninstagram #art #jjprojects #johnjohnston

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Whau Arts Festival, 2018

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September 23, 2018

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Images of 100 metres of handmade plastic rope installed for the Whau Arts Festival (@whauthepeople). It's made from repurposed single-use plastic. Swipe <- First 📷by @animaytey – #sculpture #artinstallation #artwork #plastic #contemporaryart #artwork #artgram #artstagram #artistsoninstagram #art #jjprojects #johnjohnston

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