JJProjects

Art by John Guy Johnston

About

JJ Bio
JJ Blog

Connect

Follow @jjprojects
Instagram: jjprojects
Email john@jjprojects.com

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.

All posts in public art

Downfall Street Poster Project, 2013

Posted

February 3, 2020

Categories

painting
public art

Comments

No Comments

View this post on Instagram

I’m looking forward to seeing the Colin McCahon exhibitions this #McCahon100 centenary year, including his Gate III mural opening at my local @te_uru_gallery later this month. I’ve loved McCahon's art for as long as I can remember. Back in 2012, while living in Titirangi near @mccahonhouse, where he lived and painted during the 1950s, I painted Downfall (swipe to last image), which in part paid homage to McCahon’s Waterfall series. Expanding on that painting, for my 2013 Downfall Street Poster Project, I printed street posters of the painting and had them pasted-up in various configurations at many locations around central Auckland, at Phantom Billstickers sites. The images shown here are just a few of those sites. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #colinmccahon #painting #nzart #nzartist #contemporaryart #streetart #johnjohnston #jjprojects #art #artwork #artist #aotearoa

A post shared by John Guy Johnston (@jjprojects) on Aug 18, 2019 at 1:58pm PDT

Enough Rope, Splore Close-Ups

Posted

March 25, 2019

Categories

exhibitions
group
installation
news
public art
sculpture

Comments

1 Comment

View this post on Instagram

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

A post shared by John Johnston (@jjprojects) on Mar 1, 2019 at 1:28pm PST

Enough Rope, Splore Festival

Posted

March 25, 2019

Categories

installation
public art
sculpture

Comments

No Comments

View this post on Instagram

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

A post shared by John Johnston (@jjprojects) on Feb 24, 2019 at 2:55pm PST

Whau River

Posted

September 23, 2018

Categories

installation
public art
sculpture

Tags

plastic

Comments

No Comments

View this post on Instagram

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

A post shared by John Johnston (@jjprojects) on May 22, 2018 at 1:48pm PDT

Whau River

Posted

September 23, 2018

Categories

installation
public art
sculpture
social

Tags

plastic

Comments

No Comments

View this post on Instagram

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

A post shared by John Johnston (@jjprojects) on May 18, 2018 at 2:28pm PDT

Whau Arts Festival, 2018

Posted

September 23, 2018

Categories

installation
public art
sculpture
social

Tags

plastic

Comments

No Comments

View this post on Instagram

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

A post shared by John Johnston (@jjprojects) on May 14, 2018 at 2:27pm PDT

Plastic Whau Days, 2018 Whau Arts Festival

Posted

September 23, 2018

Categories

installation
public art
sculpture
social

Tags

plastic

Comments

No Comments

View this post on Instagram

This is 1 of 2 outdoor sculptures I installed this past weekend. This first one, Plastic Whau Days, was on a boardwalk footbridge through mangroves over the Whau River, for the Whau Arts Festival (@whauthepeople). Both works were in association with Whau River Catchment Trust (@whauriver) river cleanup events. The works were made with repurposed single-use plastic bags. Swipe <- – #sculpture #artinstallation#artwork #plastic #contemporaryart #artwork #artgram #artstagram #artistsoninstagram #art

A post shared by John Johnston (@jjprojects) on May 8, 2018 at 2:17pm PDT

Whau Arts Festival

Posted

September 23, 2018

Categories

installation
public art
sculpture
social

Tags

plastic

Comments

No Comments

View this post on Instagram

Tomorrow I’ll be installing my Plastic Whau Days artwork for the Whau Arts Festival. The installation involves long lengths of handmade plastic rope covering the railings of a boardwalk footbridge. It's made from repurposed, single-use plastic. Come down to the Whau River tomorrow to check out the whole work. Swipe to next image to see location map. – – #artinstallation #sculpture #artwork #plastic #festival #contemporaryart #festival #artwork #artgram#artstagram #artistsoninstagram #art

A post shared by John Johnston (@jjprojects) on May 3, 2018 at 1:50pm PDT

Whau Arts Festival

Posted

September 23, 2018

Categories

installation
public art
sculpture
social

Tags

plastic

Comments

No Comments

View this post on Instagram

For the Whau Arts Festival, my outdoor installation down by the Whau River is happening this SATURDAY, 5th of MAY, after the festival was postponed due to severe weather last weekend. Weather outlook looking good! Swipe to next image to see exact location. The work has been handmade from repurposed, single-use plastic. Down by the Whau river, there will also be a riverside cleanup hosted by the Whau River Catchment Trust (all welcome), and blues music from Stefan. The main festival site will be just up the road at Riversdale Park, from 9am – 9pm. Check out website for the full programme (link in bio). – #contemporaryart #artinstallation #sculpture #festival #artwork #artgram #artstagram #artistsoninstagram #art #artwork

A post shared by John Johnston (@jjprojects) on May 1, 2018 at 2:48pm PDT

Five Eyes Painting in Westminster Papers Article

Posted

November 23, 2017

Categories

news
painting
public art
Review
social

Comments

No Comments

Article link: Visibility, Power and Citizen Intervention: The Five Eyes and New Zealand’s Southern Cross Cable

This Five Eyes Network painting is featured in the new article published in the London-based online journal Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture (article link in bio). The article by Ally McCrow-Young (@ally_cait) is about the Five Eyes, visibility, power & intervention. It's part of the journal’s latest issue on privacy. Five Eyes Network, 2014 Acrylic on canvas 35cm x 135cm Not For Sale, artist's collection – – – #privacy #surveillance #painting #streetart #contemporaryart #aotearoa #newzealand #FiveEyes #contemporarypainting #contemporaryartist #nzart #nzartist #artist #artgram #artstagram #artistsoninstagram #art #artwork #installation #research

A post shared by John G Johnston (@jjprojects) on Nov 7, 2017 at 11:59am PST

← Older Entries