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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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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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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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Estuary Art and Ecology Prize exhibition, 2018

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September 23, 2018

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The Tāmaki Estuary #Art and #Ecology exhibition opened this afternoon. This is my work, Enough Rope, which consists of a coiled length of handmade plastic rope. It's braided from repurposed, single-use plastic. The Judge’s (@paulbrobbel) Tour of the show/floor talk is on Sunday from 11.30am, I'll be there.The show runs until 19 August @malcolmsmithgallery#johnjohnston #jjprojects

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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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