Solo exhibition: 
4 Elements (Remix)
Opening 2nd Nov 2024
Interseccion Arte Contemporaneo, SMA, MX

 

Opening during the Day of the Dead festivities, Ian Johnson enchants the viewer with a series of glorious colourful geometric creations, each a master study on colour and form. Several similar individual pieces can be re-arranged to form a completely different oeuvre, and theirin lies the magic.

Johnson is that unusual master creator who can work in abstract form to create a quasi figurative work as is the case of the large cityscape installation seen in the far end of the hall.

In this exhibition, the artist presents us with a series of almost playful, puzzle like squares in his usual use of glorious colour, and a long, sophisticated play of colour and form which he can switch around at whim.The surfaces of the work are smooth and semi matt, exquisitely detailed in their execution. Form and colour are the stars of the show. The Fauvists would have loved him.

Originally from England, Ian Johnson has made Mexico his home. My visit to his studio was an electrifying and joyful experience.

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Margaret Failoni, Curator

2024