George Johnson arrived in Australia from New Zealand in 1952 and in 1956 held his first exhibition of abstract painting in Melbourne. This book marks the artist's 80th birthday and fifty years of singular dedication to philosophy-based abstract imagery. Johnson's work is uniquely consistent - rarely straying from compositions based on primary shapes and a limited range of colour preferences, but demonstrating how these minimal means can, in combination, serve as surrogates for complex ideas. Additional contributors to the ...
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George Johnson arrived in Australia from New Zealand in 1952 and in 1956 held his first exhibition of abstract painting in Melbourne. This book marks the artist's 80th birthday and fifty years of singular dedication to philosophy-based abstract imagery. Johnson's work is uniquely consistent - rarely straying from compositions based on primary shapes and a limited range of colour preferences, but demonstrating how these minimal means can, in combination, serve as surrogates for complex ideas. Additional contributors to the next include the artist's brother, renowned New Zealand poet, Louis Johnson; Australian poet and critic, Gary Catalano and Melbourne philosopher, Patrick Hutchings.
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Add this copy of George Johnson: World View to cart. $92.06, very good condition, Sold by Arapiles Mountain Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Castlemaine, VIC, AUSTRALIA, published 2006 by MacMillan Art Publishing.
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VG in VG jacket. Signed by Artist. VG/VG. Folio. original white boards (tail cap bumped and a little split) in dustwrapper (slightly rubbed & creased, discreet closed tear to front panel); pp. 256, with illustrations. Oversize item (2.5 kg), additional postage may be required for international and domestic delivery. A very good copy. Flatsigned and dated to half-title by the artist, 'George Johnson 20-8-17'.