Helen Johnson
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For over two decades, Helen Johnson’s practice has been applied through painting, wielding it as a technical and critical tool that works through language and beyond it, giving form to internal arousals and external social phenomena.
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Opening
2023
Installation View
Pilar Corrias, London
Das Ding Dong
2023
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
87.4 x 65.8 in / 222 x 167 cm
Das Ding Dong
2023
Detail
Opening
2023
Installation View
Pilar Corrias, London
Fell from the gaze of the other
2023
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
34.3 x 24.3 in / 87 x 61.5 cm
Fell from the gaze of the other
2023
Detail
Judy Watson & Helen Johnson: the red thread of history, loose ends
2022
Installation view
Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne
Painting-making
2022
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
114.2 x 83.8 in / 290 x 213 cm
Recto
Judy Watson & Helen Johnson: the red thread of history, loose ends
2022
Installation view
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
The birth of an institution
2022
Synthetic polymer paint and pencil on canvas
119 x 164 in / 304 x 417.5 cm
The birth of an institution
2022
Verso
Judy Watson & Helen Johnson: the red thread of history, loose ends
2022
Installation view
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Globule
2022
Acrylic on canvas, cotton stitching
88.6 x 67.9 in / 225 x 172.5 cm
Globule
2022
Detail
Let’s head back
2022
Acrylic and painted silk on canvas, cotton stitching
88.6 x 67.2 in / 225.2 x 170.8 cm
Let’s head back
2022
Detail
Pieces of Work
2021
Installation view
University (Institutional being)
2021
Synthetic polymer paint, graphite pencil and water-soluble intaglio ink on canvas
89 x 67 in / 226 x 170.2 cm
University (Institutional being)
2021
Detail
HR (Neighbour)
2021
Synthetic polymer paint, graphite pencil and water-soluble intaglio ink on canvas
90.5 x 68 in / 229.9 x 172.7 cm
HR (Neighbour)
2021
Detail
Pieces of Work
2021
Installation view
Basic Needs
2020
Synthetic polymer on canvas
96 x 72 in / 244 x 183 cm
Recto
Basic Needs
2020
Recto detail
Basic Needs
2020
Verso
Basic Needs
2020
Verso detail
Basic Needs
2020
Verso detail
Sun/Humans
2020
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 18 in / 61 x 45.7 cm
Healing crystals set
2020
Acrylic and pencil on canvas
24 x 18 in / 61 x 45.7 cm
Trees/Humans
2020
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 18 in / 61 x 45.7 cm
Agency
2019
Pilar Corrias, London
Installation view
Agency
2019
Pilar Corrias, London
Installation view
Agency
2019
Pilar Corrias, London
Installation view
Helen Johnson: Ends
2018
New Museum, New York
Installation view
Helen Johnson: Ends
2017
New Museum, New York
Installation view
Helen Johnson: Ends
2017
New Museum, New York
Installation view
Helen Johnson: Ends
2017
New Museum, New York
Installation view
Helen Johnson & Megan Cope
2017
Chapter Arts, Cardiff
Installation view
Helen Johnson & Megan Cope
2017
Chapter Arts, Cardiff
Installation view
Warm Ties
2017
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Installation view
Warm Ties
2017
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Installation view
Warm Ties
2017
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Installation view
Warm Ties
2017
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Installation view
Warm Ties
2017
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Installation view
Warm Ties
2017
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Installation view
Warm Ties
2017
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Installation view
Warm Ties
2017
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Installation view
Seat of power (recto)
2016
Acrylic on canvas, wood, velcro
149.6 x 126 in / 380 x 320 cm
Warm Ties, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London 2017
Seat of power
2016
Detail
Seat of power (verso)
2016
Acrylic on canvas, wood, velcro
149.6 x 126 in / 380 x 320 cm
Warm Ties, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London 2017
A feast of reason and a flow of soul (recto)
2016
Acrylic on canvas, wood, velcro
149.6 x 126 in / 380 x 320 cm
Warm Ties, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London 2017
A feast of reason and a flow of soul
2016
Detail
A feast of reason and a flow of soul (verso)
2016
Acrylic on canvas, wood, velcro
149.6 x 126 in / 380 x 320 cm
Warm Ties, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London 2017
A feast of reason and a flow of soul (verso)
2016
Detail
The sack (recto)
2016
Acrylic on canvas, wood, velcro
149.6 x 86.6 in / 380 x 220 cm
Warm Ties, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London 2017
The sack
2016
Detail
The sack (verso)
2016
Acrylic on canvas, wood, velcro
149.6 x 86.6 in / 380 x 220 cm
Warm Ties, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London 2017
Impotent observer (recto)
2016
Acrylic on canvas, wood, velcro
149.6 x 94.5 inches / 380 x 240 cm
Warm Ties, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London 2017
Impotent observer
2016
Detail
Impotent observer (verso)
2016
Acrylic on canvas, wood, velcro
149.6 x 94.5 inches / 380 x 240 cm
Warm Ties, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London 2017
Worst comes to the worst (recto)
2016
Acrylic on canvas, wood, velcro
149.6 x 86.6 in / 380 x 220 cm
Warm Ties, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London 2017
Worst comes to the worst
2016
Detail
Worst comes to the worst (verso)
2016
Acrylic on canvas, wood, velcro
149.6 x 86.6 in / 380 x 220 cm
Warm Ties, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London 2017
Worst comes to the worst (verso)
2016
Detail
Bad debt (recto)
2016
Acrylic on canvas, wood, velcro
149.6 x 126 in / 380 x 320 cm
Warm Ties, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London 2017
Bad debt
2016
Detail
Bad debt (verso)
2016
Acrylic on canvas, wood, velcro
149.6 x 126 in / 380 x 320 cm
Warm Ties, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London 2017
Empire Play (recto)
Acrylic on canvas
110.25 x 84.25 in / 280.05 x 214 cm
Mary Mary, Glasgow for Art Basel Statements 2016
Empire Play (verso)
Acrylic on canvas
110.25 x 84.25 in / 280.05 x 214 cm
Mary Mary, Glasgow for Art Basel Statements 2016
McCubbin redux (recto)
Acrylic on canvas
114.15 x 94.5 in / 289.9 x 240.05 cm
Mary Mary, Glasgow for Art Basel Statements 2016
McCubbin redux (verso)
Acrylic on canvas
114.15 x 94.5 in / 289.9 x 240.05 cm
Mary Mary, Glasgow for Art Basel Statements 2016
Or Else (recto)
Acrylic on canvas
110.25 x 84.25 in / 280.05 x 214 cm
Mary Mary, Glasgow for Art Basel Statements 2016
Or else (verso)
Acrylic on canvas
110.25 x 84.25 in / 280.05 x 214 cm
Mary Mary, Glasgow for Art Basel Statements 2016
Stock (recto)
Acrylic on canvas
114.15 x 94.5 in / 289.9 x 240.05 cm
Mary Mary, Glasgow for Art Basel Statements 2016
Stock (verso)
Acrylic on canvas
114.15 x 94.5 in / 289.9 x 240.05 cm
Mary Mary, Glasgow for Art Basel Statements 2016
2016
Barron Field, Glasgow International
Installation View
2016
Barron Field, Glasgow International
Installation View
2016
Barron Field, Glasgow International
Installation View
2016
Barron Field, Glasgow International
Installation View
2016
Barron Field, Glasgow International
Installation View
My Word (recto)
Acrylic on canvas
90.55 x 70.85 in / 230 x 180 cm
Glasgow International 2016
My Word (verso)
Acrylic on canvas
90.55 x 70.85 in / 230 x 180 cm
Glasgow International 2016
The Rape of Europa (Australian version)
Acrylic on canvas
122 x 94.5 in / 309.85 x 240.05 cm
Glasgow International 2016
The Rape of Europa (Australian version) – (verso)
Acrylic on canvas
90.55 x 70.85 in / 230 x 180 cm
Glasgow International 2016
Colonial Reef (recto)
Acrylic on canvas
90.55 x 70.85 in / 230 x 180 cm
Recto
Colonial Reef (verso)
Acrylic on canvas
90.55 x 70.85 in / 230 x 180 cm
Verso
Cayetano Ferrer + Helen JohnsonOFFICIELLE 2015
Château Shatto booth at Les Docks: Cité de la Mode et du Design
Paris, France
OFFICIELLE 2015
Installation view
Becoming limp before another’s interpretive projections
2015
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
18 x 24 in / 45.75 x 61 cm
Personality type painting
2015
Synthetic polymer paint and collage on linen
18 x 24 in / 45.75 x 61 cm
OFFICIELLE 2015
Installation view
Loose knots II (Equal obscurity)
2015
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
18 x 24 in / 45.75 x 61 cm
Club Horoscope
2015
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
18 x 24 in / 45.75 x 61 cm
OFFICIELLE 2015
Installation view
Our increasingly uncomfortable relationship to money
2015
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
18 x 24 in / 45.75 x 61 cm
Loose knots I (Victorian renovation)
2015
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
18 x 24 in / 45.75 x 61 cm
June: A Painting Show
2015
Installation view
Sadie Coles HQ, London
June: A Painting Show
2015
Installation view
Sadie Coles HQ, London
The Saboteurs
2015
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
98 x 71 in / 248.95 x 180.35 cm
Post Colonial Feminist Drama
2013
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
98 x 71 in / 248.95 x 180.35 cm
Slow Learners
2015
Installation view
Slow Learners
2015
Installation view
Slow Learners
2015
Installation view
Slow Learners
2015
Installation view
Slow Learners
2015
Installation view
Slow Learners
2015
Installation view
Slow Learners
2015
Installation view
Spy
2014
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
34 x 24 in / 86.35 x 60.95 cm
True Gifts and Free Facts
2014
Synthetic polymer paint on linen
56 x 48 x 1.5 in / 142.25 x 121.95 x 3.8 cm
Ex-Execs
2014
Synthetic polymer paint on linen
71 x 98 in / 180.35 x 248.95 cm
Ex-Execs
Minerva, Sydney
2014
Installation view
Urban Myth
2013
Synthetic polymer paint on linen
18 x 24 in / 45.75 x 61 cm
Robber in a Hot Tub
2013
Synthetic polymer paint on linen
18 x 24 in / 45.75 x 61 cm
Island (Time Flies II)
2013
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
66 x 44 in / 167.65 x 111.75 cm
History Problem
2013
Acrylic on canvas
98.5 x 70.75 in / 250.2 x 179.7 cm
Corporate Hopper
2013
Acrylic on linen
67.35 x 44.5 in / 171 x 113 cm
Meantime
2013
Installation view
Sutton Gallery
The Angry Reader
2013
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Detail
New Business Plan
2014
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Detail