Art by John Guy Johnston
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From the dusty slide archives, in a time before web. This is a work made in 1992 while still at Ilam art school: Friendly Frigidaire, comprised of fridge condensers and gas bottles. I remember that the hole in the ozone layer (periodically over NZ) was big environmental news around that time, with chlorofluorocarbons in refrigerants and aerosols being a significant cause of the problem. Thanks to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, CFCs have been progressively banned internationally since then. I remember I was kind of obsessed with @ashleybickerton's “commercial pieces” and “Anthropospheres” around that time, as well as having a fondness for minimalist sculpture. Part of this "A Comfortable Environment" series was shown as part of a small group show at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery the following year, curated by William McAloon (RIP), but not this particular piece installed at the Ilam Campus Gallery in '92. #sculpture #contemporaryart #nzart #installationart A post shared by John Johnston (@jjprojects) on May 29, 2017 at 2:43pm PDT
From the dusty slide archives, in a time before web. This is a work made in 1992 while still at Ilam art school: Friendly Frigidaire, comprised of fridge condensers and gas bottles. I remember that the hole in the ozone layer (periodically over NZ) was big environmental news around that time, with chlorofluorocarbons in refrigerants and aerosols being a significant cause of the problem. Thanks to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, CFCs have been progressively banned internationally since then. I remember I was kind of obsessed with @ashleybickerton's “commercial pieces” and “Anthropospheres” around that time, as well as having a fondness for minimalist sculpture. Part of this "A Comfortable Environment" series was shown as part of a small group show at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery the following year, curated by William McAloon (RIP), but not this particular piece installed at the Ilam Campus Gallery in '92. #sculpture #contemporaryart #nzart #installationart
A post shared by John Johnston (@jjprojects) on May 29, 2017 at 2:43pm PDT
