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Art by John Guy Johnston

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The Art of Value

The Art of Value

Plastic Age

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)

Creative Commons License

All work on this site by John Johnston is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.

Artrovert, 2018

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September 23, 2018

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Artrovert, 2018 Hand-embroidered art badge, 38mm; embroidery cotton on linen. From Art Badges series: collaboration with @animaytey, initialled verso; unique variations made to order NZ$59 + postage, payment via PayPal, direct deposit Direct message or email to purchase – – #contemporaryart #embroideryart #embroidery #artmerch #nzart #nzartist #artwork #artgram #artstagram #artistsoninstagram #art #artwork #brooch #conceptualart

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Art Merch, 2017

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September 23, 2018

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Art Merch, 2017 *SOLD* (Unique variations available, made to order). Hand-embroidered art badge, 38mm; embroidery cotton on linen. From Art Badges series: collaboration with @animaytey, initialled verso. NZ$59 + postage, payment via PayPal. Direct message to purchase. – – – #contemporaryart #embroideryart #artmerch #embroidery #nzart #nzartist #artwork #artgram #artstagram #artistsoninstagram #art #artwork #brooch #conceptualart #jjprojects #johnjohnston

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Signature Cluster (Black & White), 2017

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November 23, 2017

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Signature Cluster, 2017 Acrylic and oil stick on canvas 900mm x 900mm As the title suggests, Signature Cluster was made by drawing my signature multiple times in a cluster. This painting is available for private viewing and direct purchase or barter from the studio. No shipping charges for Auckland addresses. Please private message me for more info. – – #painting #drawing #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #nzart #nzartist #artist #artgram #artstagram #artistsoninstagram #art #artwork

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Five Eyes Painting in Westminster Papers Article

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November 23, 2017

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Article link: Visibility, Power and Citizen Intervention: The Five Eyes and New Zealand’s Southern Cross Cable

This Five Eyes Network painting is featured in the new article published in the London-based online journal Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture (article link in bio). The article by Ally McCrow-Young (@ally_cait) is about the Five Eyes, visibility, power & intervention. It's part of the journal’s latest issue on privacy. Five Eyes Network, 2014 Acrylic on canvas 35cm x 135cm Not For Sale, artist's collection – – – #privacy #surveillance #painting #streetart #contemporaryart #aotearoa #newzealand #FiveEyes #contemporarypainting #contemporaryartist #nzart #nzartist #artist #artgram #artstagram #artistsoninstagram #art #artwork #installation #research

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Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture Article

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November 23, 2017

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Article link: Visibility, Power and Citizen Intervention: The Five Eyes and New Zealand’s Southern Cross Cable

A really thorough article partly discussing my previous Five Eyes Network art work (2013-14) has been published in the peer reviewed journal Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, by Ally McCrow-Young (@ally_cait). See my instagram bio for the link to the open access article. – – #painting #streetart #contemporaryart #aotearoa #newzealand #fiveeyes #surveillance #contemporarypainting #contemporaryartist #nzart #nzartist #artist #artgram #artstagram #artistsoninstagram #art #artwork #installation #research

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Work In Progress – Video

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November 23, 2017

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Work in progress. Oil stick on canvas. – – #painting #drawing #newzealand #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryartist #nzart #nzartist #artist #artgram #artstagram #artistsoninstagram #art #artwork

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Kaitiakitanga

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November 23, 2017

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Kaitiakitanga, 2017, from my Oil Age series 100 cm x 100 cm Kaitiakitanga means guardianship and protection. It’s a way of caring for the environment, based on the Māori world view. Kaitiakitanga is based on the idea of humans as part of the natural world. There is currently a growing interest in the concept of kaitiakitanga in Aotearoa New Zealand. My kids’ primary school now teaches kaitiakitanga as one of its central school values. – – #painting #kaitiakitanga #aotearoa #newzealand #environment #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryartist #nzart #nzartist #artist #artgram #artstagram #artistsoninstagram #art #artwork #oil

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Downfall Street Poster Project, 2013

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October 17, 2017

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A few of many placements (swipe left) from my Auckland street poster project, Downfall, August 2013 To see more images from this visit jjprojects.com/portfolio/street-posters-downfall (active link in bio until my next post) – – – #streetart #poster #publicart #painting #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryartist #nzart #nzartist #artist #artgram #artstagram #artistsoninstagram #art #artwork

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Backwater Ops, 2014

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October 17, 2017

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This is the title painting from my Backwater Ops series, 2014. To learn more about the Backwater Ops series visit: jjprojects.com/backwater-ops-notes (active link in bio until my next post) – #painting #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryartist #nzart #nzartist #artist #blackandwhite #artgram #artstagram #artistsoninstagram #art #artwork #artcollector #artcollection #artcollecting

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Manifestation, 2013

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October 17, 2017

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Manifestation, from my Graphs series, 2013 90cm x 60cm — — #painting #graph #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryartist #nzart #nzartist #artist #blackandwhite #artgram #artstagram #art #artwork #artcollector #artcollection #artcollecting

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