Jonna Johansson
135: Parvs, 2022. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Finnish artist Jonna Johansson’s work explores the body and the human experience in depth, while also engaging with socially relevant themes. Her paintings touch on topics such as sustainability, equality, and compassion. Johansson often draws inspiration from images found in social media, old paintings, magazines, books, or her own personal collection. The realism of these sources fades during the painting process, making space for bold, fantasy-like imagery in vibrant colors or pastel-toned dreamscapes, where figurative representation merges with non-representational painting.
Alongside her powerful portrayals of women, Johansson often contrasts seemingly delicate "bunny" motifs—sketch-like paintings of rabbits—that hide beneath their cute surface a sharp, ironic critique. Her work is characterized by strong expressiveness, influenced by action painting and pop art. She often creates her pieces at floor level, using glossy alkyd paints, palette knives, and trowels, although traditional brushwork with acrylics and oils is also central to her practice.
Text in Finnish and English. 79 pp. As New. Item #7758
ISBN: 9789527441237
Price: $80.00