Sarah Anne Johnson (Canadian, b. 1976)
Cedar Forest CA1, 2024
Pigment Print with Oil Paint and Gold Leaf
Image: 57 3/4" x 86 7/16" (146.5 x 219.5 cm)
Framed: approximately 59 3/4” x 88 1/2” (152x 225 cm)
Unique
(SAJ.24835)
Cedar Forest CA1, 2024
Pigment Print with Oil Paint and Gold Leaf
Image: 57 3/4" x 86 7/16" (146.5 x 219.5 cm)
Framed: approximately 59 3/4” x 88 1/2” (152x 225 cm)
Unique
(SAJ.24835)
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Yossi Milo is pleased to announce an upcoming exhibition with artist Sarah Anne Johnson, which will open on March 13, 2025.
Sarah Anne Johnson’s (b. 1976; Winnipeg, Canada) second solo exhibition with the gallery continues the artist’s aim to capture not just a moment in time, but the experience and emotion of a place. In her series Woodland, Johnson takes photos of the Manitoba woods near her home, then alters them digitally and manually, using Photoshop, paint, and foil to add bright spots of color and shine between tree branches and tangles of foliage. The resulting kaleidoscopic images are dreamy, psychedelic, and whimsical. Johnson's work rejects the notion that photographs capture reality, suggesting instead, with a child-like innocence, that there is a world beyond what can be seen through a lens.
To achieve this sense of transcendence, Johnson incorporates indigenous knowledge, plant biology, and the impacts of nature on ancient architecture. The artist's works are spiritual and utopian, drawing influence from Canada's Group of Seven painters and the Hudson River School, both of whom depicted North America's landscapes as akin to the cathedrals of Europe. The artist presents a dichotomy between reality and perception, evoking feelings of tranquility and happiness, pleasure and calm, as well as a connection to the landscape and a sense of belonging in nature.
