PARIS JOHNSON

Painter/Sculptor

 

 

When taking a BA in Fine Art at the University of

East London in 2008 Paris Johnson despised the idea

of drawing and painting the human figure, thinking it

as a vanity of our species and exclusive to gaining

elements of power over each other. It was only after

attending by chance his first life drawing class with

a pencil and paper in hand that his views would

change. He would find himself immersed with what

he says;

 

 

“We as a race find really is an exclusive club of which,

like it or not, we all belong.”

 

 

Through his series of life drawings Paris Johnson

focuses attention to the use of line and curve to capture

the balance, the poise and the truth of the human form,

which is so intrinsic and recognisable as such by us all.

 

 

” Not necessarily may we like what we see but we can all have a piece of it if we wish by going naked in front of the mirror.”

 

 

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