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Johnson could easily, perhaps, make a living out of such bucolic scenes but he has also tackled the more complex subject matter of cityscapes. In Pine and Grant (2019-21), the artist has started out depicting, in a realistic manner, a very specific location in San Francisco. It is probably possible to identify the various buildings, because of their architectural features. But this realism is obscured by large square, rectangle and oblong shapes of secondary colors superimposed upon the city backdrop. It is a conscious effort on the artist s part to merge aspects of representation and abstraction in one canvas. This may not be everyone s notion of a San Francisco city scene.
Johnson could easily, perhaps, make a living out of such bucolic scenes but he has also tackled the more complex subject matter of cityscapes. In Pine and Grant (2019-21), the artist has started out depicting, in a realistic manner, a very specific location in San Francisco. It is probably possible to identify the various buildings, because of their architectural features. But this realism is obscured by large square, rectangle and oblong shapes of secondary colors superimposed upon the city backdrop. It is a conscious effort on the artist s part to merge aspects of representation and abstraction in one canvas. This may not be everyone s notion of a San Francisco city scene.
The year of protests
WORLD Radio - The year of protests
Seattle and Portland brace for more unrest as they mark the anniversary of George Floyd’s death Victoria Beach outside the Seattle PD s East Precinct. Photo courtesy of Bonnie Pritchett
MARY REICHARD, HOST: It’s Tuesday the 25th of May, 2021.
Glad to have you along for today’s edition of
The World and Everything in It. Good morning, I’m Mary Reichard.
NICK EICHER, HOST: And I’m Nick Eicher. First up: living with unrest.
One year ago today, George Floyd died in the custody of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. The death sparked demonstrations around the nation and even the world to call attention to racism and police brutality. Some of those demonstrations devolved into rioting, arson, vandalism, and looting resulting last year in at least $1 billion in insurance claims and maybe twice that.