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Field Gallery in Peekskill to Host First Solo Show of Noted Artist Lance Johnson
Jazz and hip hop influences, African American heritage, and urban beauty combine to create new forms in Johnson's dynamic cityscapes.
Post No Ills: The Art of Lance Johnson
June 2 - July 9, 2017
Special Openings: Friday, June 2 , 4 - 6:30 pm and Saturday, June 3, 12 - 5 pm
Peekskill Open Studios 2017
The Field Gallery is proud to present Post No Ills, the first solo show of noted New York artist Lance Johnson. Johnson’s distinctive, fiercely vibrant collages are celebrations and reflections. Jazz and hip-hop influences, African American heritage, and the beauty that thrives in urban places combine to create a new form of dynamic cityscape.
Raised in the Golden Age of hip-hop, at the age of 14 Johnson fell in love with art when shown a documentary featuring the important work of collage pioneer Romare Bearden. “I owe a tremendous debt to his vision,” Johnson explains. “I want to serve as an extension of his legacy. Collage became my medium of choice because, like Jazz, it allows for improvisation and the juxtaposition of unlikely parts combined to create familiar images.”
Johnson’s work has been exhibited in many group shows throughout New York as well as Boston, MA and Charleston, SC. He has been featured in The New York Times, on CBS News, Art In New York City, Art in Flux, Artiholics, Harlem Eatup!, The Harlem Arts Festival, and other media outlets and events.
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The Field Gallery is located in The Field Library at 4 Nelson Avenue, Peekskill, New York. For further information please call Alicia Morgan, Curator, at (914) 862-3287, or email amorgan@wlsmail.org .
