March 7 - April 18, 2020
The exhibition will run from Saturday, March 7 – April 18, with an opening reception on March 7 from 6 – 8 pm.
An adaptation of the title of psychologist and economist Daniel Kahneman’s book on cognitive biases and behavior, Drawing Fast and Slow is an exhibition of new drawings by Butt Johnson concerning the nature of perception, drawing, method, and time. Based on quick gestural drawings on paper, Johnson’s compositions are methodically fossilized in slower processes that are numerously layered on top of one another in ink. Some drawings are representational and look to vernacular handicrafts like needlepoint, while other compositions are exercises in process and abstraction. Upon close inspection, all the works dissolve into line, color, and mark. Johnson’s drawings are technically rigorous, visually engaging, and conceptually challenging. His multi-layered works, like his pseudonym, look to the slippery ways in which context and social structures can influence vision, attention, and aesthetics.
Butt Johnson (b. 1979, Suffern, NY) received his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2001. He creates meticulous fine-line drawings and prints, often using media such as markers, gel pens, screen print, letterpress, and digital risograph—materials not usually associated with fine art. Johnson’s work explores art historical genres, themes in popular culture, technology, and craft, and drawing as an intellectual pursuit.
Johnson’s work has been exhibited by institutions around the United States, including the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; the International Print Center of New York; the Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson; the Pizzuti Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art; the FLAG Art Foundation, New York; and the Abrons Art Center, New York. In 2010 he was awarded the prestigious Pollock-Krasner Fellowship. His work is housed in several public collections including the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, Kansas; the Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, Rhode Island; and the New York Public Library.
Talley Dunn Gallery is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and by appointment. Drawing Fast and Slow will be on view concurrently at the gallery with Francesca Fuchs: Painting and Mugs. For additional images and more information about the exhibition, please contact Meredith Leyendecker at the gallery (214-521-9898) for visuals and a checklist.
Opening: March 7, 2020 | 6–8 pm
5020 Tracy st.
Dallas, 75205 TX
(214) 521-9898
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