Two Stories

REDOT FINE ART GALLERY presents

Two Stories Greg Johns Solo

3 rd August - 28 th August 2016

Gallery 1 & 2

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Seaing The Land – Feeling The Land (Metamorphic); Works Installed at the Palmer Sculpture Landscape Source © Photo Courtesy of Ashley Starkey

Foreword The ReDot Fine Art Gallery is honoured to present, Two Stories, a major exhibition of 6 recent steel sculptures and one installation comprising 13 individual Australian Jarrah hardwood poles by renowned Australian artist, Greg Johns. Ever since he started making sculptures in 1976 Greg says he has ‘felt largely alienated from the art world.’ He says that much of what has been produced from Pop art onwards frankly bores him! Despite being viewed as an outsider, a slightly eccentric maverick of his chosen profession, this hasn’t stopped him becoming one of the most celebrated and collectable sculptural artists Australia has ever produced.

His achievements read almost like a novella with pages and pages of accolades. Over 50 invitations and awards can be attributed to him since his first solo show in 1977 and the list of collections and commissions he is held within or undertaken run into the hundreds, such has been his appeal and connection with the Australian and global public. This is all the more impressive given the often super-sized mediums of his oeuvres in both steel and wood, which are not always manageable in normal spaces.

His astonishing work has indeed not gone unnoticed even in the Lion city, with significant works in the Wing Tai Collection, Singapore and a major sculpture commission for REDAS, Singapore between 1993–95. Greg has refused to allow the comparative isolation of Adelaide to limit his career!

According to Robert Lindsay, the former Director of McClelland Sculpture Park, much of Greg’s early work revolved around the use of simple interlocking, reciprocal geometric patterns where an apparently continuously interwoven pattern appears

to form visual conundrums.

However, within his early use of repeating triangular and later semicircular shapes, which he refers to as ‘waveforms’, there is a consistent overarching interest in the interconnectedness, as he says, of ‘patterning, of symbolism and timelessness, and the unfolding of subtler and more complex systems; as well as questions of spirit, physical systems and randomness, that all exist in an integrated manner’.

His interconnection extends to Indigenous culture and the Australian outback too, referenced repeatedly in his work, giving a soothing juxtaposition to his sometimes confronting works. This latest collection, which will be shown within the context of a backdrop of Indigenous hardship and conflict via David Kelly’s ‘An Unconfirmed Number’ will open challenging but hopefully rewarding dialogues for the viewer, bringing this enormous talent to the forefront of the Asian art scene exactly four decades after commencing his career.

The exhibition begins on Wednesday 3rd August and runs until Sunday 28th August 2016.

It will be attended in person by Greg Johns for the official opening on Wednesday 17th August 2016 at 6:30pm.

Giorgio Pilla Director ReDot Fine Art Gallery

Left Page: Greg Johns in the Studio Top: Greg John’s Landing, Landlines, Songlines Installation In Situ Source: © Photo Courtesy of Greg Johns

‘Horizon Figure’ 1998 Installed at Palmer Sculpture Landscape Corten Steel, 290 x 76 x 400 cm Source © Photo Courtesy of Ashley Starkey

“Greg Johns prefers not to be classified simply as a contemporary sculptor, one of the many throughout the world, merely a small part of our increasingly homogenized society. Rather he wishes to make statements that reflect the fact that he is Australian, that he is an inhabitant of an extremely old continent, which the Indigenous people of Australia have inhabited for millennia. His oft chosen material, Corten steel, with its permanent rust relates superbly to the colours of the Australian inland�

Ken Scarlett OAM, October 2014 Australian writer specialised in Australian Sculpture

‘Floating Figure’ 1996 Installed at Palmer Sculpture Landscape Corten Steel, 400cm high Source © Photo Courtesy of Ashley Starkey

Greg JOHNS Birth Date Place of Birth

1953 Adelaide, SA, Australia

Greg Johns was born in Adelaide in 1953 where he attended the South Australian School of Art from 1975-78. Since graduating with a Diploma of Fine Arts in 1978, he has worked continuously in Adelaide for close to 40 years as a full-time sculptor, completing major commissions in Australia and internationally, as well as exhibiting annually in solo and major group shows in Australia, New York, Asia, the Middle East and Europe.

At art school, key influences were sculpture lecturers such as Bert Flugelman, Max Lyle and Owen Broughton, who introduced him to the use of Corten steel, a material to which he has maintained a career-long allegiance, equating its rich self-protecting rust surface with the colours and geological ethos of the Australian outback landscape.

In the decade following his graduation from art school, Johns’ main focus was on interlocking geometric patterning, initially from the triangle and square to the circle, from concentric semi-circular elements to single, vertical mandala forms, which over time evolved into increasingly articulated chain-like, quarter-circle components, linked in a fractal-like relationship.

In 2001 he acquired 400 acres of land at Palmer in South Australia, to establish an independent sculpture landscape, and address environmental issues and in 2013 a major work “At The Centre [There Is Nothing]” was installed on Sydney Harbour. As a person Greg Johns is genuinely concerned about the environment and is working with like-minded individual to restore the farmland at Palmer: as an artist he is exhibiting on the world stage. He is both a committed environmentalist and a dedicated, highly successful sculptor.

Awards 2013 Artist In Residence - National Sculpture Factory, Cork, Ireland.

Invited Sculptor - Swell Sculpture Festival, Currumbin, QLD, Australia.

Invited ‘Legend Sculptor’ - Sculpture On The Greens, Central Coast, NSW, Australia.

2012 Honourable Mention - The Advertiser Contemporary Art Prize, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Invited Artist - Canberra CBD Sculpture Competition, Canberra, ACT, Australia.

Invited Artist - Chatswood Commission, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Lincoln College Sculpture Award, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Winner – McClelland Survey Award - McClelland Gallery & Sculpture Park,

Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

2011 Winner – Sculpture Trail Prize - Lorne Sculpture Biennale, Lorne, VIC, Australia.

2010 Brighton Jetty Classic Sculpture Prize, Brighton, SA, Australia.

Invited Artist - Artscape Biennial, Byron Bay, NSW, Australia.

Second Prize – Arid Sculptural Exhibition - Arid Lands Botanic Garden, Port

Augusta, SA. Australia.

Invited Artist - Sculpture by the Sea, Perth, WA, Australia.

Invited Artist – Australian Masters - Solander Gallery, Canberra, ACT, Australia.

2009 Invited Artist - Limestone Sculpture Symposium, Mount Gambier, SA, Australia.

Invited Artist - Sculpture by the Sea, Aarhus, Denmark.

Invited Artist - Sculpture by the Sea, Perth, WA, Australia.

2008 Invited Artist - ‘Contempora’ Festival of Sculpture, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Invited Artist - Sculpture by the Sea, Perth, WA, Australia.

Distinguished Invited Artist - Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

2005 Invited Australian Artist - Pocheon Sculpture Symposium, Pocheon, South Korea.

Finalist – Kima Sculpture Competition, Tokyo, Japan.

2004 Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai, China.

National History Award – Waterhouse Prize Exhibition (Sculpture), SA, VIC, NSW, Australia.

Finalist - The Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, Werribee Park, VIC, Australia.

Nominated (Palmer Sculpture Landscape) – Arts and Environmental Categories SA Great Awards, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Joint Award (for sculpture Origin and landscaping work) - Stonnington

Landscaping Award, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

2001 National Finalist - Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

2000 Award of Merit (Collaboration with TECTVS Architects) for renovation of Dawson home.

1999 Finalist - Kowloon Station Commission, Hong Kong.

1997 Australia Council Visual Arts Board Grant (to develop new studio work).

State and National Heart Awards for design of playground space.

1995 Collaboration Award – Artists/Architecture Team - Swallowcliffe Primary School,

Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Award of Merit RAIA – New Building (Collaborative Award) - Swallowcliffe

Primary School, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Civic Award – South Australia (Collaborative Award) - Swallowcliffe Primary

School, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

CEAD Award – (National) Australia Council (Collaborative Award) - Swallowcliffe

Primary School, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Award of Merit – BHP Colourbond Steel Award (Artist/Architecture Team) - Royal

Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA), SA Chapter, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1994 Hakone Sculpture Competition, Japan.

Award of Merit - Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA), SA Chapter

(Shortlisted for National Award), Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Commendation – Art and Architecture - Royal Australian Institute of Architects

(RAIA), SA Chapter, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1993 First Prize - REDAS International Sculpture Competition, Singapore.

Art and Architecture Prize, SA, Australia.

1992 Hakone Sculpture Competition, Japan.

1991 Happy Valley Community Arts Grant (to design a children’s sculptural playground).

South Australian Government Arts Grant (to exhibit at Emil Leonard Gallery, New York).

1980 Whyalla Sculpture Prize, Whyalla, SA, Australia.

Australia Council Visual Arts Board Grant.

South Australian Government Arts Grants 1981, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1993,

1996, 1997 (assist work and travel in the USA and Europe)

Solo Exhibitions 2016 2014

2012

Two Stories - ReDot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore.

Qdos Arts, Lorne, VIC, Australia Australian Galleries, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

BMG Art, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

2010 BMG Art, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Australian Art Resources, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

2008 Australian Art Resources, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

2006 – 2007 30 Year Retrospective - Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra, ACT; Australian Art

Resources, Sydney, NSW, Australia; McClelland Gallery & Sculpture Park,

Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Adelaide Festival Exhibition - BMG Art, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Australian Art Resources, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

2005 Australian Art Resources, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

2004 Australian Art Resources, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Aptos Cruz Galleries, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

2003 Australian Art Resources, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Gomboc Gallery, Perth, WA, Australia.

BMG Art, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

2002 Australian Art Resources, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Aptos Cruz Galleries, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

2001 Robert Steele Gallery, New York, NY, USA.

Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

BMG Art, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

2000 25 Year Retrospective - Aptos Cruz Galleries, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Australian Art Resources, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

1999 Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

1998 Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1997 Robert Steele Gallery, New York, NY, USA. 1996 Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1995 Australian High Commission, Singapore (Represented by Anima Gallery).

1994 Solander Gallery, Canberra, ACT, Australia.

Survey Exhibition 1976–94 - Meridian Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Survey Exhibition 1978–91 - Carrick Hill Sculpture Park, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1993 Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1992 Adelaide Festival Exhibition - BMG Fine Art, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Bridge Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia (three large outdoor sculptures).

1991 Survey Exhibition 1978–91 - BMG Fine Art, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Survey Exhibition 1978–91 - Solander Gallery, Canberra, ACT, Australia.

1987 Bonython-Meadmore Gallery, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

1983 Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

1983 Bonython Gallery, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1981 Roundspace Gallery, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1980 Bonython Gallery, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Solo Exhibitions of Large Sculptures 2009-2013 Trans Figure - New Art Centre, Salisbury, UK. 2008 Wavering Figure (Height 2.4m) - New Art Centre (Sculpture Garden),

Salisbury, UK.

Old Fella Cyborg (Height 2.4m) - New Art Centre, Salisbury, UK. 2008 – 2013 Fractal Figure (Height 5m) - BMG Art (Courtyard), Adelaide, SA, Australia.

2007 – 2009 Guardian Figure (Height 2.7m) - New Art Centre Sculpture Garden,

Salisbury, UK. 2005 – 2014 Bella Cosa Sculpture Park, McLaren Vale, SA, Australia.

2003 Three Major Sculptures - Adelaide, SA, Australia.

2001 Major Collection of 30 Large-Scale Sculptures - Palmer Sculpture and

Environmental Landscape, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

2002 Three Large-Scale Sculptures - University of South Australia, Adelaide,

SA, Australia.

2001 – 2002 Floating Figure (Height 3.9m) - BMG Art, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

2000 – 2006 Selected Major Works - Aptos Cruz Galleries, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

2000 Coriole Music Festival, McLaren Vale, SA, Australia.

1998 Into The Out And Back – Sub-Urban (Height 2.5m) - City of Marion,

Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1998 – 1999 Excavator I (Height 2.5m) - Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1997 Entrance Figures (Height 2.4m) - State Administration Building, Adelaide,

SA, Australia.

1996 Floating Figure (Height 3.9m) - Waite Institute, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Flying Figure (Height 2.9m) - Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1995 – 1996 Voyagers (To The Horizon) (Height 3.9m) - Aptos Cruz Galleries, Adelaide,

SA, Australia.

1993 – 1995 Returning Figure (Height 4m) - Greenaway Art Gallery and the Barossa

Festival 1993, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1992 – 2000 Guardian Figures (Height 4m) - Kenthurst Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Shield I (Height 2.4m), Aptos Cruz Galleries, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1991 – 2000 Pattern I (Height 3.2m) - Kenthurst Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

1988 – 1989 Shield I (Height 2.4m) - BMG Art, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1988 Pattern I (3.5 x 3.5 x 2m) - BMG Art, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1983 – 1984 Rhythmic Circle (3.3 x 3.3 x 1.8m) - Art Gallery of South Australia and

Bonython Gallery, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1982 Rhythmic Circle (3.3 x 3.3 x 1.8m) - Adelaide Festival of Arts, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1979 Dual (19 x 3.6 x 7m) - University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1977 Stepdown (3.3 x 12 x 3.3m) – South Australian Institute of Technology,

Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Group Exhibitions – Selected 2014

2013

2012

2011

Lorne Sculpture Biennale, Lorne, VIC, Australia.

New Art Centre (Sculpture Garden), Salisbury, UK. Heysen Sculpture Biennial, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Palmer Sculpture Biennial, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Brighton Jetty Classic Sculpture Prize, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

New Art Centre (Sculpture Garden), Salisbury, UK. Brighton Jetty Classic Sculpture Prize, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Sculpture by the Sea, Perth, WA, Australia.

SALA Sculpture Exhibition - Adelaide Botanic Gardens, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

New Art Centre (Sculpture Garden), Salisbury, UK. Sculpture by the Sea, Perth, WA, Australia.

Palmer Sculpture Biennial, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Brighton Jetty Classic Sculpture Prize, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Heysen Sculpture Biennial, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Contemporary Sculpture Survey Exhibition - McClelland Gallery & Sculpture Park, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Arid Sculptural Exhibition - Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden, Port Augusta, SA, Australia.

This Is A Maquette Show - MARS Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

New Art Centre (Sculpture Garden), Salisbury, UK. Grove International Exhibition, UK. Brighton Jetty Classic Sculpture Prize, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Sculpture in Central Otago, New Zealand.

Sculpture by the Sea, Perth, WA, Australia.

2011 Survey of Australian Sculpture - McClelland Gallery & Sculpture Park,

Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

37 Years Survey Show - Solander Gallery, Canberra, ACT, Australia.

Approach to the Landscape - Axia Modern Art, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Lorne Sculpture Biennale, Lorne, VIC, Australia.

Sculpture 11 - Fleurieu Art Prize, Goolwa, SA, Australia.

2010 Australian Masters Exhibition - Solander Gallery, Canberra, ACT, Australia.

Heysen Sculpture Biennial, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Sculpture by the Sea, Perth, WA, Australia.

New Art Centre (Sculpture Garden), Salisbury, UK.

Palmer Sculpture Biennial, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Intangibles in Terra Australis - Sala kubo-kutxa Aretoa, San Sebastian, Spain [ArtsSA].

Brighton Jetty Classic Sculpture Prize, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Artscape Biennial, Byron Bay, NSW, Australia.

Survey of Australian Sculpture - McClelland Gallery & Sculpture Park,

Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Arid Sculptural Exhibition - Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden, Port Augusta,

SA, Australia.

2009 Sculpture 2009 - Globe Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Indoor Exhibition - Sculpture by the Sea, Aarhus, Denmark.

Roche Court Sculpture Garden, Wiltshire, UK.

Fresh Air Sculpture Exhibition, UK.

Indoor Exhibition - Sculpture by the Sea, Perth, WA, Australia.

Palimpsest 2009, Palmer, SA, Australia.

Sculpture On The Cliffs, Elliston, SA, Australia.

Palmer Touring Exhibition - SA, Australia.

River Murray Art Prize - The Waikerie Institute, Waikerie, SA, Australia.

Lorne Sculpture Biennale, Lorne, VIC, Australia.

Inside Exhibition - Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Object + Construct - Australian Art Resources, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

2008 Exhibition of Large Sculpture, Guardian Figure - Roche Court Sculpture Garden,

Wiltshire, UK.

Palmer Sculpture Biennial, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Invited Artist - Contempora, VIC, Australia.

Terra Australis - Murray Bridge Regional Gallery, Murray Bridge, SA, Australia.

Sculpture by the Sea (invited artist), Perth, WA, and Sydney, NSW, Australia.

2008 Arid Sculptural Exhibition - Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden, Port Augusta,

SA, Australia.

Heysen Sculpture Biennial, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Regional Touring Exhibition Featuring Palmer Sculpture Biennale Artists Country Arts SA, SA, Australia.

Fleurieu Biennial Sculpture Exhibition, McLaren Vale, SA, Australia.

Norwood Sculpture Exhibition, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Indoor Exhibition - Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

2007 Exhibition of large sculpture, Guardian Figure - Roche Court Sculpture Garden,

Wiltshire, UK.

Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

River Murray Art Prize - The Waikerie Institute, Waikerie, SA, Australia.

Lorne Sculpture Biennale, Lorne, VIC, Australia.

2006 Roche Court Sculpture Garden, Wiltshire, UK.

Invited Artist - Sculpture by the Sea, Perth, WA, Australia.

Palmer Sculpture Biennial, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Adelaide Central Gallery Sculpture Exhibition, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Invited Artist – Sculpture On The Cliffs, Elliston, SA, Australia.

Invited Artist – One - Pembroke School, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Featured Artist – Scotch College Art Exhibition - Scotch College, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Fleurieu Biennale, McLaren Vale, SA, Australia.

Major Work and Installation - Palimpsest 2006, Lake Mungo, NSW and Palmer,

SA, Australia.

Exhibited Sculpture - Adelaide, SA, Australia.

2005 Contempora 2 - Docklands Festival of Sculpture, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

The Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, Werribee Park, VIC, Australia.

Roche Court Sculpture Garden, Wiltshire, UK.

The McClelland Contemporary Sculpture Survey and McClelland Award McClelland Gallery & Sculpture Park, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

International Sculpture Exhibition - Robert Steele Gallery (International

Sculpture Exhibition), New York, NY, USA.

Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

2004 Palmer Sculptural/Environmental Landscape 2004, Palmer, SA, Australia.

Adelaide Festival of Arts, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Zoo Walk - Adelaide Fringe Festival, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Toorak Village Festival Of Sculpture, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

2004 Roche Court Sculpture Garden, Wiltshire, UK.

Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai, China.

Indoor Exhibition - Sculpture By The Sea, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Sculpture Exhibition - Robert Steele Gallery, New York, NY, USA.

Fleurieu Heritage Exhibition - McLaren Vale, SA, Australia.

Easter Exhibition - Qdos Gallery, Lorne, VIC, Australia.

Tangibility Metal Exhibition - Port Pirie, SA, Australia.

Sculpture In The Bush, VIC, Australia.

Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize - South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Belalie Gallery, Jamestown, SA, Australia.

Norwood Sculpture Exhibition - Adelaide, SA, Australia.

2003 Roche Court Sculpture Garden, Wiltshire, UK.

Invited Artist in Focus – 20th Anniversary Sculpture Exhibition – Sculpture Survey

’03 - Gomboc Gallery Sculpture Park, Perth, WA, Australia.

New York Budget Art Fair, New York, NY, USA.

Survey of Australian Sculpture - McClelland Gallery & Sculpture Park,

Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

6” Exhibition - Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

12” Exhibition - BMG Art, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Members’ Exhibition - Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia (CACSA),

Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Australian Art Resources, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize - South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

2002 Roche Court Sculpture Garden, Wiltshire, UK.

Major International Show - Robert Steele Gallery, New York, NY, USA.

Focus On Sculpture - Axia Modern Art, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Australian Art Resources, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Toorak Village Festival Of Sculpture, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Viz Biz Exhibition - Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

South Australian Living Artists (SALA) Exhibition - McLaren Vale, VIC, Australia.

Members’ Exhibition - Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia (CACSA),

Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Campbelltown Sculpture Award and Exhibition, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

2001 Robert Steele Gallery, New York, NY, USA.

2001 Roche Court Sculpture Garden, Wiltshire, UK.

Sculpture 13 - Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

An Art Odyssey, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Easter Sculpture Exhibition - Qdos Sculpture Park, Lorne, VIC, Australia.

Garden Exhibition - Adelaide Central School of Art, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Members’ Exhibition - Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia (CACSA),

Adelaide, SA, Australia.

2000 Encounters, Bahrain International Exhibition, Bahrain.

Roche Court Sculpture Garden, Wiltshire, UK.

Senses – Kuwait International Exhibition - Kuwait.

New York Sculptors’ Guild Annual Exhibition - Sculptors Guild, Chesterwood, MA, USA.

Sculpture 12 - Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Robert Steele Gallery, New York, NY, USA.

CHEMISTRY: Art in South Australia 1990-2000: The Faulding Exhibition - Art

Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

New York Sculptors’ Guild Annual Exhibition - The Arts Centre, New York, NY, USA.

Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Garden Exhibition - Adelaide Central School of Art, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Members’ Exhibition - Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia (CACSA),

Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1999 Volume and Form – International Exhibition - Singapore.

Roche Court Sculpture Garden, Wiltshire, UK.

Möet & Chandon Acquisitions - Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

New York Sculptors’ Guild Exhibition - Grounds For Sculpture, NJ, USA.

Sculpture 11 - Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

The Artists Table - Adelaide Central School of Art, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Members’ Exhibition - Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia (CACSA),

Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1998 Robert Steele Gallery, New York, NY, USA.

Roche Court Sculpture Garden, Wiltshire, UK.

Sculpture 10 - Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

New York Sculptors’ Guild 60th Anniversary Exhibition - Sculptors Guild, New York,

NY, USA.

Director’s Choice - Gallery 101, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Members’ Exhibition - Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia (CACSA),

Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1997 Roche Court Sculpture Garden, Wiltshire, UK.

Sculpture 9 - Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

1996 Stamford Museum & Nature Center, Stamford, CT, USA.

Roche Court Sculpture Garden, Wiltshire, UK.

New York Sculptors’ Guild Annual Exhibition - Sculptors Guild, New York, NY, USA.

RSASA Historical Exhibition 1945–96 - Royal South Australian Society of Arts

(RSASA), Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Sculpture 8 - Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

1995 Roche Court Sculpture Garden, Wiltshire, UK.

Floating Exhibition - New York Sculptors’ Guild, New York, NY, USA.

Sculpture 7 - Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Sculpture 95 – South Australian Sculptors - Royal South Australian Society of

Arts (RSASA), Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1994 Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

New York Sculptors’ Guild Annual Exhibition - Sculptors Guild, New York, NY, USA.

Alice Art Prize, Alice Springs, NT, Australia.

Meridian Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

1993 10th Anniversary Exhibition - Bridge Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

New York Sculptors’ Guild Exhibition - Cast Iron Gallery, New York, NY, USA and

Kyoto, Japan.

Roche Court Sculpture Garden, Wiltshire, UK.

Asia Art Fair, Singapore.

REDAS Sculpture Exhibition, Singapore.

Aspects of Love - Kenthurst Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Post Script - Meridian Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1992 Roche Court Sculpture Garden, Wiltshire, UK.

Emil Leonard Gallery, New York, NY, USA.

Real and Forged: Contemporary Australian Metal - Adelaide Festival Exhibition,

Adelaide, SA, Australia.

New York Sculptors’ Guild Annual Exhibition - International Sculpture

Conference, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

New York Sculptors’ Guild Annual Exhibition - Sculptors Guild, New York, NY, USA.

Alice Art Prize, Alice Springs, NT, Australia.

1991 Roche Court Sculpture Garden, Wiltshire, UK.

New York Sculptors’ Guild Annual Exhibition - Sculptors Guild, New York, NY, USA.

New York Sculptors’ Guild Exhibition - Cast Iron Gallery, New York, NY, USA.

Emil Leonard Gallery, New York, NY, USA.

1991 Clarendon Life Festival, Clarendon, SA, Australia.

Aptos Cruz Galleries, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1990 Festival Exhibition - Royal South Australian Society of Arts (RSASA), Adelaide,

SA, Australia.

Roche Court Sculpture Garden, Wiltshire, England.

Second Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Adelaide-Christchurch Exhibition - Christchurch, New Zealand.

1989 Roche Court Sculpture Garden, Wiltshire, UK.

Adelaide Week in Himeji Exhibition - Adelaide, SA, Australia and Himeji, Japan.

New York Sculptors’ Guild Annual Exhibition - Sculptors Guild, New York, NY, USA.

Opening Exhibition - BMG Fine Art, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Echoes of Tiananmen - Artzone Gallery, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1988 Mildura Sculpture Triennial, Mildura, VIC, Australia.

In the Making - Adelaide Festival, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Bicentennial Sculpture Exhibition - Sculpture Park, Gosford, NSW, Australia.

BMG Art, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Large-scale Sculpture - World Expo ’88, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

1987 Members’ Exhibition - Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia (CACSA),

Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1986 Inaugural Exhibition - Carrick Hill Sculpture Park, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Adelaide Festival Exhibition - Bonython-Meadmore Gallery, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Artzone Exhibition I and II - Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1985 Postcard Exhibition - Experimental Art Foundation (EAF), Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Mildura Sculpture Triennial, Mildura, VIC, Australia.

1984 Art Walk - Adelaide Festival of Arts, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1983 Ideas on Ice - Experimental Art Foundation (EAF), Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1982 South Australian Sculptors - Royal South Australian Society of Arts (RSASA),

Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Mildura Sculpture Triennial, Mildura, VIC, Australia.

Recent South Australian Sculpture - Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Bonython Gallery, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1981 First Australian Sculpture Triennial, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Young SA Contemporaries - Wollongong and Tamworth, NSW, Australia.

1980 Adelaide Festival Exhibition, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1978 Mildura Sculpture Triennial, Mildura, VIC, Australia.

1977 – 1978 Young Artists – Adelaide Festival Theatre, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1977 Art in Architecture - Adelaide Festival Theatre, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Two Person Exhibitions 2008 Towards The Land (with Gavin Malone) - Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

2007 Towards The Land (with Gavin Malone) - Murray Bridge Regional Gallery,

Adelaide, SA, Australia.

2002 Landscape Connections (with Ken Orchard) - Bella Cosa Gallery, McLaren Vale,

SA, Australia.

Collections Abteiberg Museum, Mรถnchengladbach, Germany.

Adler Collection, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Amnesty International, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Artbank Collection, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Armitage Collection, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Arts SA Collection, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.

Bailleu Myer Collection, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Bankers Trust Collection, USA. Maritime Trade Towers, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Banks Collection, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Barry Somerstein Collection, Florida, USA. Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla, VIC, Australia.

Best Collection, Channel Islands, UK. BT Funds Management, Australia.

Caff Collection, UK. Carrick Hill Sculpture Park, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Caton Collection, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Chadstone Shopping Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

City of Brisbane Council, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

City of Marion Collection, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

City of Port Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Clarke Collection, UK. Cohn Collection, New York, NY, USA. 330 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Crown Casino, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Commonwealth Bank Collection, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Cousins Collection, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Darwin National Library, Darwin, NT, Australia.

Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management Group Collection.

Diana Laidlaw Collection, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Diario de Ibiza Collection, Spain.

Docklands Collection, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Faulding Collection, Australia, USA and UK. Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, UK. FKP Collection, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Fraid Collection, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Fraser Collection, France.

Fuchs Collection, USA. Gandel Collection, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Guilford Bell & Graham Fisher Architects, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Holmes Ă Court Collection, Perth, WA, Australia.

HSBC, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Kidd Collection, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Knutson Collection, Australia and USA. Lord Harwood Collection, UK. Maeda Environmental Art Co. Collection, Tokyo, Japan.

Macquarie University Collection, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Manchester Unity-Hibernian Collection, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Mattern Collection, CT, USA. Maroondah City Council, Maroondah, VIC, Australia.

Mistletoe Winery, Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia.

Mt Lofty Botanical Gardens Collection, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Mullins Collection, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Neil Collection, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Nicholas Collection, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

O’Connor Collection, USA. Olivet House Collection, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Palmer Environmental/Sculptural Landscape, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Phillip Adams Collection.

Pembroke School, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Pocheon City Collection, Pocheon, South Korea.

Port Pirie Council Collection, Port Pirie, SA, Australia.

Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park, Hamilton, OH, USA. Riverbank Collection, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Royal Meridian Hotel, Manama, Bahrain.

SANTOS Collection, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

St Vincent’s Hospital Collection, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Sculpture Park 1988.

Gallery 460 and Sculpture Park, Gosford, NSW, Australia.

Shoreham Park Collection, VIC, Australia.

Spivakovsky Collection, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

TAB Collection, Sydney, NSW Australia.

Tulloch Collection, UK. Tweddell Collection, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

University of Adelaide Collection, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

University of Tasmania Collection, Hobart, TAS, Australia.

Waite Research Institute Collection, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Whyalla Arts Council, Whyalla, SA, Australia.

Wing Tai Collection, Singapore.

Wyatt Trust Collection, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

33 York Street Sydney Collection, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Watergardens, VIC, Australia.

Ziegler Collection, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Private Collections in NSW, SA, VIC, ACT, WA, Australia, New Zealand, USA, UK and Singapore.

Commissions 2013 Monument To The Keepers of Place - Cork, Ireland.

Landlines – Songlines (Large-scale Installation) - Private Commission,

VIC, Australia.

At The Centre (There Is Nothing) - Private Commission, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

2012 Continuous Division - Small-Scale Commission celebrating 25 years since

the Brisbane World Expo, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

Private Commissions in SA, NSW, VIC, WA, Australia and USA. 2011 Pattern – Patterns - Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Returning Figure - Sydney, NSW, Australia.

2010 Entrance (Large-scale Installation) - Gawler Entrance Commission,

Gawler, SA, Australia.

2010 Seven works - Lightsview Commission, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Guardian Figure (Large-scale Commission) - UK. 2009 Wreck of the Admella - Private Commission, Mount Gambier, SA, Australia.

50 sculptural gates - Docklands Commission, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Foyer (with Stephen Newton) - FKP Commission, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

2008 Five sculptural gates - Docklands Commission, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Landscape Mandala - Major Commission, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Wavering Circle (Large-scale Sculpture) - Private Commission,

Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

2007 Swirling Mandala (Cataclysm) - Major Commission, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Major Public Sculpture - Palmerston Commission, New Zealand.

2007 – 2006 Lochiel Park Commission (with Gavin Malone and Karl Telfer), Adelaide,

SA, Australia.

2006 Family I (Installation) - Private Commission, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

To The Centre (Large-scale Commission) - Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Guardian Figures (Large-scale Sculpture) - Mount Lofty Botanic Gardens,

Adelaide, SA, Australia.

2005 Pocheon City Commission for Sculpture Park, Pocheon Lake, South Korea.

Caton Commission, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

2004 – 2006 Whirling Mandala - Fresh Water Commission, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

2004 – 2005 Returning Column (Major Sculpture) - Elizabeth City Centre Shopping

Centre Commission, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

150th Democracy Commission, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Two major sculptures, one major installation and one human-scale

sculpture - Diario de Ibiza Collection, Spain.

2003 – 2004 Tanunda Commissions, Tanunda, SA, Australia.

Bell Memorial Garden, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Crown Casino, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Casino Hotel, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Mullins Commission, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

330 Collins Street Commission, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Mistletoe Winery, Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia.

2003

Maroondah City Council, Maroondah, VIC, Australia.

2002 – 2004 Private Commission, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Major commission for the extension (HC Coombs) - Australian National

University (ANU), Canberra, ACT, Australia.

2002 – 2003 To The Centre (Major Commission) - Private Collection, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

2002 Fractal Mandala (Small-scale version for foyer) - 33 York Street, Sydney,

NSW, Australia.

Pattern III - Private Collection, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Excavator (Five figures for environmental project) - Waterways

Commission,Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Fractal Mandala (Large-scale Sculpture) - Adelaide Riverbank, Adelaide,

SA, Australia.

2000 – 2001 Domain I (Large-scale Sculpture) - Con Sculpture Commission, Adelaide,

SA, Australia.

To The Centre (Large-scale Sculpture) - Mornington Peninsular

Commission, Mornington VIC, Australia.

2000 From The Centre - Rosie Johnson.

From The Centre - Deidre But-Husaim.

The Dance Continues - Mr. and Mrs. Thyer.

Entrance - Mount Lofty Summit, Mount Lofty, SA, Australia.

1999 – 2000 Large-scale Sculpture - Northgate Reserve Commission, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1999 Entrances (Sculpture for Private Residence) - TECTVS Architects,

Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Origin (Large-scale Sculpture) - Chadstone Shopping Centre Commission,

Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Silent Figure IV (For Glenn Murcutt House) - Henric Nicholas, Blue

Mountains, NSW, Australia.

Returning Figure III (Large-scale Sculpture) - Faulding Headquarters,

Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Entrance – Cleland National Park, Mount Lofty, SA, Australia.

Returning Figure (Large-scale Sculpture) and balustrading - Regent

Gardens Commission.

1998 From The Centre - Mr. and Mrs. Spivakovsky.

Private Commission for the Office of Diana Laidlaw (Hon. Minister for the

Arts), Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Sculptural Environment - Arboretum Garden Waite Research Institute,

Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1997 – 1998 Large-scale Sculpture - Nepenthe Winery, Hahndorf, SA, Australia.

1997 Faulding Pharmaceuticals, Warwick, UK.

Pure Pac Pharmaceuticals, Piscataway, NJ, USA.

1996 – 1997 Grounded Figure (Large-scale Sculpture) - Banks, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Balustrading - Dieter Sczesny Architecture, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Pattern III (Large-scale Sculpture) - Faulding Headquarters, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1996 Grounded Figure (Large-scale Sculpture) - Mr. and Mrs. Knutson,

Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Sculptural balustrading (For Private Residence) - TECTVS Architects,

Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1995 – 1996 Sculptural gates and railings for entrance - Mount Lofty Botanic Gardens,

Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1995 Balustrading - Utah Building Co-op, Murray, UT, USA.

Equal access play-space - Serpentine Reserve.

1994 – 1995 Guardian Figure (Large-scale Steel Sculpture) - Mr. and Mrs. Gandel,

Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

1994 Large-scale Work with Peace Theme - Mount Lofty Botanic Gardens,

Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Gates and railings (with Marijana Tadic) - Swallowcliffe Primary School,

Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Counter - New Works Design Studio, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Counter - Rosanna’s Fashion Boutique, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1993 – 1995 REDAS Sculpture Commission, Singapore.

Fresh Water Collection, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Poole Shopping Centre, Poole, UK.

Guardian Figure (Large-scale Steel Sculpture) - Cross Collection,

Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1993 Henley Beach Catholic Church, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Three Sculptural Walls - Seaford Housing Estate, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Design of front bar - Blue Iguana Bar, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1991 – 1992 Guardian Figures (Large-scale Steel Sculpture) - Kenthurst Sculpture

Park, NSW, Australia.

Design of exterior sculptural railing to be constructed - Adelaide

Magistrates Court Building, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1990 Dual Column - Underwood and Underwood Architects, Wangaratta, VIC, Australia.

Collaborative commission to design and construct a staircase and

balustrading - Rick Bzowy Architects, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

1989 – 1990 Shrine II - Wyatt Building Commission, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Shrine I - St Vincent’s Private Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

1989 Passage - University of Tasmania (Centenary Building), Hobart, TAS, Australia.

Timepiece - Port Pirie Sculpture Competition, Port Pirie, SA, Australia.

1988 – 1989 Forgotten – Remembered Figures - Manchester Unity-Hibernian Building,

Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1987 Guardian Figure I (Large-scale Steel Sculpture) - Mount Lofty Botanic

Gardens, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1984 Entrances (Large-scale Steel Sculpture) - Pembroke School, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

The Dance Continues (Large-scale Steel Sculpture commissioned for

opening of the park) - Bicentennial Sculpture Park, Gosford, NSW, Australia.

1983 Guardian Figure II - Commonwealth Bank, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1980 Guardian Figure I - Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla, VIC, Australia.

1978 Rhythm (Large-scale Steel Sculpture) - Glenelg Council, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

At The Centre (There Is Nothing) Sydney Harbour (Private Collection) Source © Photo Courtesy of Ashley Starkey

SCULPTURES IN SOLID MILD STEEL

Greg JOHNS Vortex Mandala 2010 Solid Mild Steel 81 x 98 x 62cm GJ201607004_3/9

A piece which changes dramatically as you move around it, a dramatic vortex form can be seen in the centre of the sculpture. On a large scale, at least six metres high, this would be a dramatic sculpture.

Edition of 9

Greg JOHNS Llaida Mandala 2006/2016 Solid Mild Steel 75 x 75 x 30cm GJ201607005_1/9

This work was influenced by the wonderful stained glass window in the cathedral at Llaida, in Spain. I have looked at many of these wonderful windows in my travels across Europe; they are rich sources of symbolism.

Edition of 9

Greg JOHNS Whirling Mandala 2014 Solid Mild Steel 63 x 60 x 20cm GJ201607001_1/9

These round forms are one motif central to my work. The notion of the older highly developed perennial philosophies co–existing with developments in areas such as contemporary physics and technology interests me. Stillness and movement co– existing. The waveforms of contemporary physics and the bow forms of the slow moving rivers of the Australian landscape are both sources for the form of this sculpture.

Edition of 9

Greg JOHNS At The Centre (There Is Nothing) 2012 Solid Mild Steel 63 x 63 x 48cm GJ201607002_3/15

The larger version of this piece won the McClelland Sculpture Award, the foremost sculpture prize in Australia. One of the mandala forms. The notion of the older highly developed perennial philosophies co–existing with developments in areas such as contemporary physics (waveforms used reflect waveforms of contemporary physics) interests me.

Edition of 15

Greg JOHNS Fractal Figure 2004 Solid Mild Steel 130 x 25 x 20cm GJ201607006_3/9

In the late seventies I began to use these Y shapes to build sculptures, this was long before the term fractal appeared. Underlying structures that repeat in nature to create form interest me. To create figurative works which are contemporary in form is a real challenge, this is my intention here.

Edition of 9

Greg JOHNS Guardian Figures 1978/79 Solid Mild Steel 36 x 60 x 20cm GJ201607003_4/15

Is one of my favourite early forms. Two figures which become one from the side view.

A male and female form – the creative forces of world mythology. The waveforms of contemporary physics create the form. The old and new together, a major theme in my sculpture.

Edition of 15

Greg John’s Landing, Landlines, Songlines Installation In Situ Source: © Photo Courtesy of Greg Johns

SCULPTURES IN AUSTRALIAN JARRAH HARDWOOD

Artist’s Insight Landing, Landlines, Songlines The Australian landscape is an extraordinary place, the open space one walks through is often relatively silent; the constant click of the computer keyboard is not to be heard. One can also escape from the constancy of task which is so much a part of the Western technological cultures. Here contemplation within a magnificent landscape is possible, but contemplation can also be challenging, you come into contact with the inner world, the inner psyche. I remember recently being on my four hundred acre property at Palmer with a curator from the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) when she expressed a sense of unease at the lack of city noise. To her the hum of the city was comforting. In the cities around the world which worship technological development the hum, the activity, is constantly present during the work day. It is no accident that the cultures of the world which evolved a developed sense of wisdom in terms of living with the environment, each other and questions of spirit did so through significant engagement with silence. The Buddhists through meditation, and the Australian Aboriginal people with the great silence and void of the interior of Australia.

Traditional Aboriginal culture was in terms of living with the environment, each other and questions of spirit one of the great wisdom cultures, highly evolved over tens of thousands of years. It was critically injured by the incoming English invaders who believed in ownership, domination and extraction from a landscape, and simply did not “see� or understand the complexities of a culture which had evolved to deeply understand that everything was interconnected in the environment, and as such it had to be cared for. It was clearly understood that if it was not cared for/respected all would perish. The functionality of contemporary Aboriginal culture, in terms of whether the traditional structures have sufficiently survived for the culture itself to survive draws a number of opinions. I personally believe a number of red hot burning embers, cultural hot spots have pulled through, and the camp fire will re-ignite, glowing to enlighten the recent arrivals on the critical importance of caring for place.

European arrival in Australia had an enormous

impact on shaping contemporary Australia.

That is undeniable. The recently arrived, incoming cultures to Australia settled along the coastal areas and have drastically modified the landscape. When one flies over it today what you see is a patchwork of paddocks – it appears as if a European quilt has been thrown over what was once bushland. For the first of the new arrivals, the English, the conditions on the coast were and still are far more palatable to European sensibilities. The incoming culture was a technological, seafaring culture, sea dreamers. They were and remain a stark contrast to the land dreaming Aboriginal culture which understood, and still understands at its core, the importance of connection to place. The new arrivals also brought their cultural values.

In sculptural terms an appreciation of the wonderful classical sculpture of Greece, and of sculptors such as the extraordinary Michelangelo. Currently nearly all Australian sculptors live in this protected/safe zone, particularly in the large cities of Sydney and Melbourne. They are urban based artists. Their work comes out of the European tradition (Anthony Caro is a major influence on Sydney sculptors), or the current international style, where place is considered virtually irrelevant to sculpture making.

The European tradition is one influence on my work. I am a maker who considers work in the round; I have spent time admiring the subtle three dimensional decision making of Michelangelo. Conceptually and formally Brancusi too is a significant influence on my work.

The installation “Landing, Landlines, Songlines” draws on the influences of both Aboriginal and European cultural understandings. Both of these have impacted on the shaping of contemporary Australia; in terms of the physical and cultural landscape.

As such I welcome them as valuable participants/contributors/determinants in Top: ‘Land Mandala’ Being Installed at Cammeray Square, Sydney, Australia, 2008 Corten Steel, 600 x 600 x 350cm Left Page: Greg Johns in the Studio, 2002 Source: © Photo Courtesy of Greg Johns

shaping my sculpture. While European paradigms clearly plays a far more significant role in shaping contemporary Australia, beneath the surface Aboriginal culture’s understanding of connection to place is a wealth/resource which no mining company can extract. To engage with this is precious. My sensibilities are far more connected with it than with European concepts of ownership, extraction and attempted control of the environment.

I am an Australian sculptor whose work grows out of the European tradition of sculpture (Brancusi, Moore, Chillida etc.), but at the same time much of my work has been hybridised by the influences of the Australian landscape and Aboriginal culture.

The installation “Landing, Landlines, Songlines” shows both of these influences. The sensibilities expressed, in terms of feelings of protection/spirit figures, clearly align with Aboriginal culture. The carved, eroded like forms have the Australian landscape at their heart. The figures overall have a feel which is Australian figurative, at the same time there are a few individual sculptures in the group which, in parts of the carved form, deliberately refer back to Europe (the head shape of a bishop). Both cultures, as mentioned, currently shape Australia and as such both impact on my work.

This is I believe a very contemporary approach to making sculpture.

Greg Johns July 2016

Top Left: Sketch for ‘From the Centre to the Centre’ Top Right: Installation of ‘From the Centre to the Centre’ at Chadstone Shopping Centre Source: © Photo Courtesy of Greg Johns Right Page: Greg JOHNS, GJ201607007_5/13c, 242 x 8 x 8 cm (detail) Source: © Photo Courtesy of ReDot Fine Art Gallery

Installation ‘Two Stories’ and ‘An Unconfirmed Number’ Source: © Photo Courtesy of ReDot Fine Art Gallery

Greg JOHNS Landings, Landlines, Songlines 2016 Australian Jarrah Hardwood 242 x 8 x 8cm GJ201607007

Greg JOHNS Landings, Landlines, Songlines 2016 Australian Jarrah Hardwood (carved) 242 x 8 x 8cm GJ201607007_1/13c

Greg JOHNS Landings, Landlines, Songlines 2016 Australian Jarrah Hardwood (carved) 242 x 8 x 8cm GJ201607007_2/13c

Greg JOHNS Landings, Landlines, Songlines 2016 Australian Jarrah Hardwood (carved) 242 x 8 x 8cm GJ201607007_3/13c

Greg JOHNS Landings, Landlines, Songlines 2016 Australian Jarrah Hardwood (carved) 242 x 8 x 8cm GJ201607007_4/13c

Greg JOHNS Landings, Landlines, Songlines 2016 Australian Jarrah Hardwood (carved) 242 x 8 x 8cm GJ201607007_5/13c

Greg JOHNS Landings, Landlines, Songlines 2016 Australian Jarrah Hardwood (carved) 242 x 8 x 8cm GJ201607007_6/13c

Greg JOHNS Landings, Landlines, Songlines 2016 Australian Jarrah Hardwood (carved) 242 x 8 x 8cm GJ201607007_7/13c

Greg JOHNS Landings, Landlines, Songlines 2016 Australian Jarrah Hardwood (carved) 242 x 8 x 8cm GJ201607007_8/13c

Greg JOHNS Landings, Landlines, Songlines 2016 Australian Jarrah Hardwood (smooth) 242 x 8 x 8cm GJ201607007_9/13s

Greg JOHNS Landings, Landlines, Songlines 2016 Australian Jarrah Hardwood (smooth) 242 x 8 x 8cm GJ201607007_10/13s

Greg JOHNS Landings, Landlines, Songlines 2016 Australian Jarrah Hardwood (smooth) 242 x 8 x 8cm GJ201607007_11/13s

Greg JOHNS Landings, Landlines, Songlines 2016 Australian Jarrah Hardwood (smooth) 242 x 8 x 8cm GJ201607007_12/13s

Greg JOHNS Landings, Landlines, Songlines 2016 Australian Jarrah Hardwood (smooth) 242 x 8 x 8cm GJ201607007_13/13s

Seaing The Land – Feeling The Land (Shedding Figure); Work Installed at the Palmer Sculpture Landscape Source © Photo Courtesy of Ashley Starkey

Greg Johns at Palmer Sculpture Landscape alongside ‘Silent Figure’ Source: © Photo Courtesy of Greg Johns

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