Jay Mark Johnson It’s About Time.
WILLIAM TURNER GALLERY
Jay Mark Johnson It’s About Time.
William Turner Gallery is pleased to present It’s About Time, an exhibition of large format color
photographs by artist Jay Mark Johnson. The works display a range of subject matter — people, cars, trains, waterfalls and waves, shot from locations around the globe – all united by Johnson’s ongoing inquiry into the possibilities of timeline photography. For this decades-long project, Johnson employs an unconventional camera system to produce seamless delineated renderings of familiar events as they occur over time. The results present a dramatically altered view of our surroundings. While most photographs record snapshots of a single moment, Johnson’s striking images are extended observations, recording how various subjects appear when their movement through space is captured over a period of time. Altering the mode of perception reveals a surprisingly new perspective of the world, one that is just as valid as the one we normally perceive through our five senses. In this manner, the artworks remind us of the deterministic role our instruments of perception play in shaping how and what we perceive.
As architectural theorist Lebbeus Woods states, "Experimental evidence produced since the creation of Einstein's Special Theory confirms that space and time are in fact elastic and interdependent. Jay Mark Johnson’s studies are plays upon the relative mutability of our physical reality.” Artworks from Johnson’s timeline series have been exhibited extensively throughout the U.S. and Europe. They can be found in the permanent collections of the Bundestag (German Parliament) in Berlin, the Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie at Karlsruhe, the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, the Phoenix Art Museum, the Langen Foundation, Hombroich, Germany, the Peter Klein Museum Kunstwerk, Eberdingen, Germany, the collection of Michael G. Wilson, the Milken Family Foundation, Santa Monica and the Fidelity Corporate Art Collection, Boston. Works from earlier periods are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Smithsonian Institution and the Art Institute of Chicago.
Victoria Falls #96 Zimbabwe, 2014 Durst Lambda print, film, aluminum 40” X 288” Triptych (40” x 96” each)
Victoria Falls #44 Zimbabwe, 2014 Durst Lambda print, film, aluminum 40” x 96” Edition of 3
Victoria Falls #73 Zimbabwe, 2014 Durst Lambda print, film, aluminum 40” x 96” Edition of 3
AMBOSELI MIGRATIONS #1 Kenya 2014 Archival pigment, paper, aluminum 25” x 48.5” (framed), Edition of 9
COSTANTINO SOTT’ACQUA 2 Cetona, Italia 2007, Durst Lambda print, film, aluminum, 40” x 88” edition of 3 Archival pigment, paper, aluminum, 20” x 44” - edition of 9
ELENA FLUTTERING BACKWARDS, Cetona, Italia 2007 Durst Lambda print, film, aluminum, 42” x 89” (framed) - edition of 3 with 1 artist proof Archival pigment, paper, aluminum, 20” x 44”, edition of 9
Swept Away #1 Belgrade, Serbia, 2008 Durst Lambda print, film, aluminum 40� x 96� Edition 2/3
PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY #1 Los Angeles 2007 Durst Lambda print, film, aluminum 40” x 156” Edition of 3
SURFING SOWETO Johannesburg 2014 Durst Lambda print, film, aluminum 40” x 180” edition of 3 25” x 95” edition of 9
L’enigma dell Punklichkeit #1 Hamburg, Germany, 2008 Archival pigment, paper, aluminum 23” x 48” (framed) Edition 6/9
LOCAL TRAIN #1 Moscow, 2008 Durst lambda, film, aluminum 40” X 144” Edition 2/3
EL ANARQUISTA Y EL TREN Valencia, Spain 2008 Durst Lambda print, film, aluminum 40” x 204” Edition 2 of 3
HONG KONG 18-1 Hong Kong 2008 Durst Lambda print, film, aluminum 40” x 132” Edition of 3
Taichi Motion Studios Los Angeles, 2006 Durst Lambda print, film, aluminum 40� x 106� Edition 3/3
L’ENIGMA DELLA PUNKLICHKEIT #1 Hamburg, Germany 2008 Durst Lambda print, film, aluminum, 40” x 94” - edition of 3 Archival pigment, paper, aluminum, 23” x 48” - edition of 9 Jen Stark, Pink & Blue & Andy Moses, Geodesy 1502
CARBON DATING #1 Hazard, Kentucky 2008 Durst Lambda print, film, aluminum 40” x 192” Edition 2 of 3
Eva Kein Auto Hamburg, Germany, 2008 Durst Lambda print, film, aluminum 40� x 105� Edition 2/3
JAY MARK JOHNSON
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY EDUCATION AND BIRTHPLACE 1997 - 98 Linguistic Anthropology, Biological Anthropology, UCLA Los Angeles, CA USA 1978 - 80 Institute For Architecture And Urban Studies, New York City, NY USA 1973 - 79 Master of Architecture, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA USA 1955 Born in St. Petersburg, FL USA RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2016 SIDESHOW SIEM REAP, Galerie Deschler, Berlin DE 2015 NO STONE UNTURNED, Wildwood School, Los Angeles, CA 2015 WAVE LENGTHS, William Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2015 TIMELINES, Colburn School of M ic, Los Angeles, CA 2015 PHOTO LA 2015, Los Angeles, CA 2014 EN LA MADRIX, Instituto Municipal de Arte y Cultura de Puebla, MX 2014 LINEA DEL TIEMPO, Palacio Municipal, Instituto Municipal de Arte y Cultura de Puebla, MX 2014 #INWHEELTIME, MOPLA. LUCIE Foundation, Los Angeles, CA 2014 PHOTO LA 2014, William Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2013 TIME LINE WAVES, ACE Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2013 NO SUCH PLACE, William Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2013 PHOTO LA 2013, Los Angeles, CA 2012 NO SUCH PLACE, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney AU 2012 THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, Christ Church, Oxford University UK 2012 SPACETIME: Beyond the Constraints of Perception. UCLA Cotsen Institute, Los Angeles, CA 2012 PHOTO LA 2012, Los Angeles, CA 2011 TEMPO LINEARE, La Botte Ristorante, Los Angeles CA 2011 EL ANARQUISTA Y EL AUTOMOVIL, Galerie Deschler, Berlin DE 2011 MOTION STUDIES, Kunstforum Essenheim, Esseheim DE 2011 VENICE SPACEWALK, Venice Family Clinic & Animal West, Los Angeles, CA 2010 VENICE SPACEWALK, Venice Family Clinic, Los Angeles, CA 2009 SCOPE 09, Galerie Deschler, Basel CH 2009 GERMAN CONSULATE, Basel CH 2009 SPACETIME, ACE Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2008 SWEPT AWAY, Galerie Deschler, Berlin DE 2008 NEW WORK HAMBURG, aplanat Galerie für Photography, Hamburg DE 2007 MOTION STUDIES, aplanat Galerie für Photografie, Hamburg DE 2007 MOTION STUDIES, Galerie Deschler, Berlin DE 2007 TEMPO LINEARE, Comune di Cetona, Cetona IT 2007 TAICHI MOTION STUDIES, aplanat Galerie für Fotographie, Hamburg DE RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND ART FAIRS 2018 BETWEEN TWO SEAS, M.A.A.A.C.Museum, Cisternino, Puglia, IT 2018 SCHWARZ/WEISS, Galerie Deschler, Berlin DE 2018 ART HISTORY, INTERRUPTED, CMay Galley, Los Angeles, CA 2018 VENICE ART WALK & AUCTIONS, Venice Family Clinic, Los Angeles, CA 2017 KAIROS CASTLE, Kasteel Van Gaasbeek, Lennik, BE
2017 MUSIC AND ART RESOUND, Art Share, Los Angeles, CA 2017 PHOTO LA 2011, Los Angeles, CA 2017 FOCAL PLANES, Chungking Studios, Los Angeles, CA 2016 ALTERED REALITY, Weisman Art Museum, Pepperdine University, Malibu CA 2016 WINTER SETTING, Galerie Deschler, Berlin DE 2016 KUNST 16 ZURICH, Galerie Deschler, Zurich CZ 2015 MADE IN CALIFORNIA, Weisman Art Foundation,Mana Contemporary, Miami, FL 2015 ETHEREAL, William Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2015 GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS, Galerie Deschler, Berlin DE 2015 SUMMER SETTING, Galerie Deschler, Berlin DE 2014 MIGRATIONS, Palacio Municipal, Instituto Municipal de Arte y Cultura de Puebla, MX 2014 IMPERMANCE, Galerie Deschler, Berlin DE 2014 LINEA DEL TIEMPO, Palacio Municipal, Instituto Municipal de Arte y Cultura de Puebla, MX 2014 LA ART SHOW, Art All Ways, Los Angeles, CA 2014 GALLERY WEEKEND, Galerie Deschler, Berlin DE 2013 SNAP! ORLANDO, Orlando, FL US 2013 LEBBEUS WOODS, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA 2013 LUMINOUS, Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA 2013 ARTISTS OF THE GALLERY, ACE Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2012 IN THE WOODS, Galerie Deschler, Berlin DE 2012 IN THE PICTURES, Galerie Deschler, Berlin DE 2012 PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard CA 2012 SCOPE 2012, Galerie Deschler, Basel CH 2012 VENICE ART WALK & AUCTIONS, Venice Family Clinic, Los Angeles, CA 2012 ONE SHOT: THE CITY, The Loft at Liz’s, Los Angeles, CA 2012 ART FOR CLAIRE, Santa Monica, CA 2012 ARTWORKS FOR THE CURE, Los Angeles, CA 2012 WINTER SETTING, Galerie Deschler, Berlin DE 2011 PREVIEW BERLIN, Berlin DE 2011 SCOPE 2011, Galerie Deschler, Basel CH 2011 SOLID STRIPES, LAUNCH LA,Los Angeles, CA 2011 ART FOR CLARE, Santa Monica, CA 2011 PHOTO LA 2011, Los Angeles, CA 2011 IN THE PICTURES, Galerie Deschler, Berlin DE 2011 CULTURE, ART, TECHNOLOGY, Sixth College, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA 2011 ART KARLSRUHE, Galerie Deschler, Karlsruhe DE 2010 ELEMENTS OF NATURE, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA 2010 TECHNICAL MATTERS, Galerie Deschler, Berlin DE 2010 CONTEMPORARY ISTANBUL, 2010, Istanbul TK 2010 SHFT.COM, Estee Lauder, New York City 2010 PREVIEW BERLIN, Berlin DE 2010 SWELL: ART 1950 2010, Metro Pictures, Nyehaus, Friedrich Petzel, New York City 2010 NEW DEPARTURES, Galerie Deschler, Berlin DE 2010 ART KARLSRUHE, Galerie Deschler, Karlsruhe DE 2010 SCOPE 10, Galerie Deschler, Basel CH 2010 VENICE ART WALK & AUCTIONS, Venice Family Clinic, Los Angeles, CA 2010 PHOTOS AND PHANTASY, Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA 2008 PHOTO LA 2008, ACE Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010 SHFT.COM, Los Angeles, CA 2010 CHARITYBUZZ AUCTION, Christie’s, New York City, NY 2009 ART KARLSRUHE, Galerie Deschler, Karlsruhe DE 2009 PHOTO LA 2009, ACE Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2009 SUMMER SETTING, Galerie Deschler, Berlin DE 2008 PHOTOS AND PHANTASY, Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA 2008 KUNSTKORPERLICH, Kunsthalle, Osnabruck DE 2008 ART KARLSRUHE, Galerie Deschler, Karlsruhe DE 2007 PHOTO LA 2007, ACE Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2007 TRIBUTE TO IRVING PENN, apalant Galerie für Photografie, Hamburg DE 2007 TECHNICAL MATTERS, Galerie Deschler, Berlin DE 2007 TRIBUTE TO IRVING PENN, aplanat Galerie für Fotographie, Hamburg DE 2006 WINTER SETTING, Galerie Deschler, Berlin DE ARTWORK IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO BUNDESTAG (GERMAN PARLIAMENT) REICHSTAG BUILDING, BERLIN CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF POLITICAL GRAPHICS FIDELITY CORPORATE ART COLLECTION, BOSTON ALISON AND PETER KLEIN, MUSEUM KUNSTWERK, EBERDINGEN LANGEN FOUNDATION, HOMBROICH MILKEN FAMILY FOUNDATION, SANTA MONICA MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK CITY PHOENIX ART MUSEUM, PHOENIX SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERVICE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, DIVISION OF POLITICAL HISTORY, WASH. DC FREDERICK R. WEISMAN ART FOUNDATION, LOS ANGELES ZENTRUM FÜR KUNST UND MEDIENTENOLOGIE, KARLSRUHE, DE