Michael Johnson b. 1938

  • Artist
Michael Johnson's work is marked by a metaphysical orchestration of colour and a muscularity of presence. His paintings (and occasional works in three dimensions) are romantic in essence; in their application, they are raw and intuitive, deeply connected to his intense and complex relationships with nature, natural process and mood.
Tags: Abstract painting, Colour field
exhibited at
1968
Date
1995
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description

1968 was an exhibition of works from the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Australia, curated by Michael Desmond and Christine Dixon. As the curators noted, it included work from 1967 to 1969 that encapsulated the spirit of those revolutionary years both in Australia, Europe and the USA.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
revolution, posters, Graphic Art, Photography, Abstraction, Colour, Political art, political posters, Minimal art, Fashion
exhibited at
Michael Johnson 1968-1988
Date
1989
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

25 key works that represented major landmarks in the artist’s career.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
AGNSW annual report & archive index cards

Exhibition Catalogue:
Lynn, Victoria, Michael Johnson paintings 1968-1988. Sydney: AGNSW, 1989
[65] p., [3] folded leaves : col. ill. ; 30 cm;
See also: Michael Johnson Paintings 1968-1986. Melbourne: University Gallery, University of Melbourne, 1986

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Solo Survey, Painting
exhibited at
Michael Johnson: retrospective
Date
1989
Place
Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, NSW
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Wollongong City Gallery annual report

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Retrospective, Painting
exhibited at
The Australian Biennale
Date
1988
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Michael Johnson: paintings
Date
1986
Place
Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Ian Potter University of Melbourne exhibition archive; UTAS catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Michael Johnson : paintings, 1968-1986. Parkville, [Vic.], Australia : University Gallery, University of Melbourne, 1986.
ISBN 0868397555

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Painting
exhibited at
Paintings, drawings, sculpture: Michael Johnson
Date
1976
Place
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Institute of Modern Art exhibition archive

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Minor Solo, Painting, Sculpture, Drawing
exhibited at
The Situation Now: Object and Post Object Art
Date
16 July 1971 - 6 August 1971
Place
Central Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

Curated by Terry Smith and Donald Brook, The Situation Now: Object and Post Object Art, was a survey exhibition of conceptual and experimental works in Australia, sponsored by the Contemporary Art Society (CAS) held at Central Street. David Aspden’s work listed in the catalogue was replaced by a work by James Doolin in the exhibition itself.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
One Central Street
exhibited at
Colour and structure: Recent British and Australian paintings
Date
13 May 1970 - 30 May 1970
Place
Farmer's Blaxland Galleries, Sydney, New South Wales
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
São Paulo Bienal
Date
1969
Place
Brazil
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Group Exhibition: 'Gallery Mixture'
Date
10 December 1968 - 21 December 1968
Place
Central Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

First exhibition in Central Street’s new downstairs gallery space.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Central Street Gallery
exhibited at
Group Exhibition
Date
18 May 1968 - 25 May 1968
Place
Central Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

'This exhibition is designed primarily to expose a range of work by gallery painters at the time of the visit to Sydney of Clement Greenberg’ – Elizabeth McGillick, 15 May 1968. Co-incided with a similar exhibition held at the University of Sydney Staff Club.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Central Street Gallery
exhibited at
21st Exhibition
Date
30 January 1968 - 24 February 1968
Place
Central Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
Tags
Central Street Gallery
exhibited at
UNESCO Biennale
Date
1968
Place
France
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
'The Field'
Date
1968
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Michael Johnson
Date
1 February 1967 - 25 February 1967
Place
Central Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
Tags
Central Street Gallery