Rindon Johnson, Diver, 2022

2022

Medium

Polyurethane, leather, crayon, chalk, vaseline and gouache

Dimensions

178 × 142 cm

Status

In Gallery Collection

Collect24 Art ID

C24-155768

“Diver” (2022) is a wall object out of leather, which the artist works on with polyurethane, leather, crayon, chalk, vaseline and gouache, and exposes it to the weather for months which also draws traces on the skin. The leather stands here as a remnant of industrial processing chains of the slaughter industry, revealing the treatment of other living beings, whilst also addressing social patterns of discrimination and their complex structures. The artist addresses the subjugation, neglect, and interchangeability of non-human actors in our modern times, as well as the colonization of the USA today. “Diver” is a reference to Jasper Johns' work of the same name from 1962/63, which Johnson references and interacts with during an exhibition at the Whitney Museum in New York. Both works are inscribed with a gestural treatment that recalls the physical movement of a dive and at the same time embodies a metaphor for the artistic process.