World of Interiors
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James F Johnston’s latest solo show at Fitzrovia Gallery brings together a striking collection of new and recent work on canvas and wood.
‘World of Interiors’ draws on work both based on domestic interiors, and also more psychological interiors: states of mind, fears, obsessions.
The subsequent canvases present their open narratives with an often haunting quality, their layered surfaces combining a looseness of touch with an expressive and bold use of colour.

Also included in the show is a collaborative wooden sculpture made with renowned sculptor Corin Johnson.

James Johnston
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Born in 1966, London based painter and musician James Johnston has primarily been known for his work as a musician -with his own band Gallon Drunk, as a former member of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and more recently for his work touring and recording with PJ Harvey.

His turn to figurative painting initially began with working small scale in hotel rooms on tour, and as a reaction to writer’s block, subsequently becoming his primary focus as a daily studio practice.

A prolific painter, exhibiting widely in group and solo shows, his work has been used on book covers, as album artwork and featured in a variety of international arts publications, with paintings in international private collections, and the collection of the University of Chicago in Paris.

“A remarkable gift for loose, raw painting… that straightaway imprints itself on the viewer’s imagination” – The Economist.

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Fitzrovia Gallery, 139 Whitfield Street, London W1T 5EN