Dark Holes of Light
For several years, Johan Barrett’s motifs have been characterized by different approaches to the present. For a period, he embodied the inability to be in the present moment through the escape of thought to temporary ideal states in holiday resorts and exotic destinations. Barrett has continued with these frozen moments of happiness, somewhere else beyond the everyday, but he has also begun to approach the presence in the now, that can be achieved in any place, with still lifes and landscapes.
Humlegårdsgatan 13 B, Stockholm, April 2024
Curated by Ditte Lauridsen
– So happy that we caught Johan Barrett’s solo show “Dark Holes of Light” on it’s last day presented by Ditte Lauridsen in the premises of an old church in central Stockholm. So much joie de vivre. /C-print
– Stripped, naked and raw. Simply very beautiful. /Calle Carboni
From left to right. “Sticky Fingers” 2023, acrylic on canvas, 135 x 185 cm. “Bleeding shadows” 2023, acrylic on canvas, 135 x 185 cm. “June is the cruelest month” 2023, acrylic on canvas, 135 x 185 cm. “Breathing lavender” 2023, acrylic on canvas, 135 x 185 cm.
“Sticky fingers” 2023, acrylic on canvas, 135 x 185 cm
From left to right. “Bleeding shadows” 2023, acrylic on canvas, 135 x 185 cm. “June is the cruelest month” 2023, acrylic on canvas, 135 x 185 cm. “Breathing lavender” 2023, acrylic on canvas, 135 x 185 cm.
“Bleeding shadows” 2023, acrylic on canvas, 135 x 185 cm.
“June is the cruelest month” 2023, acrylic on canvas, 135 x 185 cm.
“Breathing lavender” 2023, acrylic on canvas, 135 x 185 cm.
From left to right. “The sand burns my feet” 2023, acrylic on canvas, 231 x 194 cm. “Too anxious” 2023, acrylic on canvas, 103 x 136 cm.
“The sand burns my feet” 2023, acrylic on canvas, 231 x 194 cm.
“Too anxious” 2023, acrylic on canvas, 103 x 136 cm.
From left to right. “We are sad because of the weather” 2023, acrylic on canvas, 55 x 75 cm. “Lonely in the sun” 2023, acrylic on canvas, 58 x 69 cm. “I swallowed a sea of poppies” 2023, acrylic on canvas, 58 x 69 cm.
“We are sad because of the weather” 2023, acrylic on canvas, 55 x 75 cm.
“Lonely in the sun” 2023, acrylic on canvas, 58 x 69 cm.
“I swallowed a sea of poppies” 2023, acrylic on canvas, 58 x 69 cm.
“Why so sad?” 2023, acrylic on canvas, 85 x 105 cm.
“Evening Walz ” 2023, acrylic on canvas, 58 x 69 cm.