LEIGH JOHNSON
May 4 – 10 2019
Leigh Johnson was born in California and lives in london. She takes photographs, makes sculptures, paints, and recently has been working in ceramics. She titles all her works with short stories and poems. Works from the series entitled Lake Placid Ice Show faithfully replicate in ceramic the mangled collection of toys belonging to the artist’s deceased dog. Each object is titled with the artist’s own poems on love and loss, evoking memories of memories.
Tina is looking back..., 2019 Glazed ceramic 11 x 13.5 x 9 inches
A few days after her sister died..., 2019 Glazed ceramic 8.6 x 1 x 5.9 inches
All those cats staring at me..., 2019 Glazed ceramic 5 x 4 x 4 inches
Waves passed us by..., 2019 Glazed ceramic 7.8 x .5 x 7.8 inches
My shameless urges..., 2019 Glazed ceramic 2.7 x 4.3 x 2.7 inches
We went to a resturant, 2019 Glazed ceramic 6 x 3.5 x 3.5 inches
Rabbits left to roam..., 2019 Glazed ceramic 11 x 1.9 x 3.5 inches
Untitled, 2019 Glazed ceramic 3 x 3 x 3 inches
Waiting for blood..., 2019 Glazed ceramic 7.5 x 6 x 5.5 inches
All I want for Christmas..., 2019 Glazed ceramic 4.3 x 8.6 x 3.5 inches
He showed me the first..., 2019 Glazed ceramic 4.7 x 2.1 x 4.2 inches
Jealous of Laika's dehydrated treats...,2019 Glazed ceramic 6.4 x 4.7 x 6.4 inches
You ate a cherry.., 2019 Glazed ceramic 11.8 x 1.5 x 5.11 inches
Untitled, 2019 Glazed ceramic 3 x 3 x 3 inches
They blacked out..., 2019 Glazed ceramic 3.9 x 5.11 x 3.9 inches
If I had met my father..., 2019 Glazed ceramic 7 x 2 x 3.5 inches
Smoky bees..., 2019 Glazed ceramic 18.5 x 1 x 4 inches
It was a constant look out..., 2019 Glazed ceramic 5.11 x .5 x 4.7 inches
Athena stroked the rectangular enamel..., 2019 Glazed ceramic 8.6 x .5 x 8.6 inches
Soap awards and days movie..., 2019 6.5 x 7 x .5 inches
The man at the beach..., 2019 Glazed ceramic 18.5 x 4 x 12 inches
It may be a memory..., 2019 Glazed ceramic 4 x 3 x 2 inches
Unless we are in..., 2019 Glazed ceramic 3 x 3 x 3 inches
Untitled, 2019 Glazed ceramic 2 x 2 x .5 inches
I headed to the beach..., 2019 Glazed ceramic 5.5 x 2 x 7 inches
You sit at a cafe..., 2019 Glazed ceramic 2.3 x 3.14 x 2.3 inches
Dragging her feet..., 2019 Glazed ceramic 7 x 3 x 6 inches
He'd nudge the phone..., 2019 Glazed ceramic 1.5 x 5.9 x 1.2 inches
He smuggled postcards..., 2019 Glazed ceramic 6.2 x 3 x 4 inches
Gauzy strips of mashed potatoes, 2019 Glazed ceramic 5.9 x 3.5 x 3.5 inches
He told me how to arrange art..., 2019 Glazed ceramic 10.6 x 1.9 x 10.6 inches
The things that keep us..., 2019 Glazed ceramic 10.2 x 5.5 x 9.4 inches
You are in bed..., 2019 Glazed ceramic 2.7 x 6.2 x 4.2 inches
Tina is looking back..., 2019 Glazed ceramic 7 x 1.5 x 1.5 inches
We didn't bother..., 2019 Glazed ceramic 12.9 x 1.5 x 1.5 inches
Benny died..., 2019 Glazed ceramic 5.11 x 2.7 x 2.3 inches
Elephant mountain..., 2019 Glazed ceramic 8.2 x 4.7 x 5.11 inches
Finally, a sparkly day..., 2019 Glazed ceramic 12.2 x 1.9 x 5.9 inches
It was a constant look out..., 2019 Glazed ceramic .5 x .5 x .5 inches
Untitled, 2019 Glazed ceramic 3 x 3 x 3 inches
The sneaker shop..., 2019 Glazed ceramic 9.4 x 1.9 x 10.6 inches
Cauzy strips of mashed potatoes..., 2019 Glazed ceramic 11 x 3.5 x 11 inches
Treats of liver..., 2019 Glazed ceramic 15.7 x 1.9 x 3.5 inches
Another summer day..., 2019 Glazed ceramic 3.9 x 2.7 x 3.5 inches
Benny Tail, 2019 Bronze 7.4 x 1 x .5 inches Edition 3 of 3