Martin Johnson
(New Jersey, United States, 1951 - )
Socks
1992
Mixed media
18 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (47.0 x 41.9 cm)
Collection of the Akron Art Museum
Gift of The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States, a National Gift program of Contemporary Art, is announced by the National Gallery of Art, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
2009.30.13
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Johnson embraces the practice of combining words and images, homage and satire, art and junk. In this mixed media work, Johnson includes a photograph of an installation of thirty of his own collage-constructions, children’s stickers and elements of drawing. His artworks are filled with visual puns and contradictions that defy any singular meaning.