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Johno Mellish | Conversations in Place

Past viewing_room
27 November 2020 - 31 January 2021
  • JOHNO MELLISH

    COVERSATIONS IN PLACE
  • "My pictures of people form a continuous body of work and are a result of my thinking about  the relationship between the material and the emotional in the place that I find myself in. I often wonder what it is that draws me to stay in South Africa - is it my community or is the opportunities that I’m afforded as a result of who I am? The answer lies somewhere between those two questions but the answer itself is still mostly unanswerable."

     

    • Untitled, 2020 32 x 40 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP 64 x 80 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP Chromogenic print. Signed and numbered in ink on a label accompanying the print.
      Untitled, 2020
      32 x 40 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP
      64 x 80 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP
      Chromogenic print. Signed and numbered in ink on a label accompanying the print.
  • "These photographs then, are depictions of people who I have come across in South Africa - some are my friends, some are strangers, others actors and all collaborators. I want the relationship between person and place to be evident and the complications of that relationship to be looked at photographically."

     

    • Garance Reading the News Diptych, 2019 20 x 16 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP Chromogenic print mounted on Dibond. Signed and numbered in ink on a label accompanying the print.
      Garance Reading the News Diptych, 2019
      20 x 16 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP
      Chromogenic print mounted on Dibond. Signed and numbered in ink on a label accompanying the print.
    • A Pregnant Teenager, 2020 32 x 40 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP 64 x 80 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP Chromogenic print. Signed and numbered in ink on a label accompanying the print.
      A Pregnant Teenager, 2020
      32 x 40 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP
      64 x 80 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP
      Chromogenic print. Signed and numbered in ink on a label accompanying the print.
    • The Day that David Goldblatt Died, Dias Beach, Mossel Bay, 2018 64 x 80 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP 100 x 125 cm | Edition of 3 plus 2 AP Chromogenic print mounted under Diasec. Signed and numbered in ink on a label accompanying the print.
      The Day that David Goldblatt Died, Dias Beach, Mossel Bay, 2018
      64 x 80 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP
      100 x 125 cm | Edition of 3 plus 2 AP
      Chromogenic print mounted under Diasec.
      Signed and numbered in ink on a label accompanying the print.
  • "In establishing the view, or the shot, a place for play is marked out by collaborators and myself,  where spontaneity is the ordering principle. I like the idea of play as a strategy or foil to the power-politics of lens based image making. My work is an exercise in mimicry or transferral - experiments in finding means and modes for the transportation / translation of ideas, stories, histories across time - in short ossifications.  In relation to my work history is interesting but only insofar as it informs the present."

     

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  • "I'm not interested in reportage or documentary but rather the playing out of life in the moment.  This playing out of life is often created with the use of artifice or intervention. I put things together or 'stage' my scene's because this mode is useful in communicating my pictorial questions as clearly as possible." 

    • A Family Gathering, 2020 64 x 80 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP 32 x 40 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP Chromogenic print. Signed and numbered in ink on a label accompanying the print.
      A Family Gathering, 2020
      64 x 80 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP
      32 x 40 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP
      Chromogenic print. Signed and numbered in ink on a label accompanying the print.
    • A Family of strangers, 2018 64 x 80 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP 100 x 125 cm | Edition of 3 plus 2 AP Chromogenic print mounted under Diasec. Signed and numbered in ink on a label accompanying the print.
      A Family of strangers, 2018
      64 x 80 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP
      100 x 125 cm | Edition of 3 plus 2 AP
      Chromogenic print mounted under Diasec.
      Signed and numbered in ink on a label accompanying the print.
    • Evidence of a Disturbance, 2015 64 x 80 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP 100 x 125 cm | Edition of 3 plus 2 AP Chromogenic print mounted on Dibond. Signed and numbered in ink on a label accompanying the print.
      Evidence of a Disturbance, 2015
      64 x 80 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP
      100 x 125 cm | Edition of 3 plus 2 AP
      Chromogenic print mounted on Dibond. Signed and numbered in ink on a label accompanying the print.
    • Butterfly Collectors, 2018 64 x 80 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP 100 x 125 cm | Edition of 3 plus 2 AP Chromogenic print mounted under Diasec. Signed and numbered in ink on a label accompanying the print.
      Butterfly Collectors, 2018
      64 x 80 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP
      100 x 125 cm | Edition of 3 plus 2 AP
      Chromogenic print mounted under Diasec.
      Signed and numbered in ink on a label accompanying the print.
  • "I am interested in the economy of pictures and what trading with pictures means at a very human level. My hope is that my photographs disturb our set ways of seeing, thinking, and feeling and open up a place for continued thinking about what it means to be here, in South Africa." 

     

    • A Minute with the Devil and God, 2018 80 x 64 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP 40 x 32 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP Chromogenic print mounted on Dibond. Signed and numbered in ink on a label accompanying the print.
      A Minute with the Devil and God, 2018
      80 x 64 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP
      40 x 32 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP
      Chromogenic print mounted on Dibond.
      Signed and numbered in ink on a label accompanying the print.
    • Patience, 2020 64 x 80 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP 32 x 40 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP Chromogenic print. Signed and numbered in ink on a label accompanying the print.
      Patience, 2020
      64 x 80 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP
      32 x 40 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP
      Chromogenic print. Signed and numbered in ink on a label accompanying the print.
    • Accident in the Stable, 2019 32 x 40 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP 64 x 80 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP Chromogenic print. Signed and numbered in ink on a label accompanying the print.
      Accident in the Stable, 2019
      32 x 40 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP
      64 x 80 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP
      Chromogenic print. Signed and numbered in ink on a label accompanying the print.
    • A Snake Bite, 2019 32 x 40 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP 64 x 80 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP Chromogenic print. Signed and numbered in ink on a label accompanying the print.
      A Snake Bite, 2019
      32 x 40 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP
      64 x 80 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP
      Chromogenic print. Signed and numbered in ink on a label accompanying the print.
    • Hardware Store, 2020 32 x 40 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP 64 x 80 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP Chromogenic print. Signed and numbered in ink on a label accompanying the print.
      Hardware Store, 2020
      32 x 40 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP
      64 x 80 cm | Edition of 6 plus 2 AP
      Chromogenic print. Signed and numbered in ink on a label accompanying the print.
  • PRESS

    Metal Magazine | Connecting the dots: interview with Johno Mellish. Read the full interview here.

     

    AKAA 2019 | Le Journal Des Recontres: article on Johno Mellish written by Ashraf Jamal. Read the full piece here.

     

    Art Times | April 2020 Edition: article by Ashraf Jamal highlighting the work of Johno Mellish. Read the full piece here.

     

    Art Times | February 2020 Edition: article by Sven Christian focusing on the THK Gallery show Different Angles, featuring Johno Mellish. Read the full piece here.

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